Consider a childhood vaccination program that is fully effective if all children are vaccinated.Now suppose that all children except one are vaccinated - and as a result that one child will not contract the disease.In economics,we can compare this situation to

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The situation described is an example of the free-rider problem in economics, where individuals benefit from a public good (in this case, herd immunity from vaccination) without actually contributing to its provision (by getting vaccinated themselves). The one unvaccinated child is able to free-ride on the efforts of the rest of the community to achieve herd immunity.

Consider a Childhood Vaccination Program That Is Fully Effective If