Immunization

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geekhyena: npr: Back in the 1960s, the U.S. started vaccinating kids for measles. As expected, children stopped getting measles.But...

npr:

Back in the 1960s, the U.S. started vaccinating kids for measles. As expected, children stopped getting measles.
But something else happened.
Childhood deaths from all infectious diseases plummeted. Even deaths from diseases like pneumonia and diarrhea were cut by half.
“So it’s really been a mystery — why do children stop dying at such high rates from all these different infections following introduction of the measles vaccine,” says Michael Mina, a postdoc in biology at Princeton University and a medical student at Emory University.
Scientists Crack A 50-Year-Old Mystery About The Measles Vaccine

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sopranish:allthecanadianpolitics:Canadian mother's powerful post on measles: 'I blame you'Law & Order did an episode on this 20 years...

allthecanadianpolitics:
Canadian mother’s powerful post on measles: ‘I blame you’
Law & Order did an episode on this 20 years ago. The mother who refused to vaccinate was convicted of manslaughter because a kid too young to be vaccinated died after contact. They made it clear that, at the time, that was absolutely correct according to New York State laws, codes, definitions, and precedents. I only hope they remain so.

last-snowfall:gehayi:or a adinfinitumxx:appropriately-inappropriate:doyouthinkaboutme:memeguy-com:years later House is still as relevant as...

gehayi:
or a adinfinitumxx:
appropriately-inappropriate:
doyouthinkaboutme:
memeguy-com:
years later House is still as relevant as he ever was
I wasn’t vaccinated and never got sick so
And I swam and didn’t drown.
Anecdotes aren’t evidence. The reason YOU specifically didn’t get sick is because of something called Mass Immunity.
That means that since everyone ELSE is vaccinated (you’re welcome), there’s nowhere for the virus to establish a hold.
That mass immunity is the only thing

Measles Outbreak Strikes Megachurch Whose Pastor Is A Vaccination Skeptic

Measles Outbreak Strikes Megachurch Whose Pastor Is A Vaccination Skeptic

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geejayeff:

A measles outbreak has swept through a Texas megachurch whose pastor has previously voiced skepticism toward the measles vaccination, USA Today reported Sunday. The outbreak has affected 15 people connected to Eagle Mountain International Church in Newark, Texas, including 12 who were not fully immunized against measles. It was caused by a recent visitor to the church.

I mean, who could have seen this coming...

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