Post the death rates instead.
Most people got the measles.
Most of them recovered.
My parents got measles.
So did all their friends and siblings.
They don’t know anyone who actually DIED from measles.
Autistic children NEVER recover. Most of them will be institutionalized at GREAT lifetime cost to everyone else.
And this, from the institution that’s spent the last 20 years blaming ‘defective parents’ for autism.
And, as it turns out, at least some of the childhood diseases have a beneficial effect:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2951028/#!po=77.2727
Now we have EIGHT YEAR OLDS with ovarian cancer:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/year-girl-battles-ovarian-cancer/story?id=17240690
And, dare I say it, HOTTEST YEAR EVAH!
Oh, wait...
Strange, I have a whole slew of females in my family that lack ovarian cancer.
This mysterious outbreak seems to have passed them over as they received their vaccinations for diseases that had a great deal of fatalities associated with them in the past.
Oh well, C’est La Vie.
Most of them recovered.
My parents got measles.
So did all their friends and siblings.
They don’t know anyone who actually DIED from measles.
Measles causes less than 0.1% fatality in countries with good health care systems, but in Africa where health care systems are poor and people live in dirty environments, the death rate is 5-10%. Even without fatality, measles can cause permanent brain damage.
Just because you personally never encountered someone who died of measles does not mean it never kills. It just means that the odds are against you knowing that 1 in 1,000 fatality. Since we have widespread vaccination, you are unlikely to ever meet 1,000 people who have measles.
Since I am military, my medical records are online. Right now, they say I need a measles vaccination. I do not understand this, since I already had one 30 years ago. However, if my doctor concurs, I will get one. I will also ask for the shingles vaccination at the same time.