A school had tried very hard to uphold the requirement for all childre

A school had tried very hard to uphold the requirement for all children to be vaccinated. However, state law allowed parents to exempt their child if they had a religious reason for refusal. Two children have been diagnosed with chickenpox.

Which of the following will be the most likely result?
a.
Adults as well as children in the neighborhood will get chickenpox.
b.
All the children who played with the two sick children will probably get chickenpox.
c.
All the unimmunized children will probably come down with chickenpox.
d.
Few children will get chickenpox because of herd immunity.

ESSAYBID ANSWER

ANS: D
Herd immunity is a state in which those not immune to an infectious agent will be protected if a certain proportion (generally considered to be 80%) of the population has been vaccinated or is otherwise immune. Because most children in the school are immune, it will be difficult for the chickenpox to spread.