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In case you're not clear on the effectiveness of , here's a simple chart. Please share.

measles stats question

@old_hippie

Were there really only 13 measles cases in the whole US in 2020? I thought I remembered it was having a bit of a resurgence since Wakefield's dodgy research.

measles stats question

@unchartedworlds Amazing considering that measles is one of the most contagious diseases. This is data from JAMA, so I assume it's valid.

US measles stats info

@old_hippie

Curiosity took me digging a little further...

Apparently 13 _is_ the official figure for 2020. But it's arguably a bit cherry-picked for effect in that chart, because a more typical figure in the 2010s would be between 50 and 250 cases, and in 2019 it was up to 1,274!

My guess is the covid precautions helped to knock it down so low in 2020.

2024 so far is officially 277.

Source: cdc.gov/measles/data-research/

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US measles stats info

@unchartedworlds Okay. It's still much better with vaccines.

US measles stats info

@old_hippie @unchartedworlds

Yeah, I had the same reaction, but this makes sense. And, no question, better with vaccines! Given that my MMR vaccine was about 50 years old, I re-upped it last year. Getting an updated polio vaccine is on my to do list, given this fucking administration.

US measles stats info

@Mikal @old_hippie @unchartedworlds You also have to consider that the „uptick“ numbers indeed are related to the Wakefield disinformation. It resulted in kids going without the vaccine in too large numbers, so there are breakthrough infections. They usually occur in communities with a significant number of vaccine opponents. So even those numbers show the effectiveness of vaccines.