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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 12:43 AM Original message |
IS there a trend to decreasing vaccination of children for measles? |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
1. That doesn't look like the number of children being vaccinated is decreasing, |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. you're right. you don't have an axe to grind, so you can see what's obvious |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. Survey data are often years behind vaccination trends |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Wrong. The data presented is THE OFFICIAL CDC DATA |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Public health officials disagree |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. the data is official cdc data, complete to 2006. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Calling a spade a spade |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:23 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. "Your guess" isn't data. Neither are anecdotal reports, even from |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:27 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. All one can do is make educated guesses as to future trends |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. You seem to be big on "reasonable guesses" and short on |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Until the data's in- all you can do is guess |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. The data is complete to 2006, & partially complete to 2007 (30 cases, |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 02:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. I'm happy the measles cases have been trending down. |
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chicagomd (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
43. Measles cases |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. "This year". They also trended up in 1991 (+242%), 1994 (+209%), |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Thank you. I was wondering if anyone else would actually cite the CDC. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 07:58 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. The stats cited have all been from CDC. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:03 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Let me know when you've informed the CDC, I'm sure they'll want you to do a press release. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. i don't need to inform cdc. they know. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Oh, right, I forgot. You know the real truth and they're just making shit up. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. the numbers are FROM CDC. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Thank you for your contribution. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. My contribution: copying the numbers from CDC's table. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I already complemented you once on your skill. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. So long as it's clear you're guessing, based on anecdotal evidence |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I've read post here where people have spoken out against one particular vaccine |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That's just lately- now that the thimerisol scare didn't pan out in the Autism data |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That's not an answer to my questions. That's a run around |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Run some searches on the forum |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:46 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Is this data from CDC also "anti-vaccine quackery"? I note you're |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:54 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Furthermore, if you examine the data for ALL the childhood vaccines, |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 02:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Because there isn't any. It's all based on faith. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:52 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. That's just sad |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 02:30 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Actually, if Americans had ridiculed the fundies- rather than enabled and legitimized them |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. that is your expert opinion? |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. What makes for a fundamentalist? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 03:36 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. good question. who's the fundie in this case? depakid. |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
63. People who parrot "Concerned" Women of America and Judicial Watch |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. How about people who parrot Laura Bush? n/t |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. Seems like a "social pressure" tactic. n/t |
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WillYourVoteBCounted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. Why do you hate our children? |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
55. LOL |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
29. The CDC undermines its own message when it puts out press releases that are ... |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. nothing, most likely. so why do they put out the articles focusing on |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #29 |
47. Absolutely. And you can PROVE to people this is what they are doing, yet they post recent propaganda |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Because they don't really give a damn about the science? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
33. Classic misuse of statistics. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:49 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. yep, the insinuation that vaccination rates are falling, based on |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:52 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. but it's the usual way the media lead us by the nose. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. "something that won’t show up in the data for a couple of years." |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Let's see: in 1991, there were 9,643 cases, a 241% jump from 1985. But vaccination coverage |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. "something that won’t show up in the data for a couple of years." |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. "You are evidently having difficulty understanding the idea of a lag effect." |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Whatever you say, resident epidemiologist. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #48 |
66. The "experts" were lying. We currently have the data through 6/07. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Read the part again about the lag effect. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. We have the VACCINATION RATES through 6/07. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I'll just let that stand as the best evidence I can provide for what I said. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. By all means let your dyslexia stand for us of all to see. n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-23-08 02:15 AM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Coverage over the last 5 years is the highest-ever. I guess the |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Thanks for expanding on my post in a succinct fashion. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. in two years, there will be coverage data up to Q2 2008. |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #49 |
67. Right now we have the data through 6/07. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
35. NYT: Measles Cases Grow in Number, and Officials Blame Parents' Fear of Autism |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
56. Compelling reason to support vaccine choice? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. yep. but so much easier to scapegoat "fundies" & hype 1-year |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 12:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I think most folks on both sides of the issue believe in vaccination choice. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. That's my position. |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. That would be an opinion. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. Unfortunately the CDC doesn't tout their position |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. It is pointless to debate conspiracies. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-08 04:05 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Like the scientists I noted |
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