Modern medicine in the West offers many incredible treatments, some of which are responsible for keeping several of my friends alive.
However, the medical community also has a history of taking credit where it is not due.
For example, there is no shortage of medical professionals who would tell you that measles vaccines are responsible for the dramatic reduction in measles deaths in recent decades.
However, when you take a look at the data and underlying trends (e.g., malnutrition being part of the story in most measles fatalities historically), it seems there is no need to bang pots and pans on our balconies for that segment of the industry.
Epidemiologist/statistician Dr. David Vickers provides the pertinent numbers and logical interpretation in his article published on BIG Media’s platform yesterday: Pouring cold water on media-driven measles hysteria. Improved diet and living conditions have apparently played a larger role than vaccines in the near-elimination of measles deaths.
The dashed vertical line in the figure above represents 1963, the year that measles vaccines were first licensed for public use. The chart includes three age groupings of children.
Despite the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine’s demonstrated ability to prevent measles transmission with a low AEFI (adverse events following immunization) profile – as renowned data scientist Lee Hunt showed in Accountability and measles outbreaks – it does not take a rocket surgeon to see that vaccines are not the principal reason for mitigated measles mortality.
I am not a medical doctor, but I offer this prescription for improved health: work on your diet and overall mental and physical fitness rather than relying on drug companies to provide solutions to your health challenges.
(Rob Driscoll, BIG Media Ltd., 2025)