On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, David Lewandowski wrote:
>
>         Where do you get "22.2 times more likely" from? I did not find it
> in either of the 2 articles I was referring to. Maybe from the abstract?
>


It was the original article, and came from the link that you provided.


>
> Have you ever read "How to lie with Statistics"? I prefer not to manipulate
> the numbers to the extreme but I could see how someone could. The statistic
> that stands out in my mind is the constant that 89% of those that
> contracted measles had been vaccinated against measles. I would like to see
> these children followed throughout life and compare their rates of auto
> immune diseases, quality of life factors, and any other important to health
> numbers.
>

Talking of lying with statistics, the original article said

"AT LEAST 11 % of children were infected by exemptors"

which means anywhere from 11 to 100 percent.

Andy.