This post is an example of how anti-vaccine groups manipulate scientific information to justify their claims stating that the deleterious effects of vaccines could overcome the consequences of an unvaccinated population. It is serious to mention as a source the world health organization, when this organization maintains campaigns to distribute vaccines at low cost to low income countries.
The comparison must be made with the morbidity and mortality of diseases preventable by vaccines when these did not exist.
A current example can be felt in Venezuela where, due to inadequate health policy, the coverage of the vaccinated population decreased, which has resulted in a large number of deaths due to diphtheria, a disease that was eradicated and that I had not had the opportunity to meet in my country through 22 years of professional practice.
The worldwide recommendation of both the World Health Organization and all pediatric societies is to vaccinate