DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outbreak

Re:DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outb... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @11:10AM (#21992649)

For sure, confusion was not intended.

People act as if vaccination is perfect and has no risks and that people who try and consider the risks are thus stupid.

>"These vaccination-associated symptoms are widely harmless"

So, mild symptoms are mild, got you.

But you accept that there are people getting life altering illnesses from vaccinations?

Eg https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/guillainbarre.htm says about 1-2 per million vaccinations.

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Re:DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outb... by bipson on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @03:44PM (#21995593)

Why did you leave out this (essential) information that associates your cherry-picked statement?: (emphasis mine)

>The data on the association between GBS and seasonal flu vaccination are variable and inconsistent across flu seasons. If there is an increased risk of GBS following flu vaccination it is small, on the order of one to two additional GBS cases per million doses of flu vaccine administered.

They clearly never state your conclusion, they said 'If there is such an increased risk, it is incredibly small'.

Now the question is, why would you do that?

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Re:DR Congo measles: More than 6k dead in world's worst outb... by pbhjpbhj on Thursday January 09, 2020 @11:14AM (#22002374)

This is a brief conversation on a mobile phone, I clearly sourced my backing for that statement.

Answer this - does vaccination have any major health risks?

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