Apologies to whoever has already done this
Why do we vaccinate? Measles and to a lesser extent, mumps and rubella, cause serious illness in a small but nonetheless significant minority of those infected.
The same can be said of vaccines. But we have no idea how many people will be affected as research into this has been stymied. Perhaps you think these children don't matter.
Mumps can cause meningitis and deafness, also infertility in boys. Rubella, when passed unwittingly to a pregnant woman, is catastrophic. All of these viruses are transmissible before specific symptoms manifest."
Mumps meningitis is rare, and then rarely dangerous. "Infertility" (as you call it) is more of a threat in adolescents and adults - the age to which mumps is pushed by vaccination.
Herd immunity (the "greater good" many posters disdainfully refer to) prevents widespread outbreaks.
We don't have herd immunity.
All of those naysayers, be grateful that enough people have been sensible and had children vaccinated to make this possible - your unvaccinated children benefit from this.
I don't want anyone to vaccinate on my behalf.
The children who cannot be vaccinated or in whom the vaccine later becomes ineffective (those with compromised immunity such as sufferers of HIV or leukaemia) are the most obvious beneficiaries
The child with leukaemia. We are expected to think about this hypothetical child while thousands of real, damaged children are being denied.
Regarding Wakefield, the main issue I have is that the Lancet saw fit to publish a poorly-designed and unhelpful piece of research.
It was a case study of twelve children and described as an excellent study of its type by Richard Horton. It was not a piece of research into autism.
Autism is on the increase but mainly because we are now more aware of it and know what to look for - and the age at which it becomes apparent is around the age of completion of the MMR, so naturally people will get worried about a link.
Because, just around the time MMR was introduced, health professionals suddenly decided by complete coincidence to start diagnosing thousands more cases of autistic disorder. Before Wakefield even published. They just all decided autism was the new thing. Apparently.
Like my wife, I turn to the Finnish studies - 14 million children studied, and no link found between the triple jab and autism.
Silver dealt with this.
Single vaccines are unhelpful. They have to be spaced, thereby prolonging the vulnerable period to whichever virus is vaccinated against last.
Party line. It's pretty unhelpful to say all or nothing, when it means a lot of people will go for the "nothing".
I've seen people seriously unwell with measles in my clinical practice.
There are thousands of mothers who've seen their children seriously unwell after vaccinations.
My senior colleagues are old enough to remember the days when it was rife (one of them has a permanent squint thanks to the disease).
Some children have permanent brain damage and some have died thanks to the vaccine.
Every medical professional I know (and they are many) is strongly in favour of MMR.
Well perhaps they should do a little more reading. How much time do you spend on vaccination in med school? Half a week? One lecture?
To not have the jabs is to put at risk the lives of your child and other children.
To have the jabs is the put at risk the life of your child.
I'm very glad to say our son has completed his MMR
I'm very happy for you.
and I sleep better knowing this in the presence of the current outbreak, which has claimed lives and will continue to do so.
many of vaccinated children.