Death rate due to Measles in 1900...133 per million people in the United States
Death rate due to Measles in 1960...0.3 per million people in the United States.
This is a 97.7% decline in Measles-related deaths...and this was BEFORE the vaccine was made available (1963). Interesting. No?
What can this decline be attributed to?
How about:
better nutrition (with rapid delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables to cities; and refrigeration)
cleaner water
improved sanitation (removing trash from the streets...and improved sewage systems).
Just sayin...
