Most people think the debate over the possible dangers of child vaccinations are a matter of science. Most people are wrong.

Like so much else, the crux of the issue involves knowledge of history. Every disease children get vaccinated against in the name of protection has a record of death rates predating the development of vaccines.

Take diphtheria, for example. In 1900, the mortality rate was 40.3 deaths per 100,000 individuals. Before the first vaccine for diphtheria was introduced in 1926 (a vaccine that proved ineffective), the death rate had already declined 81 percent. By the time the DTP (diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis) vaccine was developed in 1948, it had experienced a 97.8 percent decline.

Similar pre-vaccine declines in the 90 percent range occurred for tetanus and pertus

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