At 09:08 AM 02/08/2001 +0000, you wrote:
...
>Exemptors were 22.2 times more likely to acquire measles than vaccinated
>children.
>
>Andy.

        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?
        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.

Dave