The real culprit in measles outbreak

WND ^ | 2/05/15 | Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D.

[blueyon]

The focus of the Obama administration and media in the measles outbreak in the U.S. has been on American parents not vaccinating their children.

This overlooks a key issue other physicians and I warned about in May and June 2014: Illegal immigrants coming across the U.S. southern borders in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California were bringing with them many invisible travelers. These unwanted guests include viruses, bacteria and fungal diseases the U.S. had eradicated or controlled decades ago. Measles was one of the diseases mentioned then, since it is widespread in parts of the world from which the illegal immigration surge is coming – in particular, Central America.

Fast forward to 2015, and suddenly we have the widespread outbreak of measles that was predicted

[blueyon]

Best line in the article in my opinion is .."Now the government that fails to follow its own laws is saying it will mandate that all parents vaccinate their children to protect against the disease it allowed to enter the U.S"

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Measles was one of the diseases mentioned then, since it is widespread in parts of the world from which the illegal immigration surge is coming – in particular, Central America.

That is simply a false statement.

[Republican1795.]

Starting to look a bit like the mishandling of the ebola outbreak seeing as how this did not have to happen.

[zeestephen]

Re: “That is simply a false statement.”

Can you provide some details?

Thanks.

The author provided almost no empirical data to back up her claims.

If there is empirical data that proves - or disproves - the measles outbreak came from Central America, I’d like to read it myself.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Why, of course.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

The WHO publishes country-by-country data on the rate of measles vaccination, and measles cases. Mexico and the Central American countries from which the illegals are coming have vaccination rates that are as high or higher than the U.S., and rates of measles infection that are as low or lower than the U.S.

[zeestephen]

Thanks.

[zeestephen]

Here’s the link for the WHO measles vaccination data.

http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A826

Global measles vaccination rate is 84%.

Looks like most every country is near 90%, or above.

Only various African and Middle East countries look well below that, and India and Pakistan are in the 60%-70% range.

So, the sudden USA outbreak is an interesting medical mystery.

I couldn’t find a chart for the number of measles cases in Honduras.

But, in 2004, WHO reported no measles deaths in Honduras.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Thanks (I was posting on my phone earlier, couldn’t find/post the link at the time).