XPost: sci.med
From: hrubin@skew.stat.purdue.edu
On 2012-02-13, pill@popper.com wrote:
>> * Measles is one of the leading causes of death among young children even
>> though a safe and cost-effective vaccine is available.
>> * In 2008, there were 164 000 measles deaths globally - nearly 450 deaths
>> every day or 18 deaths every hour.
> "Until the vaccine industry can consistently produce and distribute safe
> vaccines that do NOT kill or otherwise result in serious adverse reactions
> to previously healthy individuals, THEN the entire vaccination industry
> should be immediately shut down.
> Furthermore, the Federal government should STOP providing their financial
> safety net to this Quacks, immediately. They should be regulated just like
> any poultry farmer who has to by law and regulatory regulations face the
> consequences of their negligence."
There are NO perfectly safe treatments, so the above paragraphs are
nonsense. In this case, there are public health issues; there are
people who legitimately should not be vaccinated, vaccination does
not always work and can wear off, etc.
> Until such evidence as is accepted by the medical community generally says
> there is such a problem, this is not but more irrelevant noise.
I will agree that the medical community is generally composed of
people whose understanding of mathematics and statistics is inadequate
to the task. There is also the problem of evaluation of the risks.
But it must be done.
> The children of the world salute you.
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