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.