The 4,000,000 estimate for measles cases is pretty high.
Reported cases of measles peaked right around 1960 at around 500,000. Though obviously there would be many unreported cases, as I said earlier.
But I've never seen anything saying that there were 4,000,000 cases of measles annually, even estimating unreported cases.
That's the thing with compiling statistics. You don't just use some arbitrary number someone pulled out of their ass. You compare reported hospitalized cases to reported cases.
Well hell, let's just say that someone somewhere says they think 160,000,000 people were getting measles each year. That way, the percentage of people dying goes waaaaay down. 🤷♀️
The 4,000,000 estimate for measles cases is pretty high.
Reported cases of measles peaked right around 1960 at around 500,000. Though obviously there would be many unreported cases, as I said earlier.
But I've never seen anything saying that there were 4,000,000 cases of measles annually, even estimating unreported cases.
That's the thing with compiling statistics. You don't just use some arbitrary number someone pulled out of their ass. You compare reported hospitalized cases to reported cases.
It's Staistics 101.
"compare reported hospitalized cases to reported cases." and leave out the vast majority of cases that are never more than annoyances.
It's epidemiology 1.
Well hell, let's just say that someone somewhere says they think 160,000,000 people were getting measles each year. That way, the percentage of people dying goes waaaaay down. 🤷♀️
Did you ever rework your math problem?
Would be surprising.
8,000/4,000,000 = ?? What percentage is that ?
.2%. Not 2%.
You really don't know that? Seriously?