[Conscience of a Conservative]

Measles was one of the diseases mentioned then, since it is widespread in parts of the world from which the illegal immigration surge is coming – in particular, Central America.

That is simply a false statement.

[zeestephen]

Re: “That is simply a false statement.”

Can you provide some details?

Thanks.

The author provided almost no empirical data to back up her claims.

If there is empirical data that proves - or disproves - the measles outbreak came from Central America, I’d like to read it myself.

[zeestephen]

Here’s the link for the WHO measles vaccination data.

http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A826

Global measles vaccination rate is 84%.

Looks like most every country is near 90%, or above.

Only various African and Middle East countries look well below that, and India and Pakistan are in the 60%-70% range.

So, the sudden USA outbreak is an interesting medical mystery.

I couldn’t find a chart for the number of measles cases in Honduras.

But, in 2004, WHO reported no measles deaths in Honduras.