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How Did Typhoid Fever Go Away Without a Vaccine?

Vincent Iannelli, MD / August 2, 2024 / chlorination, hygiene, measles, morbidity, mortality graphs, mortality vs morbidity, pasteurization, pertussis, sanitation, typhoid fever, Typhoid Mary

Anti-vaccine influencers misuse mortality graphs to discredit vaccines. For diseases like typhoid fever, they overlook the impact of water filtration, pasteurization, and the availability of vaccines since 1896. While improved sanitation and hygiene played a role, targeted eradication campaigns, newer vaccines, and antibiotic treatments contributed to the decline. These factors, not vaccines, primarily reduced typhoid fever in developed countries.

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This Memorial Day Remember Those Who Lost the Fight to Now Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Vincent Iannelli, MD / May 27, 2024 / diphtheria, George Washington, hygiene, measles, Memorial Day, military vaccines, plague, sanitation, smallpox, tetanus, typhoid fever, war, war pestilances, yellow fever

On Memorial Day, we remember U.S. military personnel who died in service. Historically, infectious diseases posed a greater threat than combat. General George Washington mandated inoculation in 1777. Vaccines developed from the late 18th to mid-20th century countered diseases such as smallpox, typhoid, and influenza in the military. This Memorial Day, we honor their sacrifice and the role of vaccines.

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How Are Vaccines Related to News About Food Recalls and Food Poisoning?

Vincent Iannelli, MD / December 5, 2018 / Brandy Vaughan, conspiracy theories, correlation, food poisoning, propaganda, Salmonella, typhoid fever, vaccine pipeline

Is someone contaminating our food with Salmonella, so that you will want a new Salmonella vaccine?

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Which Vaccines Don’t Prevent the Spread of a Disease?

Vincent Iannelli, MD / July 7, 2018 / #SaidNoDoctor, baboons, benefits, Bob Sears, carrier, contagious, hepatitis B, herd immunity, hiding in the herd, measles deaths, measles outbreaks, mumps outbreaks, pertussis outbreaks, polio, Tetyana Obukhanych, typhoid fever, waning immunity

Dr. Bob is back and spreading misinformation about how vaccines work to prevent the spread of diseases.

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