For every million kids who get measles, we expect to see: 250,000 hospitalized 1,000 cases of encephalitis 1-2,000 deaths 10/
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Mumps and rubella aren't nearly as nasty as measles, but in a million cases we'd expect to still see dozens of deaths, hundreds of lifelong disabilities, and thousands of hospitalizations 11/
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This is where we weigh the risk and benefit of vaccination. In an unvaccinated population, pretty much every child will get measles. Most of them will get mumps and rubella as well 12/pic.twitter.com/VyetWVG2hg
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So the risk from the MMR vaccine for serious issues requiring hospitalization is about 50/1,000,000 = 0.005% The risk of serious issues just from measeles is about 250,000/1,000,000 = 25% 13/
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In other words, a child is ~5,000 times more likely to go to hospital because of measles than the MMR vaccine 14/
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This isn't even including mumps and rubella! They are nasty diseases that also land plenty of kids in hospitals 15/
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What does this mean about "choice"? Well, there are obviously risks to vaccinating. But these are FAR outweighed by the risks of NOT vaccinating 16/
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It's a bit like saying we shouldn't give seatbelts to children because they cause chafing The language of "choice" and "risks" in context simply doesn't make sense 17/
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We vaccinate because it is the best option, far better than letting children - and adults! - suffer and die
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We've been testing a few communication strategies around vaccine risk. This one resonated enough that UTS posted it around the campuspic.twitter.com/Gshka7M9t4
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That's a really good message! Love it
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I'd love to take credit for it but I'd seen it used multiple times in risk communication and so we used it as one of our test examples. Not sure who used it first
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