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April 5, 2019 12:19 pm at 12:19 pm
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mentsch1
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A simple google search shows that in 2017 80,000 died in the us from the flu.
For the 8 years from 2010-2018 the total from influenza stands at 336,000 (CDC website)
Contrast that with 1 death from measles from 2005-2015.
Before you get excited,I am pro vax. But I am definitely anti-hysteria.
I think a refocus needs to happen and that is to spend a little more time discussing and preventing a disease that is 336,000 x more likely to kill and a little less time rehashing this subject.