[neverdem]

Nonmedical Exemptions to School Immunization Requirements - Secular Trends and Association of State Policies With Pertussis Incidence That's just the abstract. I have a hard copy of JAMA gratis. Here's what it says about immigration in METHODS: "The population estimates program computes age-specific population estimates based on cencus enumerations, birth and death in the United States, net international migration, and net movement of the armed forces since the previous cencus."

Increase in deaths from pertussis among young infants in the United States in the 1990s.

[justche]

But if vaccinations actually gave immunity - then why would people already vaccinated need more - and why wouldn't it work for people already vaccinated?

[neverdem]

A Cult of Backyard Rocketeers Keeps the Solid Fuel Burning There are more cool pics at the Times.

Friends for Life: An Emerging Biology of Emotional Healing

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[yldstrk]

Gee. Master of the obvious. Now if the looney tune parents will get the children their vaccines.........

[conservative cat]

Bumping for later read.

[Spyder]

I have a cousin (age 49) in the Chicago area who just spent a couple of days in the hospital thanks to whooping cough and no thanks at all to the anti-vaccine nuts. His wife had a milder case and wasn't hospitalized.

[sully777]

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[TomB]

bump

[Jim Noble]

U.S. states that have easily obtained personal belief exemptions for school immunization requirements have higher rates of new cases of pertussis.

Duh.