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Thread #77142   Message #1372758
Posted By: GUEST,John O'Lennaine
06-Jan-05 - 12:26 AM
Thread Name: BS: Fact vs. Factoid: What to believe??
Subject: RE: BS: Fact vs. Factoid: What to believe??
When I was little everyone in the state got vaccinated and I have never met anyone personally who ever even met anyone who suffered adverse side effects. I think the numbers are manipulated to infer a far greater incidence than there really is.

It's a bit like shark attack. It happens, and when it does happen it's devestating, but when you consider how many people swim in the ocean, it doesn't happen very often.

But yeah, if you're dealing committed enthusiasts...

...and then again, numbers don't mean anything if you happen to be one of them that does suffer from it.

John