Contagious v Infected

Here is a nice (and scary!) list of what are referred to as "communicable diseases." When a disease is "contagious," that means that when a person has the disease, the person has the ability to infect others. (See after charts for continuation)

http://www.acphd.org/communicable-disease/disease-reporting-and-control/reportable-diseases-conditions.aspx

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Anthrax, human or animal Botulism (Infant, Foodborne, Wound, Other) Brucellosis, human Cholera Ciguatera Fish Poisoning Dengue Virus Infection Diphtheria Domoic Acid Poisoning (Amnesic Shellfish Poisoning) Escherichia coli: shiga toxin producing (STEC), including E. coli 0157:H7 Flavivirus infection of undermined species	Foodborne Disease (when two or more cases or suspected cases of foodborne disease from separate households are suspected to have the same source of illness) Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Influenza, novel strains (human) Measles (Rubeola) Meningococcal Infections Novel Virus with Pandemic Potential Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning Plague, Human or Animal Rabies, Human or Animal	Scombroid Fish Poisoning Shiga Toxin (detected in feces) Smallpox (Variola) Tularemia, human Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers, human or animal (Crimean-Congo, Ebola, Lassa and Marburg viruses) Yellow Fever Zika Virus Infection Occurrence of any unusual disease Outbreak of any disease (including diseases not listed in §2500)

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Amebiasis Babesiosis Campylobacteriosis Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) Chickenpox (Varicella) (outbreaks, hospitalizations and deaths) Chikungunya Virus Infection Cryptosporidiosis Encephalitis, specify etiology (Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic) Foodborne Disease Haemophilus Influenzae, invasive disease (only in persons less than 5 years of age)	Hantavirus Infections Hepatitis A, acute infection Listeriosis Malaria Meningitis, specify etiology (Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Parasitic) Pertussis (whooping cough) Poliovirus infection Psittacosis Q Fever Relapsing Fever Salmonellosis (other than Typhoid Fever) Shigellosis	Streptococcal Infections (Outbreaks of any type and individual cases in food handlers and dairy workers only) Syphilis Trichinosis Tuberculosis (TB) Typhoid Fever, Cases and Carriers Vibrio Infections West Nile Virus Infection Yersiniosis

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Anaplasmosis Brucellosis, animal (except infections due to Brucella canis) Chancroid Chlamydia trachomatis infections, including lymphogranuloma venereum Coccidioidomycosis Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease (CJD) and other Transmissible spongiform Cyclosporiasis Cysticercosis or Taeniasis Ehrlichiosis Giardiasis Gonococcal Infections	Hepatitis B (specify acute case or chronic) Hepatitis C (specify acute case or chronic) Hepatitis D (Delta) (specify acute case or chronic) Hepatitis E, acute infection Influenza, deaths in laboratory-confirmed cases for persons less than 18 years old Legionelllosis Leprosy (Hansen’s Disease) Leptospirosis Lyme Disease	Mumps Respiratory Syncytial Virus (only for deaths in a patient less than 5 years of age) Rickettsial Diseases (non-Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever), including Typhus and Typhus-like illnesses Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Rubella (German Measles) Rubella Syndrome, congenital Tetanus Toxoplasmosis Tularemia, animal

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), acute infection HIV infection, Stage 3 (AIDS)	Case reports or laboratory reports must be placed in a sealed envelope  and sent via traceable mail (USPS certified, FedEx, or UPS) marked “Confidential”, with attention to: Neena Murgai Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit 1000 Broadway, Ste 310, Oakland, CA 94607

Many of these do not have a vaccine.

Would we assume that people who are unvaccinated against these diseases are automatically inflicted with these diseases?

In the absence of the disease, assume HEALTH.

So why o why do Jews believe that in the absence of a vaccine, another person (another Jew) is carrying a disease?

Preposterous. Utter nonsense.

Being unvaccinated (a choice) means I or my child is not protected in an unnatural way from a disease. If we get the disease (a risk we prefer over the unknown that comes with the vaccine), we will work through it with Hashem's help, and then we'll have immunity.

But we are not carrying disease! Should we get the disease, we know to quarantine ourselves. But until such time comes, no one is contagious or dangerous.

Any honest doctor and scientist knows this is true.