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It's not a good idea to post statistics that are incorrect. You need to re-read the CDC website on measles.

Here is what the CDC website says:

[b]In the decade before the measles vaccination program began, an estimated 3–4 million people in the United States were infected each year, of whom 400–500 died [/b]

That works out to 40-50 deaths PER YEAR from measles in the decade before vaccination began.  So out of 3-4 million infections per year, only 40-50 died per year. That works out to 1 death in 60,000 cases or 1 death in 133,000 cases depending upon which numbers you use.

These are very loose statistics. It does not give the ages of the victims or their health status prior to acquiring measles.

The website does not say what year vaccination began.

It would be instructive to compare the numbers of people who died annually during corresponding years from the flu or even the common cold. If someone can find those data, please post them.

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Here is what the CDC website says: [i] In the decade before the measles vaccination program began, an estimated 3–4 million people in the United States were infected each year, of whom 400–500 died, 48,000 were hospitalized, and another 1,000 developed chronic disability from measles encephalitis. [/i]

This means that each year, an estimated 3-4 million people were infected, of whom 400-500 people died, 48,000 were hospitalized, and 1,000 developed chronic disability.

Please re-read before you tell other people to re-read.

http://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccination.html

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