Measles Resurgent Due To Fear of Vaccination

florescent_beige writes "In the September Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Gregory Poland, M.D. writes that 'More than 150 cases of measles have been reported in the United States already this year and there have been similar outbreaks in Europe, a sign the disease is making an alarming comeback (abstract). The reappearance of the potentially deadly virus is the result of unfounded fears about a link between the measles shot and autism that have turned some parents against childhood vaccination.'" This follows the recent release of a massive review of studies into the side effects of vaccination, summarized here by Nature, which did not find convincing support for the idea that MMR shots caused autism.

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[silas_moeckel]

Remember depending on where and how you live the measles vaccine still can have a higher chance of serious to deadly outcome as apposed to the chance of getting measles and having a serious to deadly outcome. Having a pediatrician that's used to servicing hacidic(sp) Jews helps as they can have religious issues with vaccines. When I did the math for my son he had much higher chance of dying from the vaccine than measles oddly he did not get it. It was also about the only one he needed to skip the others were less dangerous and/or he had a high chance of a bad outcome not getting it.