Keith Benson wrote:
> It must be terribl;e to be one of those 15%, especially when it is so easily preventable.
>
>   
I agree, but the fatality rate for infant botulism is less than 1% in 
the USA, so even if you get it you have a better chance of survival than 
most hospitalization causes.

The infant mortality rate in the USA is about 7 per 1000 and most all of 
those deaths are from birth defects, disorders related to short 
gestation/low birthweight, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and 
issues related to pregnancy and birth, including substance abuse.

Botulism is not even mentioned.

Bill Truesdell
Bath, Maine

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