Does anybody know the calculus equation that predicts, given a certain population, the maximum number of people that require vaccinations before it becomes inefficient?

(Like if everybody except me got vaccinated for the flu in Raleigh, then I wouldn't need it, because I would have 0% chance of getting it.)

5/15/2008 8:55:22 PM

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5/15/2008 8:55:43 PM

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5/15/2008 8:57:41 PM

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[Edited on May 15, 2008 at 9:02 PM. Reason : ads]

5/15/2008 9:00:23 PM

pert? i didn't read.

5/15/2008 9:01:39 PM

There isn't a standard equation for this. You have to make a shit-ton of assumptions to formulate an equation like that.

5/15/2008 9:03:50 PM

Are doing this because you don't want a vaccination?

5/15/2008 9:19:02 PM

^^Oh. My friend, who was a mechanical engineer, simply said there was a calculus equation. We were talking about vaccinations and I was too cheap to get one, my logic being that if everyone else got one, then I didn't need to get one.

I was going to apply the equation's principles to a user-generated content/social network growth project I'm working on, the premise being, how much initial content do you need before the project takes off on its own.

5/16/2008 12:54:00 AM

Even if people didn't get the flu or whatever, the germs would still be there, people would just be able to fight it better. So you'd still get sick wouldn't you? Anyways, you probably don't need a vaccine unless you're a baby, or a senior citizen... or a pussy

5/16/2008 12:59:48 AM

^Yeah, there are tons of holes in the vaccination thing. I probably should have contacted a professor.

Meh.

5/16/2008 1:05:26 AM

you have to compensate for travel in / out of raleigh

5/16/2008 8:10:15 AM

I would think that sort of thing would only work for an STD vaccination or similar disease, since you would need direct contact with a contaminated person. Anything airborne you could still get regardless of how many other people are vaccinated.

5/16/2008 8:15:09 AM