Anyone see this article on cnn? - Page 2

[grandmaofthree]

Originally Posted by Proverbs31

grandmaofthree:

Out of curiosity, have you made the decision not to vaccinate or seriously exploring making this decision?

My grandkids (2, 4 and 5) have been unvaccinated up until now, but my daughter and son-in-law have been reconsidering having them vaccinated. That is what brought me here.

I can not make their decision for them.

[k9sarchik]

Found this link on the history of Hib. The writer is a non-vaxer now.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...za.html?cat=37

I find it rather interesting that it's possible that conventional medicine and Big Pharma played a role in increasing Hib rates.

[anewmama]

Originally Posted by bluedaisy

this kind of reporting drives me crazy - 5 cases of hib and one death is considered an OUTBREAK??? give me a break. of course my heart goes out to that family but i'm not scared my DD in VA will get Hib b/c 5 kids became sick in minnesota. sadly, many children die from diseases - one child dying from a rare disease never makes the news - unless there is a vax against it. and lots of kids die from vaxes but that never makes the news...it just shows that those who have money (pharma cos) control the news we hear :

It's not an outbreak in the way WE think of the word. But this is the highest number of cases since 1992 (10 cases) or 1994 (4 cases). Average in that state is around 2 since 1992.

So if you were tracking diseases and your averages for 16 years is 2 and suddenly there is a jump to 5, it would raise questions.

Here is some more data and specifics from the CDC. Unfortunately, the way I am reading the report, they are concerned that this "jump" in cases is due to the vaccine shortage.

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm58e0123.pdf


There are some good tables there as well.