Problems with the WSJ chart:
- The charts starts in 1945- and doesn't tell the whole story: 1800's to 1900s is when the virus was at its worse, and it began slowing down through other factors like hygiene, sanitation, living standards, alimentation, etc.
- Measles was already declining before introduction of the vaccines
To be clear, I have not done that much research yet, so any contradicting evidence is welcome!
The first graph is measles deaths, not cases.
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That's right, I forgot to mention that.
And my point is that reduction of deaths could be attributed to other medical advances making measles less deadly. It would be good to get measles cases long term graph to prove or disprove this hypothesis.
