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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:32 AM Original message |
Deaths from Measles began to decline dramatically around 1910... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. One of my playmates died from it in the 50s |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I'm thinking cleaner drinking water... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It will, but that has nothing to do with measles deaths. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
2. Cheap available soap, clean water, indoor plumbing, |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. So, a combination of better understanding of disease... |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. You're welcome. n/t |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. One thing that dawned on me last night |
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Frances (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
5. My mother's brother was born about 1920 |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. No, Laura's sister had Scarlet Fever (strep), not measles. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. According to Wkli, it was measles, scarlet fever or a stroke. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Fascinating stuff. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
8. If we are being asked to discount the threat of measles because |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. A Lot of Deadly Microbes |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. "People used to die from syphillis, too." but then a little thing called |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. And nothing worse than a spirochete infected brain on mercury |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Hence, the Tuskegee Institute experiment meant to determine the |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. That is True |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Actually arsnic. Not mercury. Wrong info. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. They are both quite toxic. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. "Is that scary enough to send you to the dentist to replace your fillings that are neurotoxic??" |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Antibiotic development to counter opportunistic bacterial infections can help also |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. That might be true with parasites and symbiotes |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-16-09 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
14. I wonder how old a disease measles is? Maybe what you are seeing is |
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Heddi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Good Points! |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
21. One nomination ... |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-17-09 07:00 AM Response to Original message |
23. Looks like it was related to anti-biotics and generally better care for secondary infections |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. It's not only a mortality drop-off in measles. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-21-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. You do realize that those graphs refer to deaths, right? eom |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yes, hence the word "mortality" in the title of the sub-thread. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Just making sure since you posted graphs before without realizing it. |
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cureautismnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. No, you made the mistake. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-22-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Lol. Sure. |
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