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Re:Polio Detected in US by Sparkle-san on Friday July 22, 2022 @05:30PM (#32197346)
Because they're not comparable. 75% of the measles cases in 2019 (which was the worst measles year since 1992) were associated with the Orthodox communities in NY[1]. Oregon and Washington do have higher prevalence due somewhat lower vaccination rates in specific counties but they lack the same clustering and congregating that is found in the Orthodox communities.

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6840e2.htm

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Re:Polio Detected in US by hunterb123 on Friday July 22, 2022 @07:20PM (#32198299)
You cherry picked a particularly bad year (and a far outlier) and ignored the years where Washington and Oregon had higher numbers than NY.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/186678/new-cases-of-meas...

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Re:Polio Detected in US by Sparkle-san on Friday July 22, 2022 @08:06PM (#32198691)
I focused on the bad year for that specific reason, because it was BAD. WA and OR have some cases throughout the years, but they don't produce large outbreaks because the overall populations are still vaccinated enough for herd immunity to act as a barrier. Orthodox communities on the other hand don't have that advantage, and when there's an outbreak there, it creates outliers and outliers are what we're trying to avoid when it comes to pathogens.
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Re:Polio Detected in US by hunterb123 on Friday July 22, 2022 @08:39PM (#32198941)
You seem very matter of fact for a one year outlier that you tried to pass off as a trend.

What about the years where an Oregon community surpassed the Orthodox Jew community in question?

Seems like you just want to selectively take an unfortunate outlier from 3 years ago and persecute a community for it even though it's not the norm.

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