Comments on: Life & Death, pre-vaccination http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2009/02/21/life-death-pre-vaccination/ Meddling with things mankind is not meant to understand. Also, pictures of my kids Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:08:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Conspicuous consumption | Mystery Rays from Outer Space http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2009/02/21/life-death-pre-vaccination/comment-page-1/#comment-25310 Conspicuous consumption | Mystery Rays from Outer Space Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:15:47 +0000 http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/?p=783#comment-25310 [...] A while ago I made the point that many of the biggest killers of 19th-century London were almost unknown today, because of vaccination (”hooping cough”, measles, smallpox) and sanitation (typhus, cholera) (see “Life & Death, pre-vaccination“). [...] [...] A while ago I made the point that many of the biggest killers of 19th-century London were almost unknown today, because of vaccination (”hooping cough”, measles, smallpox) and sanitation (typhus, cholera) (see “Life & Death, pre-vaccination“). [...]

]]> By: iayork http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2009/02/21/life-death-pre-vaccination/comment-page-1/#comment-15764 iayork Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:57:39 +0000 http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/?p=783#comment-15764 <em>do you know if they have data around how many of these people were children?</em> I think the data are there, but it's hard reading, and I haven't put them together yet. I'll probably get to it some time. do you know if they have data around how many of these people were children?

I think the data are there, but it’s hard reading, and I haven’t put them together yet. I’ll probably get to it some time.

]]> By: Ben http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/2009/02/21/life-death-pre-vaccination/comment-page-1/#comment-15754 Ben Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:07:01 +0000 http://www.iayork.com/MysteryRays/?p=783#comment-15754 That is amazing data -- do you know if they have data around how many of these people were children? Who knows if those figures will convince anybody, but I suspect most of these victims were probably children and what better way to fight the anti-vaccine loons than to point out that they kill babies? That is amazing data — do you know if they have data around how many of these people were children? Who knows if those figures will convince anybody, but I suspect most of these victims were probably children and what better way to fight the anti-vaccine loons than to point out that they kill babies?

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