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Medical Forum / General / Alternative / April 2008Comparing numbers for Diphtheria cases
According to the figures presented at: http://www.whale.to/v/diptheria.htm, there were 68 Diphtheria vaccine deaths in the 29 years between 1919-1948 globally. Now let's compare that to the numbers below for Diphtheria cases: DIPHTHERIA At one time, diphtheria was common in the United States. More than 200,000 cases, primarily among children, were reported in 1921. Approximately 5%-10% of cases were fatal; the highest case-fatality ratios were recorded for the very young and the elderly. Reported cases of diphtheria of all types declined from 306 in 1975 to 59 in 1979; most were cutaneous diphtheria reported from a single state (3). After 1979, cutaneous diphtheria was no longer notifiable. From 1980 to 1989, only 24 cases of respiratory diphtheria were reported; two cases were fatal, and 18 (75%) occurred among persons greater than or equal to 20 years of age. > According to the figures presented at:http://www.whale.to/v/diptheria.htm, > there were 68 Diphtheria vaccine deaths in the 29 years between [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > cases were fatal, and 18 (75%) occurred among persons greater than or > equal to 20 years of age. Post hoc ergo proctor hoc. I think intelligent people these days are starting to see that association is not causation. Almost all of the decline in diptheria-related deaths, as with measles, happened *before* the vaccine was even introduced. Look it up. > Post hoc ergo proctor hoc. I think intelligent people these days are > starting to see that association is not causation. Almost all of the > decline in diptheria-related deaths, as with measles, happened > *before* the vaccine was even introduced. Look it up. That's right -- the antitoxin did a great job of reducing the case mortality, just as antibiotics reduced the case mortality of measles. I'll make note of the fact that you consider a fatality rate of a few thousand per year in the USA or a few million per year in Africa to be beneath concern. | sh.t happens. Sometimes it happens to you. | +--- D. C. Sessions <dcs@lumbercartel.com> ---+ In misc.health.alternative PeterB <pkm@mytrashmail.com> wrote: : Post hoc ergo proctor hoc. One event follows another, therefore it's a dormitory supervisor? ----- Richard Schultz schultr@mail.biu.ac.il Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University ----- "You don't even have a clue about which clue you're missing." |
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