Re: Vaccinations: Did You Know...?

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From: ad954
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 00:00

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>..and that the majority of the adverse events are attributed to the 
>pertussis vaccine, yet when compared to the Centers for Disease Control's 
>report of only 11 deaths per year from pertussis (1992-94, which includes 
>the fall 1993 outbreaks), that the vaccine is therefore somewhere between 
>10 and 100 times more deadly than the disease?

That's kindof an unfair conclusion.. The *reason* why there were only 11 
deaths from pertussis was *because* so many people were vaccinated 
against it..

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