“When arguing against the status quo, being able to show where people can find the references for themselves helps make for a stronger argument”
I totally agree with you.
But there are people here who commented clearly without reading a thing in the link. So I am not holding my breath that they would read the paper, if I posted it. I am more interested in the comments of people who have an open mind to do their own follow-up.
Let’s not forget that the average person has not seen the graphs provided, and they believe wholeheartedly in the notion that the entire reduction in communicable diseases in the 20th century was due to vaccines. The medical establishment has done nothing to disabuse them of the notion.
If FR was set up so people had to actually read the article and even - think - (*shudder*) before posting, this site would not be so much fun now, would it? ;) Please PM me the link.
Full text articles you may like:
The Challenge of Infant Mortality: Have We Reached a Plateau?
Marian F. MacDorman PhD, T.J. Mathews, MS First Published September 1, 2009
Infant Mortality in the 20th Century, Dramatic but Uneven Progress
Myron E. Wegman, The Journal of Nutrition, Volume 131, Issue 2, February 2001, Pages 401S–408S.
Decreases in infant mortality and longer lifespans are happening independently of other causes, and medicine cannot treat non medical cause and effects.
One you may not (I try to be even handed about this):
Lessons learned and applied What the 20th century vaccine experience can teach us about vaccines inthe 21st century
Corey Joseph Hebert, Corey M. Hall & La’ Nyia J. Odoms, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, Pages 560-568 Published online: 01 May 2012
Vaccines were found to have major reductions in reported cases of diseases like polio, measles, and tetanus. As stated by RFK Jr and others, mortality was decreasing before most vaccines were developed. So the relationship between diseases and mortality is a complex one.