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Lets recap the real #SamoaMeasles story, shall we?
June 2018, nurse mixes #MMR vaccine w paralyzing med instead of sterile water
2 babies die
Rumors spread that MMR caused deaths
Scared parents stop vaccinating and immunization rate plummets
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ohhh - so not total population. ok. that’s a bit disingenuous though
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and actually, should talk about overall rate to make it clear the dam breaks at much above 30, or even 70%
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Thanks...as always! Now I thought
@MackayIM had tweeted the genotyping for the outbreak as there’s another “it’s the vaccine causing it” nong on here. Can’t find it. Searching (ie just optimistically scrolling) on Twitter SUCKS! - Show replies
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So the WHO data seems to be based on 12-24 months and the 30% figure is for the first dose of the measles vaccine, which means that between 2016-19 it'd be a totally different group of kids, so a big drop is certainly possible
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Aha. I thought they were referring to the whole population.
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