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Where on earth did this statistic come from?

I had measles as did everyone I knew when I was a child. There was no vaccine for measles, and it was not in any way a deadly disease. Everyone got it, and no one died.

There are lies, damned lies and statistics -- this is a case of statistics.

In a vaccinated population, very few healthy children will come down with measles. In developing countries, this statistic might be plausible, but that's because those "healthy" children suffer from malnutrition, parasites, poor hygiene, poor access to clean water, etc, all of which contribute to the death rate in these supposedly "healthy" children.

[b]In America, well-nourished middle class children with no immune issues are not likely to die of measles ever.[/b] [/quote]

I'm also impressed by the implication that worrying about measles is a total overreaction because well-nourished healthy middle-class children don't die of measles. Poor children, sick children, adults dying of measles? Eh, who cares.[/quote]

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