<b>”The greatest threat of childhood diseases lies in the dangerous and ineffectual efforts made to prevent them through mass immunization…..There is no convincing scientific evidence that mass inoculations can be credited with eliminating any childhood disease.”–Dr Robert Mendelsohn</b>
That statement is flat out wrong, and anyone who says that is either grossly mis informed or is flat out lying. First of all there is overwhelming evidence that immunisation has eliminated Smallpox from the world, and has brought levels of Polio, Diphtheria, Pertussis, Rubella, Tetanus and others down in the USA between 90% and 99%.
For example the average pre immunisation anual morbidity (IE people who got sick) of Rubella was around 47,000, last year it was 4. (not 4,000 but 4). My father tells me that when he was a boy people were terrified of Polio, it could paralyse or kill you, and infected about 16,000 people annually, it has not been seen in the USA in years and is now restricted to a few corners of India, Pakistan, and Nigeria. Due to the hard work of the Gates foundation and others it is expected it will be gone from the world by 2020. [numbers are from the CDC]