Medical News: Pertussis Outbreaks Costly for Local Health Depts - in Infectious Disease, General Infectious Disease from MedPage Today (click to see the original story)
Illustrating the lingering threat of pertussis, an outbreak that infected an estimated 8,383 people and killed 10 infants is currently winding down in California -- although a "relatively high" number of cases were still being reported through the end of December -- according to the state's Department of Public Health. This is just one of many new outbreaks of preventable disease we are experiencing across north America due to the continuing influence of the anti-vaccine activists, poor public education on the part of governments and scientifically misleading publications spread by local newspapers that still use headlines to get attention rather than spread the truth and protect the public.
Get you children vaccinated today. Protect them, your family, your friends and the public. Get the facts from your medical doctor.
For those who continue to not understand the process of science and the science of statistics and probability I suggest reading an entertaining and enlightening book on probability. Yes, I said and entertaining book on probability. It's been on the New york Times Best Seller list and should be on your list of books to read. It will make you a competent consumer of information: The Drunkard's Walk by (Click here to purchase at Amazon.ca) This book will help you understand the difference between correlation and causation, and help you understand why many things we see as connected and meaningful are much less so than we think. Right now science, health and the future of our society seems to be at question because the general public has such poor training in science, math and logic. This is a really good place to start.
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Dr. Jim Roche
Registered Psychologist, BC
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