# Herde Immunity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herde-immunity/661342>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 19, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herde-immunity/661342 "2013-06-19T06:22:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 21, 2013, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herde-immunity/661342/22 "2013-06-21T10:44:34Z")

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Religious objections should _never_ trump public health, no matter how mainstream or obscure they are. Ideally, no one should ever be allowed to claim _any_ special privileges or exemptions for their religion. Too bad we don’t actually have separation of church and state…

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