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baldguy

(36,649 posts)
Sat Sep 6, 2014, 07:23 PM Sep 2014

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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http://io9.com/what-happens-when-you-dont-vaccinate-1631423511
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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
Thank you for that! nt kelliekat44 Sep 2014 #3
You fail to take into account that this has always been a (very small) risk baldguy Sep 2014 #5
+1000 sybylla Sep 2014 #10
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
Update. proverbialwisdom Sep 2014 #22
Watch them all, please. It's clear there's a public health issue here, but not the one you describe. proverbialwisdom Sep 2014 #19
Thank you for these videos. truedelphi Sep 2014 #30
thank you Ms. McCarthy Skittles Sep 2014 #11
uhhhh...because it is the fault of anti-vax nut jobs. Strat54 Sep 2014 #14
That's exactly right. Mariana Sep 2014 #24
Google herd immunity and you'll discover why that's a bad reason to stop vaccinating. (nt) jeff47 Sep 2014 #25
I just want to understand vaccination a little better. kelliekat44 Sep 2014 #2
But you're not dead, are you? baldguy Sep 2014 #6
Every disease is deadly to some extent. laundry_queen Sep 2014 #15
I don't know. I never "broke-out" with measles of any sort, even though my japple Sep 2014 #7
There was no vaccine for measles or chicken pox then (IDK about the others) Gormy Cuss Sep 2014 #13
Year each vaccine was developed csziggy Sep 2014 #18
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
If that were the case, the disease rate would be the same among jeff47 Sep 2014 #35
When I grew up in California (70's), vaccination was pretty universal bhikkhu Sep 2014 #8
Chickenpox vaccine wasn't available in the US until 1995. jeff47 Sep 2014 #34
True, but by not vaccinating, if you become infected, you become a vector. littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #9
Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2014 #12
We were very glad to take our polio shots in the fifties as we had kids crippled by it. freshwest Sep 2014 #20
Re: Flu jeff47 Sep 2014 #27
du rec. xchrom Sep 2014 #21
So are both stories correct? Does vaccination also increase autism rates? Trillo Sep 2014 #23
Nope. There is zero evidence of vaccinations increasing autism rates. jeff47 Sep 2014 #26
Here's some important reading to start with. Sorry about any cognitive dissonance it may cause. proverbialwisdom Sep 2014 #32
If your argument involves "cognitive dissonance" jeff47 Sep 2014 #33
The “Hear This Well: Breaking the Silence..." YouTube Channel testimonials prove otherwise. proverbialwisdom Sep 2014 #39
Ooooo. Youtube. That's where I go for the best science!! jeff47 Sep 2014 #40
An informative read for you with a very cogent & well-supported argument, plus #hearthiswell video. proverbialwisdom Sep 2014 #41
Continuing to spew bullshit doesn't make it true. jeff47 Sep 2014 #42
That's a fearmongering talking point and nothing else. Please review the table in post #16 (above). proverbialwisdom Sep 2014 #43
Yes, zero evidence. Just a whole bunch of bullshit. REP Sep 2014 #37
Autism begins in the womb bhikkhu Sep 2014 #38
k&r Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #28
DU rec... SidDithers Sep 2014 #31
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