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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. WarriorMama‏ @warriormama1019 23 Aug 2019
      Replying to @bmewelshy @Charbrevolution and

      I’ll bite. Where exactly?

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    2. Ben‏ @bmewelshy 23 Aug 2019
      Replying to @warriormama1019 @Charbrevolution and

      The world. People die from preventable diseases at a far higher rate than they die from vaccinations themselves. If you catch measles you’re far more likely to die or suffer life altering effects than you are to die or suffer life altering effects if you have the vaccine.

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    3. WarriorMama‏ @warriormama1019 23 Aug 2019
      Replying to @bmewelshy @Charbrevolution and

      I’ll ask again: where? Numbers of deaths FROM THE DISEASE, not from ‘complications’.

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    4. Ben‏ @bmewelshy 23 Aug 2019
      Replying to @warriormama1019 @Charbrevolution and

      http://vk.ovg.ox.ac.uk/measles  By the way complications describe what happens when you get a disease. Much in the same way that fatal blood loss is a ‘complication’ often encountered by gun shot victims.

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    5. WarriorMama‏ @warriormama1019 23 Aug 2019
      Replying to @bmewelshy @Charbrevolution and

      No. I mean ‘child is malnourished, or had another disease, got measles and died’. The child did not ‘die of measles’. When you’re talking ‘world’ and by that you really mean 3rd world, this is the reality. So rather than pick nits, give me those numbers and places. I’ll wait.

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    6. Ben‏ @bmewelshy 23 Aug 2019
      Replying to @warriormama1019 @Charbrevolution and

      Lmao. Cherry picking to try and suit your agenda. Look up measles deaths by country just before the vaccine was introduced vs 10 years after. It’s undeniably effective. You’re scum trying to reduce the public health of your country. Traitor.

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    7. Dr Paul Mackey‏ @auscandoc 23 Aug 2019
      Replying to @bmewelshy @warriormama1019 and

      I’m interpreting that, as warrior mama says she lives in the land of the free, those living in the developing world are beneath her consideration as human beings. And that she doesn’t consider Europe as blessed as her. https://www.who.int/csr/don/06-may-2019-measles-euro/en/ …

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    8. WarriorMama‏ @warriormama1019 23 Aug 2019
      Replying to @auscandoc @bmewelshy and

      Still waiting on those numbers.

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    9. Dr Paul Mackey‏ @auscandoc 23 Aug 2019
      Replying to @warriormama1019 @bmewelshy and

      Was in the link mama. Here again in case you somehow, not sure how, missed it. https://www.who.int/csr/don/06-may-2019-measles-euro/en/ …

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    10. WarriorMama‏ @warriormama1019 23 Aug 2019
      Replying to @auscandoc @bmewelshy and

      So based on your link the death rate related to measles is less than 1/10th of 1%. Thank you. I’ve had to block BMe because he added me to a list but I think it was he who said people all over the world are dying. Pass this on.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 23 Aug 2019
      Replying to @warriormama1019 @auscandoc and

      A death rate of 0.2% for such an infectious disease is enormous. That would be roughly 6,000 deaths per year in the US if every child was infected

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        2. WarriorMama‏ @warriormama1019 23 Aug 2019
          Replying to @GidMK @auscandoc and

          But they’re not. Please stay in the here and now.

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        3. pacemaker_FGC‏ @yougainbrouzouf 23 Aug 2019
          Replying to @warriormama1019 @GidMK and

          Compare that to the death rate due to complications from vaccinations. You’re likely going to need a calculator if you don’t have a pen and paper.

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        1. Dr Paul Mackey‏ @auscandoc 23 Aug 2019
          Replying to @GidMK @warriormama1019 and

          Well we cover SE Asia with the Phillipines: 203 deaths in just the first 2 months of this year. https://www.who.int/philippines/news/feature-stories/detail/questions-and-answers-on-the-measles-outbreak-in-the-philippines …

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        1. Dr Paul Mackey‏ @auscandoc 23 Aug 2019
          Replying to @GidMK @warriormama1019 and

          And 1200 deaths in Madagascar includes Africa. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/madagascar-measles-epidemic-1.5097610 …

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        1. Dr Paul Mackey‏ @auscandoc 23 Aug 2019
          Replying to @GidMK @warriormama1019 and

          And, in Uganda more deaths from Measles (1500) than Ebola (yet the latter gets all the press).http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2019/06/drc-declares-measles-outbreak-after-1500-deaths …

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        2. Dr Paul Mackey‏ @auscandoc 23 Aug 2019
          Replying to @GidMK @warriormama1019 and

          And South America. Covered enough of the world maybe? Measles kills. P.s, as was said, all readily available and easily accessible information #VaccinesSaveLives https://reliefweb.int/report/venezuela-bolivarian-republic/epidemiological-update-measles-24-october-2018 …

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        3. WarriorMama‏ @warriormama1019 25 Aug 2019
          Replying to @auscandoc @GidMK and

          1/ So I never said people don’t die. More are damaged from the vaccines. I was commenting on another’s hyperbolic claim that measles causes untold deaths. I asked for numbers. You provided them. The numbers disprove his claim.

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