On X, someone noted that 127 children had died from the measles vaccine while only 2 have died from contracting measles. Proof that the vaccine is more dangerous than the disease! No, sorry, it does not prove any such thing.
The measles vaccine was introduced in 1963. Prior to vaccination, the annual death toll was 300 to 400 per year. The population was considerably lower then, but let's stick with that number and just compare. With the vaccine, we can have 2 measles deaths and 127 vaccine deaths, but without the vaccine with can have 300 to 400 measles deaths and no vaccine deaths. I'll let you choose.
As Thomas Sowell explained, there are no solutions, only tradeoffs. By only examining one side of the equation, it can appear that the status quo is obviously wrong. However, once you look at both sides, the tradeoff is apparent and the cost/benefit can be answered.
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