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Originally Posted by Lchoy
In Japan, pertussis immunization rates dropped from 90% to less than 40% because of public concern over safety of the vaccine. Prior to the drop in immunization rates, there were 200 to 400 cases of pertussis each year in Japan. Following this drop, there were 13, 000 cases of pertussis disease with over 100 deaths*.
In Ireland, measles immunization rates dropped to 76% following allegations of a link to autism. The number of measles cases increased from 148 per year to 1200, along with several deaths in children, a complication of measles*.
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Damn dirty Japanese and Irish. No wonder they got sick. Guess they don't have sinks over there.