The reason parents encouraged their kids to get the childhood diseases is that the diseases tended to be milder when the kids were young (not too young) but were much more sever when the person was older. Such as mumps in older people, measles in pregnant women, etc...
Dan "The Disease "We don't usually think of measles as being a serious disease, but it can be very serious. Most children who get measles will have a rash, high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes. These symptoms last for 1 or 2 weeks. But measles also causes ear infections in nearly 1 out of every 10 children who get it. As many as 1 out of 20 children with measles gets pneumonia. About 1 child in every 1,000 who get measles will get encephalitis. (This is an inflammation of the brain that can lead to convulsions, and can leave your child deaf or mentally retarded.) For every 1,000 children who get measles, 1 or 2 will die from it. Measles can also make a pregnant woman have a miscarriage or give birth prematurely. "Measles spreads very easily from person to person. You can get measles from an infected person who coughs or sneezes around you or even talks to you. Before measles vaccine was available, nearly all children had measles by the time they were 15 years old. An average of 530,000 cases a year were reported in the United States during the 10 years before vaccine was available. And during each of these years over 450 people died because of measles. Now, thanks to measles vaccine, the number of measles cases each year is a fraction of what it was then. However, we shouldn't assume that our children are safe from the threat of measles. In 1989 and 1990 we saw a large increase in measles, partly because many parents didn't have their preschool-aged children vaccinated. Measles spreads so easily that any child who is not immunized will probably get it, either now or later in life. " "MEASLES VACCINE NORMAL SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS "More than 170 million doses of measles vaccine have been distributed in the United States since 1963. The vaccine has an excellent safety record. The most common side effect is a fever of 101o or higher which occurs in 5% to 15% of the people getting the vaccination. This fever begins 5 to 12 days after vaccination and lasts a few days. Most people with a fever have no other symptoms. About 5% of persons will develop a rash which lasts a few days. Very rarely, less than once in every four million doses administered, brain inflammation has been reported. However, it is not certain that measles vaccine actually caused the brain infection. Another very rare side effect is seizures, which can occur as a result of the fever. These so-called febrile seizures are not known to cause any permanent harm to the child." "MEASLES STATISTICS - "Before the measles vaccine was made available in the United States in 1963, about 500,000 cases and 500 deaths from measles were being reported annually with epidemic cycles every 2 to 3 years. During this time more than 50% of persons had measles by age 6 with more than 90% having measles by age 15. The most common age of the disease was between 5 and 9 years, with the most deaths occurring in children less than 5, especially in those under one year of age. "Complications from measles disease during the last 5 years are listed in order of frequency - diarrhea, 7%; middle ear infection, 6%; pneumonia, 5%; encephalitis, 0.1%; with 1 in 1000 reported cases dying. "After the introduction of the vaccine, the incidence of measles was reduced by more than 98% with no more 2 to 3 year epidemic cycles. During the late 1960's and early 1970's, the number of cases reported fell to between 22,000 and 75,000 cases per year. In 1978 a Measles Elimination Program was initiated and reported cases fell from 26,871 in 1978 to an all time low of 1,497 in 1983. Since 1983 the number of reported cases has fluctuated: in 1984 - 2,587, in 1985 - 2,822, in 1986 - 6,282, in 1987 - 3,655, in 1988 - 3,396 cases. Therefore, between 1981 and 1988 an average of 3100 measles cases and 2 deaths per year were reported. During these years most cases of measles occurred in school-aged children, 5 to 19 years old. Many of these children had received one dose of measles vaccine, but failed to develop immunity to measles, as is the case with 2-5% of all persons who receive the vaccine. Most outbreaks of measles occurred in high schools and colleges and involved fewer than 100 cases each. "During 1989 and 1990, measles increased dramatically, to over 18,000 cases in 1989 and over 27,000 cases in 1990. During these 2 years the disease most commonly occurred in children less than 5 years of age, most of whom had never been vaccinated. The outbreaks which occurred in 1989 and 1990, however, were much different than those occurring in the early 1980's. These recent outbreaks have been much larger, and some involved more than 2000 children. These recent outbreaks have involved mostly unvaccinated black and hispanic children less than 5 years of age living in inner city areas of large cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Milwaukee, and New York City. "The reason for the dramatic increase in measles in 1989 and 1990 is not known with certainty. One important contributor is that many children in some areas of the United States do not receive measles vaccine at the recommended age of 12 - 15 months. In some areas where outbreaks have occurred only about 50% of 2 year-old children have been vaccinated. Another possible contributor is the number of unvaccinated children has increased due to migration, immigration, or other factors. In addition, large measles outbreaks were also reported from other countries in the Western Hemisphere, including Canada, Mexico, and several countries in Central America. There is no evidence that the outbreaks are due to a change in the measles virus." > -----Original Message----- > From: Clayton Family [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:39 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>o Law Says Parents Have To Get Their Children > Vaccinated > > Yes, same thing where I grew up. It seemed to work fine. Of > course, there were always those kids who had a rough time, > and the vaccines are advertised to prevent this. But the vacs > can pose a problem by themselves, especially if they are the > EVIL live virus vaccine. The dead virus vacs cause so many > fewer problems, it is a wonder that they even make the other > kind. One of those "public policy decisions" no doubt, to > protect us from ourselves. > > That said, I had an uncle that died of tetanus before > vaccines were invented, and that WAS a horrible death. Shook > up everyone in the family. Since the vaccine came along, > pretty much no one dies of tetanus in the developed world anymore. > > On Nov 20, 2007, at 6:46 AM, Dee wrote: > > > But the thing is, when I was a child and then when I had > my children, > > everyone had these childhood illnesses; they were expected and we > > *encouraged* the kids to mix with kids that had mumps etc., so that > > they > > *would* catch it early. This then prepared their bodies to > fight more > > serious ailments later on in life, or so it seemed. No-one died of > > these illnesses, and they were often quite mild i.e. Two of mine > > caught measles and were only poorly for a day. I don't agree with > > this modern thinking of vaccinating for everything as I > feel that it > > causes far more illnesses than it prevents, if done > indiscriminately. > > Dee > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Clive Mitchell > > Date: 11/19/07 23:19:18 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: CS>o Law Says Parents Have To Get Their Children > > Vaccinated > > > > > > It was only later when the incidence of these childhood ailments > > started To increase significantly (due to the number of non > vaccinated > > children) > > That the "scientist" suddenly backed off and it transpired > that he had > > Been paid to do the "research" by the legal industry since it was > > Looking to make a tidy profit encouraging people to sue the > government > > For giving their kids autism. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Clive Mitchell > > > > http://www.bigclive.com > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > >
