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Can someone explain the discrepancy here? I don't get it: > Before 1963, when the vaccine was introduced to the United States, 3 million to 4 million Americans
by teilo 7y ago
Can someone explain the discrepancy here? I don't get it:
> Before 1963, when the vaccine was introduced to the United States, 3 million to 4 million Americans were infected each year, with thousands developing complications that led to hospitalization or lifelong disability. Approximately 400 to 500 people died every year.
> Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one to three children out of 1,000 infected with measles will die from complications.
Even after taking age distribution into account, this would mean that measles is at least 10 times more deadly today than it was before 1963. Is this actually a typo?
- Andrex 7y agoThe first quote is about Americans of all ages, second quote concerns children specifically. Edit- Missed your last line. "Children" is also a fairly broad categorization that may include infants. I would expect measles to be at least 10 times more deadly on younger children than healthy adults. So those numbers kind of add up to me.