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Pre-vaccine, measles would kill or seriously mess up about 1500 people yearly in the U.S. I think the vaccination rate now is in the 70% range and deaths from
by grannyg00se 13y ago
Pre-vaccine, measles would kill or seriously mess up about 1500 people yearly in the U.S.
I think the vaccination rate now is in the 70% range and deaths from vaccination are hard to find. So it seems like vaccination is a win there.
http://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccination.html http://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccination.html
On the other hand, 1500 serious cases out of 300+ million people every year is a pretty low percentage. Seems like the entire threat is highly overstated.
- davidw 13y ago> 1500 serious cases out of 300+ million people every year is a pretty low percentage You're using the number of cases then with the population now if I'm not mistaken.
- grannyg00se 13y agoI didn't realize it started in the 70s. Still, 1500 serious cases out of 200+ million is low.
- ars 13y agoThat's not just pre vaccine, but pre modern medical techniques. With modern medicine the death rate is at 0.3% (compared to 30% in the past).
- grannyg00se 13y agoIt's the decade before the vaccination program began, which is the 70s. Even then, according to the link the death rate is not 30% or 0.3% but 0.0125% which really seems miniscule for such a huge program to be rolled out.