Comments on: Measles and vaccination

By: Life & Death, pre-vaccination | Mystery Rays from Outer Space

Life & Death, pre-vaccination | Mystery Rays from Outer Space — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:29:28 +0000

[...] The effect of measles vaccination in the USA, 1950-2007 [...]

By: On measles vaccination and capitalism | Mystery Rays from Outer Space

On measles vaccination and capitalism | Mystery Rays from Outer Space — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:27:40 +0000

[...] The effect of measles vaccination in the USA, 1950-2007 [...]

By: iayork

iayork — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:26:29 +0000

Mitch – apparently you’re another who’s been fooled by the lie that deaths were already dropping pre-vaccine. I show long-term death rates here (http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2009/09/02/measles-deaths-pre-vaccine/) — with references that I encourage you to check for yourself — that clearly show that death rates were more or less constant for over 100 years pre-vaccine, and then dropped spectacularly within a couple years of widespread vaccination.

The anti-vaccine loon that made the chart you are probably thinking of (showing a drop in measles pre-vaccine) is lying. The references he gives don’t even remotely support his claim. You are being lied to by the anti-vaccine loons who are counting on you to be gullible. I give publicly-accessible references demonstrating this. Check for yourself.

By: mitch

mitch — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:15:50 +0000

Typical vaccination loon. He would rather have the good people in the drug business shoot his child up with potential brain damage than take the miniscule chance that his child will be brain damaged by disease. These charts are like the stock brokers who show you the charts of the stock market between 1980 and 2000 to convince you it always goes up. If you show long term death charts from the turn of the century to today the effect of vaccines is not evident at all.

By: iayork

iayork — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:45:04 +0000

Your reference does not even say such a statement and has no data to even derive such a statement.

Are you illiterate, or simply depending on the “big lie” approach? Click on the reference link I gave you and do a text search. It says, “Among the 131 measles patients, 123 were U.S. residents, of whom 99 (80%) were aged <20 years (Table). Five (4%) of the 123 patients had received 1 dose of MMR vaccine, six (5%) had received 2 doses of MMR vaccine, and 112 (91%) were unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination status.”

Typical anti-vaccine loon. Can’t even lie convincingly.

By: jon ruh

jon ruh — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:28:38 +0000

How convenient for you to leave out the data for all the years before the measles vaccine was introduced. Had you shown the full picture people wouldn’t be tricked into believing this nonsense. Had this author shown the complete statistics on measles people could see that cases prior to 1950 were much MUCH higher. The CDC has all of this data put typically chooses not to print it in articles. Meaning that measles cases has already dropped 98% by the time the vaccine was used routinely in 1968.

And then this nice little lie “Of the 131 cases in this year’s outbreaks, “112 (91%) were unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination status.” is flagrant. Your reference does not even say such a statement and has no data to even derive such a statement. When referencing research or another article you should actually REFERENCE the article rather than make up your own statistics.

By: medical questions

medical questions — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:24:54 +0000

It’s not just complacency that is at play. The truth is that pediatricians are having to spend more time convincing parents the shot is safe. A growing number of parents are actually rejecting vaccination because of these lingering medical questions and are simply not convinced that the slight risk is worth taking.

By: More measles and vaccination | Mystery Rays from Outer Space

More measles and vaccination | Mystery Rays from Outer Space — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:29:05 +0000

[...] Measles and vaccination [...]

By: Science-Based Medicine » Thanks, Jenny McCarthy! Thanks for the measles!

Science-Based Medicine » Thanks, Jenny McCarthy! Thanks for the measles! — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:03:17 +0000

[...] outbreaks. If Jenny succeeds, the measles can really go to town in a manner not seen since the pre-vaccine era of early 1960s! After all: Measles is one of the first diseases to reappear when vaccination coverage rates fall. [...]