The news lately has been flooded with measles stories.... Has anyone been impacted by this outbreak? Some pediatricians (in news stories) are even cautioning bringing infants out to widely travelled public places.... scary we have to deal with this in 2015!
Re: Measles outbreak
ETA: crap wrong M. It was meningitis. Stupid pregnancy brain steals my all my brain cells! Still sad. But it does bring up a good point about vaccinating kids. I will be vaccinating minion because I want him to be healthy.
This topic pisses me off so much. Stupid celebrities feeding the media their BS. There is a reason that the disease were almost gone! I understand the kids that can't due to medical reasons, but everyone else should vaccinate, especially if they want to go to public school, and if they don't all parents should be made aware of who they are. Heaven help the parent that doesn't vaccinate their kid and they get mine sick...all I have to say about that.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
It's one thing to want to not protect/endanger your own kid, but don't hurt mine because you are stupid/naive/or what have you!
I ran a search for a ten year period for deaths reported with measles vaccines, including a few that are no longer in production. The search result contained 108 deaths over this period, associated with four different measles vaccines sold in the United States during the past 10 years.
Today, one can only purchase a measles vaccine in combination with the mumps and rubella vaccines (MMR Vaccine).
When searching for just the MMR vaccine during the past 10 years, 96 deaths were reported:
Anybody with a computer and Internet access can search this database by visiting MedAlerts.org.
The anti vax "movement" might be the worst thing the internet has caused to date. Everyone thinks reading 2 articles about it makes them an expert.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dandiamond/2015/01/28/measles-is-spreading-and-kids-might-die-sue-parents-who-didnt-vaccinate-absolutely/
Here is a good article from a pediatrician in Seattle regarding tips for babies under 12 months. https://seattlemamadoc.seattlechildrens.org/measles-outbreak-with-a-baby-at-home/
I'm thankful that these outbreaks have seemed to silence the anti-vaxers a little bit... I hear crickets from anyone strongly against vaccinations. Really hoping this outbreak will spark major changes. Maybe all schools/daycares nationwide will simply not be able to allow unvaccinated children to attend. Not vaccinating your kids? Then you will homeschool them.
2nd round exp 8/20/18.
I see u don't read all the info - no one has died of the measles since 2003 in America according to the U.S. Government. That's a fact. The problem is if vaccines truly worked and no one was getting injured by them everyone would do it. Do u know your child has a 600% higher chance of asthma if vaccinated. A 523% higher chance of childhood diabetes. Cancer, MS, brain damage all of these. (I'm happy to post the comparison study - but I'm sure u can find it in the medical journal) How about peanut and egg allergies. You know how many thousands of deaths these lead to ever year. Everyone that doesn't vaccinate realizes that we have an immune system and we can fight these things (Measles chicken pox)) but once we poison our system we are forever changed. The more vaccines that are introduced the more children will be damaged and the more people will not vaccinate. When u were a baby u probably received 11 doses - now a baby receives over 150 Shots on there lifetime. Maybe u don't see a problem with this and that's fine. at the end of the day...I respect everyone's opinion to raise their child as they see fit. We live in America the greatest county in the world.