That 82% number came from a subset, not the population of pregnant women. Found it: of all the pregnancies that ENDED in the first trimester, which is when most miscarriages occur, the rate was 82%. When the entire population is examined over 9 months, the miscarriage rate is within the normal range. Vaccinations were irrelevant.
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been.
The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge'.”
— Dr. Isaac Asimov (1920-1992; “A Cult of Ignorance” — Newsweek, 21 January 1980)
Nearly fifty years later, that cult has only grown—which also includes physicians who are not merely ignorant, but anti-science ideologues (whose licenses should be revoked).
That 82% number came from a subset, not the population of pregnant women. Found it: of all the pregnancies that ENDED in the first trimester, which is when most miscarriages occur, the rate was 82%. When the entire population is examined over 9 months, the miscarriage rate is within the normal range. Vaccinations were irrelevant.
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been.
The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge'.”
— Dr. Isaac Asimov (1920-1992; “A Cult of Ignorance” — Newsweek, 21 January 1980)
(Full article: https://aphelis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ASIMOV_1980_Cult_of_Ignorance.pdf.)
Nearly fifty years later, that cult has only grown—which also includes physicians who are not merely ignorant, but anti-science ideologues (whose licenses should be revoked).