Posted on 05/07/2015 6:58:42 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
A new study suggests the measles shot comes with a bonus: By preventing that disease, the vaccine may also help your body fight off other illnesses for years.
It's long been known that contracting measles weakens the immune system for weeks or months, putting people, especially children, at increased risk for potentially fatal infection by a host of germs.
Now, scientists find that this vulnerable period goes on much longer than thought, up to three years. So the benefit of avoiding measles also extends longer than was appreciated. Researchers also found that measles vaccination campaigns were followed by a drop in deaths for other infectious diseases.
Experts said the work is a wake-up call to parents who don't vaccinate their children out of unfounded fears about a link between vaccines and autism.
"The message is clear," said Dr. Richard Wenzel, an infectious disease specialist at Virginia Commonwealth University who was not involved in the study. Not only is the vaccine safe and effective against measles, he said, but it may also save a child's life by helping to guard against other infections.
Debate about the measles vaccine came into focus this year after a large outbreak tied to Disneyland sickened 147 people in the U.S., including 131 in California. Infections also spread to Mexico and Canada where 159 people fell ill in Quebec. Many stricken with measles were not immunized because of personal reasons or their age.
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In your denial of the existence of how the real world works when a trillion dollars in multinational interests are involved, as well as you refusal to acknowledge the very existence of the vast body of knowledge establishing the danger of many, many, many vaccines.
Other than that, you're a blazing example of illuminating honesty.
You clearly have not read all the comments I made on this post or lack some reading comprehension skills, which I doubt is the case. I have stated that I have an active interest in how the 2 investigations/cases against Maerk for fudging numbers on their MMR vaccine turn out. I also said I found a lot of compelling information both for and against vaccination.
Your attitude wearies me. Goodbye.
Dittos.
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