A Stolen Life by Marge Grant

Mike wrote:

Peter Bowditch wrote:
Mike wrote:

Peter Bowditch wrote:
Mike wrote:

Peter Bowditch wrote:
Mike wrote:

Peter Bowditch wrote:
DPT is cheaper to make x 2

and the safer DPT is DTaP
a) That's got nothing to do with the contradiction

b) No, it's not

WTF? Just look at the statistics from vaccine injury
compensation program.
http://www.hrsa.gov/Vaccinecompensat...ics_report.htm

DTP (diphtheria-tetanus-whole cell pertussis): compensated claims 1263.
DTaP (diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis): compensated claims 78.

Quite a difference, isn't it?
Yep. Now tell me what relevance the DTP figures have to today.

And total compensated claims: 2233, that is 1263 for DTP
and 970 for everything else (that even includes DTP-HIB).
Yep. Now tell me what relevance the DTP figures have to today.

JOHN stated that DTaP is safer than DTP. You stated: "No, it's not".
The VICP statistics prove his statement is correct, unlike yours.
Relevance to today is a different issue that was not discussed in this
thread, invoking it is a lame attempt to change the topic.
Learn to read.

John said "the safer DPT is DTaP".

Is that a true statement?

That is nitpicking. He meant "a safer version of DPT is DTaP" which is
obviously true.

No, it is not true.

A safer version of the Corvette is a Hyundai Excel. Think about it.


DPT (or DTP) is a vaccine that was used to prevent diphtheria, tetanus
and pertussis. DTaP is a vaccine that is used for exactly the same
purposes and that replaced DTP because it is safer. What part of
that don't you understand?

I understand that it is a completely different pertussis vaccine, made
in a different way using different techniques and based on different
science.

A safer form of the AK47 is a tambourine. Think about it.


This is not an English exam, and you are not a professor.

Precision in the use of language is not just a matter for English
professors (or even professors of English). And how do you know that I
am not a professor? Nine hours from now I will be teaching a class at
a college.



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