Roman Bystrianyk likes to write about the “history of vaccination.”
Well, he likes to tell his version of the history of vaccination…
Roman Bystrianyk’s History of Vaccination
A history of vaccination that is heavily influenced by 18th- and 19th-century anti-vaccine influencers.
That’s right, his ‘history of vaccination’ is basically just a retelling of old anti-vaccine stories.
“Along with these sanitary changes, what became known as the “Leicester Method” relied on quarantining smallpox patients and thoroughly disinfecting their homes.”
Roman Bystrianyk
He even mischaracterizes the Leicester Method!
He leaves out that in addition to quarantining people with smallpox, the Leicester Method was eventually modified and relied heavily on vaccinating all contacts of anyone who had smallpox!
What else?
The fatality rate in Leicester in the late 19th century and early 20th century was 1 to 2% for those who were vaccinated.
What was it for folks who were unvaccinated? It was 8 to 12%.
Far from being a failure, the vaccinated always did much better than the unvaccinated!
Also, do you remember Roman Bystrianyk’s stats about smallpox outbreaks in Marseilles and Copenhagen?
Let’s take a look at what really happened…
In Marseilles, almost all the deaths were in those who were unvaccinated!
In Copenhagen too, there were many more deaths among those who were unvaccinated.
And in Canada, Italy, Austria, and everywhere else!
So how can he say that smallpox vaccinations were a failure!
“Vaccination neither secures the patient from catching the Small Pox by variolous infection, nor, when so caught, lessens the danger of disease.”
John Birch
Obviously, he does it by cherry-picking his sources and leaving out any information that doesn’t fit his anti-vaccine agenda.
So he just blatantly lied.
Unsure if he will get an American Loons entry, since he is not American though.