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To: ETCM

Measles then and now is a killer

It’s been around for thousands of years.

Between roughly 1855 and 2005, measles has been estimated to have killed about 200 million people worldwide.

2018 world wide close to 150,000 died

In the US vaccination did not start until the early sixties


221 posted on 04/09/2020 3:04:01 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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So 10k facilities between NY, NJ and MI.

NYC is very sad ... Probably 420 deaths/million

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/


225 posted on 04/09/2020 3:10:20 PM PDT by bob_esb
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To: Nifster
We are talking about the USA here. The Measles ravages places where there is no immunity. The USA, since her birth, has had wodespread immunity fro Measles.

Pre-vaccine Era:

In the decade before 1963 when a vaccine became available, nearly all children got measles by the time they were 15 years of age. It is estimated 3 to 4 million people in the United States were infected each year. Also each year, among reported cases, an estimated 400 to 500 people died, 48,000 were hospitalized, and 1,000 suffered encephalitis (swelling of the brain) from measles.

Yes, that's 400-500 per YEAR, vs 1,000+ per DAY. In the United States of America. I know you want to be correct, but even the best of us are occasionally mistaken.

229 posted on 04/09/2020 3:15:43 PM PDT by ETCM
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