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Showing Original Post only (View all)CDC Statistics Show What Happens When You Don't Vaccinate [View all]
The latest figures: Between January 1 and August 29 of this year, nearly 600 confirmed measles cases were reported to the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. The resurgence is the greatest the U.S. has seen since the disease was eliminated from the country in 2000.
Notably, it has not taken the U.S. eight months to reach this ugly milestone. By May, the country had already seen 288 cases of measles the most in a five-month period since 1994, and more than had been reported for a given year in well over a decade. The cause for the resurgence is as unambiguous today as it was then. To quote Dr. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general and director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases: "The current increase in measles cases is being driven by unvaccinated people."
The harmful effects of vaccine-refusal have not been limited to measles' comeback. California, the most populous state in the U.S., has become a case study in what happens when people decide against vaccinating their children. The L.A. Times reports California parents today are opting out of vaccinating their kids at twice the rate they did seven years ago. State health officials say insufficient vaccination has contributed not only to the the widespread reemergence of measles, but the ongoing whooping cough epidemic, and has left the state vulnerable to outbreaks of other serious diseases.
"We have schools in California where the percent of children who exercise the personal belief exemption is well above 50%," Dr. Gil Chavez, deputy director of the California Department of Public Health's Center for Infectious Diseases, told the LAT. "That's going to be a challenge for any disease that is vaccine preventable."
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This article fails to mention that people who are vaccinated can still get the disease, and can also
DesertDiamond
Sep 2014
#1
The following graphic makes clear how current official recommended schedules are varied by country.
proverbialwisdom
Sep 2014
#16
People in the USA are waking up to the idea that vaccinating babies under the age of one
truedelphi
Sep 2014
#29
The following graphic makes clear how the US schedule has changed since the 1980's.
proverbialwisdom
Sep 2014
#17
Watch them all, please. It's clear there's a public health issue here, but not the one you describe.
proverbialwisdom
Sep 2014
#19
Google herd immunity and you'll discover why that's a bad reason to stop vaccinating. (nt)
jeff47
Sep 2014
#25
The vaccines available at that time were: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP) and smallpox
REP
Sep 2014
#36
Just maybe the diseases developed immunity or resistence to our current vaccinations or
kelliekat44
Sep 2014
#4
True, but by not vaccinating, if you become infected, you become a vector.
littlemissmartypants
Sep 2014
#9
We were very glad to take our polio shots in the fifties as we had kids crippled by it.
freshwest
Sep 2014
#20
Here's some important reading to start with. Sorry about any cognitive dissonance it may cause.
proverbialwisdom
Sep 2014
#32
The “Hear This Well: Breaking the Silence..." YouTube Channel testimonials prove otherwise.
proverbialwisdom
Sep 2014
#39
An informative read for you with a very cogent & well-supported argument, plus #hearthiswell video.
proverbialwisdom
Sep 2014
#41
That's a fearmongering talking point and nothing else. Please review the table in post #16 (above).
proverbialwisdom
Sep 2014
#43