[melaniejs (OP)]

Dan asks:

If my family and I are vaccinated, are we still at risk of getting the disease because of the anti-vaccine movement?

What do you think?

[alancalverd]

No. They might prosecute you for vaccinating your children, or lynch you for defying the Will of God, but they can't infect you with whatever you were vaccinated against.

The anti-vaccine movement is probably self-limiting, but why anyone would wish to have deformed grandchildren is beyond my comprehension.   

[chris]

they can't infect you with whatever you were vaccinated against.

Regrettably, they potentially can. Not all vaccines work in everybody, or produce a long-term effect. In our laboratory, we are now regularly seeing mumps cases in previously-vaccinated individuals who presumably did not respond with a protective immune response to their MMR.

This is why herd immunity (whereby 95% of the population are vaccinated) is so important, because it suppresses circulation and provides umbrella protection for unvaccinated individuals (including kids under 1 who've not been vaccinated yet), and people like those I'm referring to with vaccine failure.

So by eschewing vaccination, these people are putting many more than just the unvaccinated at risk...

[Bored chemist]

In addition to that direct risk, the antivaxers are spreading the idea that evidence isn't important in decision making.
That may be a bigger risk to you than the infections.

[chris]

In addition to that direct risk, the antivaxers are spreading the idea that evidence isn't important in decision making.
That may be a bigger risk to you than the infections.

Yes, well said.

[alancalverd]

Too late. That infection has already taken over the White House, apparently by popular acclaim.

[profound]

they can't infect you with whatever you were vaccinated against.

Regrettably, they potentially can. Not all vaccines work in everybody, or produce a long-term effect. In our laboratory, we are now regularly seeing mumps cases in previously-vaccinated individuals who presumably did not respond with a protective immune response to their MMR.

Something wrong here. Everyone knows vaccines make you invincible.
So why should non-vaccinated people effect you? What are you scared of?

Are you the smoker who feels more secure if other people smoke too and forever offering cigarettes?