You have information? LOL!
...According to the CDC no body gets smallpox anymore.
Yes. Because anti-vaccine idiocy didn't leave huge chunks of the population susceptible to a deadly disease.
Yes...what is currently being vaccinated for that is so deadly
Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Influenza, Polio, Mumps, Rubella and Meningitis.
Of those that do die, how many were vaccinated for the disease versus not vaccinated? Without this information a person cannot make a logical decision about the current benefits of each vaccine.
You don't already have this info?
Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Influenza, Polio, Mumps, Rubella and Meningitis.”
From the CDC website...
Diphtheria...In the last ten years there has only been 5 cases in the U.S. per year.
Pertussis...from 2004 to 2009 there were 121 total deaths of which 110 of them were from infants under 3 months of age...the first dose of the vaccine is offered at 2 months of age.
Tetanus...before the vaccine there were fewer then 500 cases each year and there are fewer cases now.
Polio...”there are no cases of polio in the U.S.”...no polio cases have originated in the U.S. in 20 years.
Mumps...there were two outbreaks in 2006 and 2009 when a couple thousand people became sick...I could not find any fatalities mentioned.
Rubella...”Rubella is no longer circulating naturally in the U.S.”
Meningitis...from 1994 to 1998 there were fewer then 10 fatal cases per year.
Influenza...the estimates are that 3000 people die each year from complications caused by the flu.
Did vaccines help to bring us to this point...I would say yes (as a stated earlier). But it appears that we are now vaccinating against a very small threat...a person is much more likely to die from a car accident then any and all of these deceases combined. Which brings us back to the original post about the concern of catching one of these deceases while in the doctor office...not very likely.
I am not "anti-vaccine", my family does have some of the vaccines. We have looked at the information available and made decisions based upon risk factors and age/health of each child to determine our course of action...all with our doctor's blessing.