But Measles is Dangerous!
Here are some notes from this conversation.
Once upon a time Measles was viewed like chicken pox. Yes it is contagious, but people who got it quarantined themselves and got over it soon.
It is serious for an extreme minority of cases
The "1 in 1000 die" claim came from an outbreak in 1989, and it reflects numbers from those who were so sick they needed to come to the hospital. 10% of people who got sick went to the hospital. Most stayed home through the illness.
The "1 in 1000" stat is simply not true for people who work through measles at home.
Otherwise 1 in 10,000 children.
In the sixties, before the vaccine, 1 in 500,000 people would die.
The media uses the "1 in 1,000" number because it is scary and makes people get a shot. 1 in 10,000
or 1 in 500,000 isn’t scary.
Last childhood fatality of measles was in 2003.
More children have had fatal reactions to the MMR vaccine in
the last 10 years (over 100)
Media FEAR scares people into compliance.
It is cyclical.
2010 – 63 cases
2011 – 220 cases
2012 – 55 cases
2013 – 187 cases
2014 – 667 cases
2015 – 188 cases
2016 – 86 cases
2017 – 120 cases
2018 – 349 cases
2019 – data still in formation (1,044 cases as of June 2019)
In the year 2000, when it was "eradicated," there were 86
cases!
(Which begs the question: What does "eradicated" mean? And who benefits from declaring it "eradicated" when it is not eradicated?)
(Which begs the question: What does "eradicated" mean? And who benefits from declaring it "eradicated" when it is not eradicated?)
We need to respect measles, but no need to panic.
No one ever asks what happens when the measles have passed? Are the people who got it ok?
Answer – those who had it will now be immune from measles.
The idea of not building natural immunity is an unintended
consequence of large-scale vaccination. Which ends up making babies and the elderly more at risk.
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