Dr. Alejandro Diaz

Well, that's a very hot and interesting topic, Dr. Victory. So if we look at the last 100 years, so the The mortality rate has been declining even before the licensing of the MMR vaccine, which was just about 1963. And it was just declining just before that. So really, to be honest, the vaccine had nothing to do with decreasing the mortality at all. That's proven facts. That's science.

Well, that's a very hot and interesting topic, Dr. Victory. So if we look at the last 100 years, so the The mortality rate has been declining even before the licensing of the MMR vaccine, which was just about 1963. And it was just declining just before that. So really, to be honest, the vaccine had nothing to do with decreasing the mortality at all. That's proven facts. That's science.

That's one fact. And then if we go through, you know, the outbreaks that we used to have all the time, before 1963, you know, like my parents, I was growing up, I grew up on the 70s. So my parents, my grandparents, great-grandparents, everybody, they used, most of them, they have measles by the age of 18 years. Most of them. In the United States, in Mexico, everywhere in the world.

That's one fact. And then if we go through, you know, the outbreaks that we used to have all the time, before 1963, you know, like my parents, I was growing up, I grew up on the 70s. So my parents, my grandparents, great-grandparents, everybody, they used, most of them, they have measles by the age of 18 years. Most of them. In the United States, in Mexico, everywhere in the world.

It was a worldwide disease. You know, communicable disease, but, you know, mortality rate very low in the last, let's say, 80 years. And then in 1963, they start with the new licensed vaccine. And then everything was okay until 1989. In 1989, we had, because this is important to understand, in 1989, we have the first important outbreak after the vaccine.

It was a worldwide disease. You know, communicable disease, but, you know, mortality rate very low in the last, let's say, 80 years. And then in 1963, they start with the new licensed vaccine. And then everything was okay until 1989. In 1989, we had, because this is important to understand, in 1989, we have the first important outbreak after the vaccine.

And then we're talking about like 55,000 cases and unfortunately 123 deaths. So that is mortality rate of about 0.22%. If we take into account that during that time, only in the United States, there were about, just roughly about 55 million children below the ages of 15. the incidence rate to acquire the disease was 0.1%.

And then we're talking about like 55,000 cases and unfortunately 123 deaths. So that is mortality rate of about 0.22%. If we take into account that during that time, only in the United States, there were about, just roughly about 55 million children below the ages of 15. the incidence rate to acquire the disease was 0.1%.

So after those events, the Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices, the ACIP and the American Academy of Pediatrics, they got together and they said, you know, we have a lot of cases. This is going out of control. Why don't we start a second shot, a second dose? And because of that, if you see the percentages, if you see the epidemiology, they started with the second dose until now.

So after those events, the Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices, the ACIP and the American Academy of Pediatrics, they got together and they said, you know, we have a lot of cases. This is going out of control. Why don't we start a second shot, a second dose? And because of that, if you see the percentages, if you see the epidemiology, they started with the second dose until now.

And then we had the 1992 outbreak, the 2014 in Ohio outbreak, the 2015 in Disneyland, and then the 2017 in Minnesota. So there has been outbreaks, always very small outbreaks. But now... they are bringing the narrative again. So people are starting to get scared because they don't know what to do.

And then we had the 1992 outbreak, the 2014 in Ohio outbreak, the 2015 in Disneyland, and then the 2017 in Minnesota. So there has been outbreaks, always very small outbreaks. But now... they are bringing the narrative again. So people are starting to get scared because they don't know what to do.

And it's hard to communicate this with parents specifically because they are so afraid right now because the media are communicating not very accurate data. So that's confusing a lot of people.

And it's hard to communicate this with parents specifically because they are so afraid right now because the media are communicating not very accurate data. So that's confusing a lot of people.

Well, first of all, as a father, as a pediatrician and so on, any death of any children, it's a tragedy of any kind, if it's an accident, if it's a disease, infectious disease or anything. So I have to be very cautious about that. But statistically, statistically, It's not sufficient. It's not significant in terms of numbers.

Well, first of all, as a father, as a pediatrician and so on, any death of any children, it's a tragedy of any kind, if it's an accident, if it's a disease, infectious disease or anything. So I have to be very cautious about that. But statistically, statistically, It's not sufficient. It's not significant in terms of numbers.

So really, people, they don't have to be worried about that if they have made their decision, because, you know, to be to be completely honest about this, this is. Just the question to vaccinate or to not vaccinate. And that is the question that everybody's asking.

So really, people, they don't have to be worried about that if they have made their decision, because, you know, to be to be completely honest about this, this is. Just the question to vaccinate or to not vaccinate. And that is the question that everybody's asking.

You know, there are a large group of people in different parts of the world that they have decided not to vaccinate their children for different reasons. Whatever their reason is, every family will think differently. But now they're shifting a little bit because of this madness of big media sending this message of, oh, this is the end of the world.

You know, there are a large group of people in different parts of the world that they have decided not to vaccinate their children for different reasons. Whatever their reason is, every family will think differently. But now they're shifting a little bit because of this madness of big media sending this message of, oh, this is the end of the world.