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The Eagle Mountain International Church in Newark, Texas, run by Kenneth Copeland Ministries, has long been a strong anti-vaccination stronghold. Now, it is the epicenter of a major outbreak of Measles in the United States.
There is no irony here, just basic science and common sense. If you fail to put up defense against contagious disease, you will find yourself unable to defend yourself when the inevitable happens.
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
Oops!
Except that allowing your kids to suffer horrible diseases is a bit more than just an "oops!"!
It is pretty sad that the richest and most technically advanced country in the world is allowing itself to slide back into the middle ages
But this is what comes with anti-science, psuedo-science, and mindless religion - not all religions are as extreme as this of course, but it does seem that more and more people are choosing ones that are!
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Originally posted by Shiloh7
reply to post by MysterX
You posted before I did and I agree with every word.
Originally posted by Shiloh7
Measles was never treated or considered a major disease ...
Between the years 1987 and 2000, the case fatality rate across the United States was 3 measles-attributable deaths per 1000 cases, or 0.3%. In underdeveloped nations with high rates of malnutrition and poor healthcare, fatality rates have been as high as 28%.
In roughly the last 150 years, measles has been estimated to have killed about 200 million people worldwide.
Worldwide, the fatality rate has been significantly reduced by a vaccination campaign
Globally, measles fell 60% from an estimated 873,000 deaths in 1999
to 345,000 in 2005.
Estimates for 2008 indicate deaths fell further to 164,000 globally
Originally posted by Shiloh7
3 diseases you wanted you kids to get early before school - so they got them over and done with, with the minimum of fuss were: Measles, Mumps and Chickenpox. If anyone heard of a little one with one of those diseases, we all flocked round and hoped ours would get it over with.
Originally posted by alfa1
Between the years 1987 and 2000, the case fatality rate across the United States was 3 measles-attributable deaths per 1000 cases, or 0.3%.
Actually thats only true in recent years for western societies. For the mast majority of history, your claim doesnt stand.
Originally posted by MysterX
Measles were on a rapid and steady decline in Western nations from 1900 onwards...the data shows the curve to be a steady, sharp and rapid decline in infections...a decline which rapidly stopped moving downwards as soon as vaccination started nationally.
Originally posted by BigfootNZ
im talking about 2-3 weeks of not being able to sleep since my throat felt like it was lined with coarse sand and i spent most of my time coughing up white phlem, my skin was pimpled so badly ive still got quite a few pitted scars on my face from it),