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Posted on 4/22/15 at 9:13 pm to AubieALUMdvm
Posted on 4/22/15 at 9:13 pm to AubieALUMdvm
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No, it appears as if the mortality associated with the diseases were drastically cut down - something vaccines do not do. Show me the graph of morbidity of all 4 diseases
I came here to post this. Unfortunately, I could not find graphs for these 4 diseases, but here are morbidity graphs for measles and pertussis
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Posted on 4/22/15 at 9:16 pm to SaltyMcKracker
Thanks for at least posting those - pretty simple concept I think. Not sure why these mortality graphs get people so worked up.
Posted on 4/22/15 at 9:18 pm to Roger Klarvin
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There ars two different polo vaccines, the Sabin (attenuated, oral) and Salk (inactivated, injection). The Sabin OPV is more effective at generating long term immunity due to the bodies superior reaction to live antigens but carries the risk of converting to full blown polio virus in the young and immunocompromised. Countries with high incidence initially used the OPV due to its superior immunogenicity until enough people were inoculated that the risk outweighed the benefit and they switched to the Salk vaccine familiar to people in this part of the world. This practice generated a transient spike in polio in the early 60s, predominantly in third world countries where many elderly people who had weakened immune systems received the vaccine. If you look at the death distribution by age of that spuke, the average victim was nearly twice the age of traditional polio death victims.
In short, this is a case where an ignorance of biology leads to false interpretations of data
Posted on 4/22/15 at 9:21 pm to SaltyMcKracker
APhA sent out an email today with a link to a study showing no relationship between the MMR vaccine and autism.
I haven't had the chance to read it yet, but that's another topic that excites people.
I haven't had the chance to read it yet, but that's another topic that excites people.
Posted on 4/22/15 at 9:31 pm to hipgnosis
The typhoid fever stats can't be really be fairly compared to the others. Continued improvements in sanitation plus the fact that it can usually be treated with antibiotics (except in resistant cases) make it a lot different than the other diseases on the graphs.
Posted on 4/22/15 at 9:40 pm to hipgnosis
Primarily sanitation....except for polio. Sanitation actually worsened the infections because children were exposed later and had more severe sequelae as a result.
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