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Why Didn’t Everyone Die with Our 1980s Level of Vaccination Rates?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / April 25, 2018 March 24, 2019 / deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases, herd immunity, Hib, J.B. Handley, Jenny McCarthy, measles deaths, measles outbreaks, meningococcal disease, pre-vaccine era, survivorship bias, Vaccine Misinformation

Why didn’t everyone die in the pre-vaccine era when we had fewer vaccines and vaccination rates were below herd immunity levels?

Have Normal Childhood Diseases Become More Deadly?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / January 21, 2019 January 20, 2019 / Brady Bunch, chicken pox deaths, chiropractors, deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases, diphtheria deaths, fear, flu deaths, measles deaths, pertussis deaths, polio, rabies deaths, rite of passage, survivorship bias, TV Shows, Vaccine Misinformation, Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Surviving life-threatening diseases like chicken pox, measles, polio, and diphtheria was once considered a rite of passage.

10 Myths About Chicken Pox and the Chicken Pox Vaccine

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / November 4, 2018 November 4, 2018 / answers, chicken pox, chicken pox deaths, chicken pox myths, chicken pox parties, cost-effectiveness, duration of protection, fear, herd immunity, hiding in the herd, homeopathic vaccines, myths, natural immunity, research, rite of passage, shingles, survivorship bias, toxins, Vaccine Misinformation, vaccine myths, varicella, varicella myths

How many of these myths about chicken pox and the chicken pox vaccine do you believe?

Grave Reminders of Life Before Vaccines

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / March 18, 2018 March 27, 2018 / benefits, cognitive bias, epiglottitis, Hib, History of Vaccines, meningitis vaccines, natural immunity, Outbreaks, pest house, polio, polio eradication, polio survivor, pre-vaccine era, regret, smallpox, smallpox vaccine, survivorship bias, Walter Orenstein

Forgetting the pre-vaccine era and the benefits of vaccines makes folks susceptible to anti-vaccine talking points and scares them away from vaccinating and protecting their kids.

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Why Didn’t Everyone Die with Our 1980s Level of Vaccination Rates?

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