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Re:The "vaccination causes autism" fraud by huxley on Thursday January 06, 2011 @11:58AM (#2076083)
Just to adjust your calculations a bit since side effects aren't all equal, the ranges are likely much higher than you mentioned.

Trivial side effects (small temporary rash) are probably in the 1-in-100 range. Moderate non-life-threatening are probably in the 1-in-3000 range.

Dangerous or life-threatening side effects are in the one in a million+ range.

Re:The "vaccination causes autism" fraud by kragen on Thursday January 06, 2011 @12:11PM (#2076134)
This varies a lot by vaccine. The typhoid-fever vaccine I took in 2003 has "trivial side effects" in the 90-in-100 range, I think --- namely, you feel sick for a few days.
Re:The "vaccination causes autism" fraud by huxley on Monday January 10, 2011 @10:01AM (#2088633)
You're absolutely right, I should have been more specific by saying that in the case of the MMR vaccine, trivial side effects are in that lower range, but --as you've pointed out-- that isn't true in all vaccines.