Re: FW: Report sees eradication of rubella in U.S.

[Guest guest]

I'm assuming there are many other misleading facts/statistics in

here. How do you go about giving the other side? I find it very

confusing when I read articles like this. I don't know how to

validate/invalidate what I read. I want to know how to respond to

people when they put an article in my face and say " see, you don't

know what you are talking about. "

For example, how do you respond to the following statements?

" In 1969, when the vaccination program began, 57,600 rubella cases

were reported in the United States. However, annually from 1990

through 1999, the median number of reported rubella cases was 232, "

said a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The data " suggest that the United States is on the verge of

elimination of the disease, " said the study published in this week's

edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

True or untrue?

in Maine

> Senior Staff <ishgooda@v...>

>

> {NOTE: What this report fails to mention is the vaccine eliminates

maternal

> transmission of rubella antibodies..no one will be naturally immune

if all

> should be immunized...Ish}

>

> Report sees eradication of rubella in U.S.

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> CHICAGO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Rubella, also known as German measles,

has

> nearly been eradicated in the United States by vaccinations and the

same

> goal may be within reach in the Western Hemisphere, researchers

reported on

> Tuesday.

>

> The greatest threat from the disease is to unborn children who run

a risk of

> vision, hearing and heart defects if their mothers contract it and

pass it

> to them in the womb.

>

> " In 1969, when the vaccination program began, 57,600 rubella cases

were

> reported in the United States. However, annually from 1990 through

1999, the

> median number of reported rubella cases was 232, " said a report

from the

> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

>

> " Since 1992 fewer than half of the states reported cases of

rubella, with

> four or fewer states annually reporting a majority of the cases, "

it added.

>

> The data " suggest that the United States is on the verge of

elimination of

> the disease, " said the study published in this week's edition of

the Journal

> of the American Medical Association.

>

> It said rubella now occurs mainly among foreign-born Hispanic

adults who are

> either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status is unknown. There

is very

> limited spread and circulation among the U.S. resident population,

it said.

>

> " The current epidemiology in the United States demonstrates the

> effectiveness of a successful rubella vaccination program, " the

report said.

>

> " If all countries in the Western Hemisphere achieve and maintain

high

> immunization childhood coverage and ensure immunity in women of

childbearing

> age, the goal of eliminating indigenous transmission is

achievable, " it

> added.

>

> Of 47 countries in the Americas, 44 have such programs, but most

have been

> running for fewer than three years. The remaining three nations --

the

> Dominican Republic, Peru and Guatemala -- expect to have programs

by the end

> of this year, the study said. [if you got here from frontpage

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" Since 1992 fewer than half of the states reported cases of rubella, with four

or fewer states annually reporting a majority of the cases, " it added

well, yeah, " fewer states .... reporting " if they treat diagnosing an

infectious rash the same way that they diagnose pertussis. In that, if you've

been vaccinated, you CAN'T POSSIBLY .... have ... X disease....

crazy people.