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  1. 07-02-2014, 06:27 #11
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    Default Re: If your child is not vaccinated, they should be barred from attending public scho

    Statistics from the recent Welsh measles outbreak:
    "In the outbreak children who were unvaccinated had a chance of catching measles of around 1 in 18 (6,812/371), children who were partly vaccinated had a chance of catching measles of around 1 in 750 (14,219/19) and children who were fully vaccinated had a chance of catching measles of around 1 in 2,200 (68,825/31). This shows that 2 doses of MMR were over 99% effective in protecting against measles and 1 dose of MMR was over 97% effective in protecting against measles."

    http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/do...T%20REPORT.doc

    1400 measles notifications, 88 people were hospitalized and one died.

    So the 95% number is the wrong way round and even with modern medicine and fast responses in a first world country a relatively small outbreak can be fatal.
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