To: Stoat
Keeping in mind these are “staggering” increases from an annual incidence around 100 to an annual incidence around 300, in a population of multi-millions. It’s of concern, of course, especially if one hasn’t had the available vaccinations, but still very small numbers involved.
24 posted on
04/15/2009 1:51:47 PM PDT by
Tax-chick
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To: Tax-chick
Keeping in mind these are “staggering” increases from an annual incidence around 100 to an annual incidence around 300, in a population of multi-millions. It’s of concern, of course, especially if one hasn’t had the available vaccinations, but still very small numbers involved.I agree that it hasn't reached pandemic proportions yet, but some of the diseases involved, such as whooping cough, are highly contagious and so when you're talking about several hundred additional cases over the norm, this is still worth taking note of because each one of those patients has the potential of quickly infecting many more.
35 posted on
04/15/2009 1:59:25 PM PDT by
Stoat
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To: Tax-chick
Keeping in mind these are “staggering” increases from an annual incidence around 100 to an annual incidence around 300, in a population of multi-millions. It’s of concern, of course, especially if one hasn’t had the available vaccinations, but still very small numbers involved. Obviously, you are a numbers person.
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