This is not true. Today more people survive INFECTION because of better medical care and medicines such as antibiotics, but infectious diseases are STILL dangerous.

People sometimes think that if their child gets a disease like measles or tetanus nowadays, a visit to the doctor or HOSPITAL will easily sort it out. In fact many infectious diseases lead to complications that still cannot be treated, even with the best medical care available (for example meningitis, ENCEPHALITIS - inflammation of the brain - and even pneumonia). Even in countries with good INTENSIVE care facilities, 3 in 10 of those who get tetanus will die.

This is not true. Today more people survive infection because of better medical care and medicines such as antibiotics, but infectious diseases are still dangerous.

People sometimes think that if their child gets a disease like measles or tetanus nowadays, a visit to the doctor or hospital will easily sort it out. In fact many infectious diseases lead to complications that still cannot be treated, even with the best medical care available (for example meningitis, encephalitis - inflammation of the brain - and even pneumonia). Even in countries with good intensive care facilities, 3 in 10 of those who get tetanus will die.