In the last post I decided to talk about some groups on twitter and how these groups exploit people and convince them to not take vaccines. This is the second part of the series.
The graph seen above is from “Our World in Data” in which all numbers have been provided by the World Health Organization when the report came out in 2015. The World Health Organization does recommend routine vaccinations to prevent illness, sickness, death and disability. Seen on the graph are four common diseases which include diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, polio, measles and hepatitis B. According to the Vaccine Alliance only 7% of the population in developing countries are fully immunized.
The graph above is also from the source ” Our World in Data” in which each year until 2015 death is decreasing from vaccines. Before the vaccine for measles was introduced in the year 1963, there would be a ballpoint of 2.6 million deaths per year. Because 86% of the world’s population has been immunized, there have been around 68,000 deaths per year according in the year 2016. In 1988 around 787,000 new borns would die because pertussis was not prevented. In the year 2013 around 49,000 children died. While these are many reported deaths, vaccinations do help prevent illness and the fate of death.
However while to this present day global vaccine coverage has slowed down according to the World Health Organization. The organization estimates there is about 19.5 million kids to this day that are at a risk of dying from the lack of routine vaccinations. To add on while it does state that 86% of children have been immunized for measles, the second dose of vaccine drops to 64% worldwide.