id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_msvp3qvhingjrp3xjryxmjzes4 Thomas May 'Clustering of exemptions' as a collective action threat to herd immunity 2003.0 6 .pdf application/pdf 2783 176 56 In this paper, we examine the phenomenon of 'clustering of exemptions' to childhood vaccination, and Given the growing number of exemptions and the increasing visibility of the antivaccine movement, policy makers must be vigilant for dangerous clustering in order to avoid loss of herd Keywords: Clustering of exemptions; Herd immunity; Vaccination exempted from mandatory vaccination are protected through herd immunity. proportion of people who seek exemption to mandatory vaccination is higher in a particular locality than some individuals to seek exemption to mandatory childhood vaccination, there is a danger of clustering personal views create a willingness to seek exemption to mandatory childhood vaccination often live, as percentage of people exempted from mandatory childhood vaccination is only 0.64% nationally, Utah group" for seeking exemption to vaccination (unlike the students in Schelling's example), but instead will to the population as a whole) to seek exemption to childhood vaccination. ./cache/work_msvp3qvhingjrp3xjryxmjzes4.pdf ./txt/work_msvp3qvhingjrp3xjryxmjzes4.txt