Vaccines cut disease deaths by 99%

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Vaccines cut disease deaths by 99%

Reuters

Published: Thursday, November 15, 2007

WASHINGTON - Vaccines have cut deaths from the diseases they prevent by 99

percent, U.S. Government researchers reported on Tuesday.

They looked at the rates of both disease and deaths for 13 illnesses

prevented by vaccines, most given in infancy and childhood, and found they

have worked as intended.

" The number of cases of most vaccine-preventable diseases is at an all-time

low; hospitalizations and deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases have also

shown striking decreases, " the researchers wrote in their report, published

in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

" These achievements are largely due to reaching and maintaining high vaccine

coverage levels from infancy throughout childhood by successful

implementation of the infant and childhood immunization program. "

Roush of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and

colleagues examined the illness and death rates for 13 vaccine-preventable

diseases -- diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, polio, measles,

mumps, rubella, invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), acute

hepatitis B, hepatitis A, varicella (chickenpox), Streptococcus pneumoniae

and smallpox.

Smallpox was eradicated globally in 1979 thanks to vaccination and now the

immunization is not routinely given to the general public.

" Vaccines are one of the greatest achievements of biomedical science and

public health, " Roush and her team wrote.

The U.S. Statistics showed striking reductions in both disease and death.

For example, between 1936 and 1945, more than 21,000 people on average

became infected with diphtheria and 1,800 died on average every year. There

were no cases or deaths in 2006.

Between 1953 and 1962, more than 500,000 people caught measles every year

and 440 died of it. There were 55 cases in 2006.

The decline in cases of mumps was 95.9 percent after mandatory vaccination.

Tetanus cases fell by 92.9 percent, and whooping cough cases declined by 92

2 percent. Deaths from tetanus and whooping cough fell by 99 percent.

U.S. Children must show they have current vaccinations to attend most

schools, or parents must declare they have a recognized philosophical or

religious objection to vaccination.

Some parents have expressed fears about the safety of vaccines and in some

communities groups have refused vaccination. The researchers said this has

been shown to endanger both those who do not get vaccinated, and people they

come into contact with.

The study did not include influenza because the vaccine must be reformulated

and administered every year.

(Reporting by Maggie Fox, editing by Steenhuysen and Storey)

[Guest guest]

This article doesn't seem to take into account the fact that most of

these diseases we already on the decline before the introduction of

vaccinations. The diseases declined in a similar manner in both the

United States and in Europe where they did not adopt mandatory

vaccinations. See this link:

http://www.haciendapub.com/article36.html and this link:

http://www.vaclib.org/basic/plague.htm

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