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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.

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

In a vaccinated population, very few healthy children will come down with measles BECAUSE THEY ARE VACCINATED.

And maybe nobody you know died of measles. But the actual true fact is that children did die of measles.

Do you want numbers? 4[b]00-500 deaths [i]per year[/i] in the US in the decade before vaccination[/b]; 48,000 hospitalizations per year; 1,000 cases of chronic disability per year because of measles encephalitis. http://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccination.html

Do you want an example of a child who died of measles? Google Roald Dahl measles.[/quote]

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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No, you are not correct.  450 or so people in the US died EACH YEAR.  http://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/overview.html

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