measles outbreak in Europe

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45246049 there has been a massive increase in measles due to low uptake of measles vaccine - nb they only mention deaths not long term side effects disabilities here

Yep. My local surgery has a back lot of mmr vaccinations for pre schoolers too. It’s a horrible disease, not sure the gravity of the seriousness is always grasped.

I think in this low child mortality era we take a lot for granted

I just do not understand people. Even if the MMR caused autism (WHICH IT DOESN’T), wouldn’t you rather your child was autistic than dead from an easily preventable illness?

Well, we paid for the separate injections for the mmr. Then they stopped supplying mumps. I have boys, so mumps was a must have. It turns out that ds1 has high functioning autism, which now we know, was obvious from birth and I didn't have the injection either and I'm autistic too.
There are brain scans which shows the structure of the autistic brain is different from the nt brain. This will surely be present from development in the womb.
I wish we hadn't spent £500 on his separate injections!!

this article should be read in parallel with the outbreak in Essex & warning to young adults. the point is that young adults have opportunities for mixing more widely (ie foreign holidays, University, festivals, tube & train journeys) also adults frequently get worse infections (they don't mention hearing loss by the by)

Any drug available on the nhs goes through rigorous testing before it’s actually licensed - so many drugs in children aren’t licensed because they haven’t been tested on children yet. So to assume the vaccination programme isn’t safe, to me, is ignorant the nhs already has no money.. do people really think they’d recommend drugs for every single child unless they werent 1. Sure they were safe and 2. Sure they were needed?

sigh - my dc did not have mmr because it wasn't available at that stage so what should I blame (!!!) for asd? ASD has strong links with hereditary (1 nephew - he couldn't have had mmr either- & another great nephew - uncle/nephew to each other - are within spectrum) no comment