DD is supposed to have MMR tomorrow, but also can do just single measles-can you explain the difference?

[winnybella]

Am aware that MMR can cause a lot of adverse reactions etc.

My question is: if according to Wakefield measles virus is found in the intestines of children damaged by MMR, why then giving just single shot is better? It's measles and measles. Does the fact that in MMR it's combined with two other viruses mean that somehow weakens body defenses and allow the virus to do damage?

Sorry, probably silly question, but have appointment in the morning and after reading up on the internet on the subject am still undecided.

DD doesn't seem to have any health issues. She reacted to two of her previous vaccinations by a few days long bouts of diorrhea, but no fever etc.

I haven't got any issues that I am aware of, but my mother has basically no thyroid left (auto-immune disease) and grandmother had diabetes.

TIA

Part of Wakefield's research examined how close temporal exposure to wild mumps and measles increased the risk of developing bowel disease such as colitis or Crohn's.

I read this paper by Wakefield on it recently which mentions the issue but doesn't explain how the phenomenon happens biologically.

He also recommended the single vaccines because he found the safety trials of the MMR to be inadequate (as did the Cochrane review).

Good luck with your decision.

Wakefield didn't find measles in the intestines of children. The tests were carried out so incompetently that it would have been impossible to find measles.

Wakefield made his results up.

There is no good evidence to support any of Wakefield's work.

When DD has her jab she may have a slight fever for a day or so, but that's a small price to pay for a lifetime free of potentially lethal diseases - the kind of diseases that Beachcomber would like to see return.

Don't think of Wakefield et al as "anti-vaccine", more "pro lethal disease".

Kind regards,

Becky

I would be interested to know what Andrew Wakefield based his recommendation of single vaccines on - as it certainly wasn't his own paper.

The Cochrane review, as I understand it, found the 'design and reporting' of safety trials to be inadequate, because of the attempt to separate the possible side-effects from the benefits of the immunisation.

BeckyFissuex I'm going to report your post to MNHQ.

I'm not going to ask them to remove it, I just think randomly accusing me of 'wanting disease to return' merits reporting.