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Re: "...20. The model didn’t take into account that 5% (2K/42K) of the alleged unvaxxed had births out of hospital settings, and without obstetrician/surgeon, which have worse outcomes." Not to nit-pick or anything, but having an OB present at births ONLY helps the 5-15%, TOPS, of births which actually benefit from surgical intervention. The countries with the best birth outcomes (highest % of mothers & babies surviving) have independent midwives providing primary maternity care, with mothers never seeing an OB until their particular situation warrants that. Canada (which has nowhere near the best birth outcomes) and the US (which have the worst birth outcomes of any developed country, and several developing countries as well) make it very difficult for independent midwives to practice legally, so poor outcomes in birth are at least as likely to result from inadequate access to independent midwifery, or even from mothers attempting to "go it alone" in order to avoid medically-unnecessary surgery, which has been rampant in the past several decades. "Though "worse outcomes" are more likely to be the result of inadequate birth certificate data, & unplanned home "births" (aka birth disasters, such as could happen anywhere, at any time) were totalled up with deaths at planned homebirths.

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