sure do: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/04/29/1247822819/the-jump-in-measles-cases-in-2023-is-very-concerning-says-who-official There has been lots of reporting on measles over the past several years, as well as reporting on falling vaccination rates. Obviously the appointment of a vaccine skeptic to the head of the American public health system who personally intervened to convince parents not to vaccinate against measles has increased media interest. |
Also where are you getting this from? There is debate as to whether negative serology tests actually mean lack of immunity in folks who received two vaccines. |
We need a moratorium on the word "conspiracy" in this context. A scientific hypothesis-- even a wrong one-- is not a conspiracy. |
Where did you learn this information? Is this the guidance from the Mayo Clinic, Harvard medical school and other credible sources? |
NP. I got measles as a young adult, even though I had all my vaccines. At the time they didn’t think measles but now much later we see my blood level is higher for measles so we know it was that. |
Yes, even after two MMR vaccines 1-3% of the population can still get measles, since the vaccine is between 97 and 99% effective. That’s why herd immunity is so important. |
Yes the PP said 20 percent though without any citation |
Don't think that will be successful with the current administration |
Most of the arguments here focus on whether or not the MMR vaccine is important for protecting against measles-- that is, the "efficacy" branch of the now famous "safe and effective" phrase. For the most part, vaccine skeptics are not vaccine skeptics because they have doubts about the efficacy (though I recognize some do); it is about the safety piece of the puzzle. While no doubt many will cringe at this idea, there could ironically be some benefit when it comes to allaying those concerns if RFK does his big study of the safety of vaccines and autism. |
This study will be a real example of fraud waste and abuse since there are already dozens of studies showing there is no link between vaccines and autism. |
The validity of these studies are in question. You cannot trust the manufacturers or those who directly financially benefit from the products to be able to do an unbiased study. |
Well, that depends I guess on whether this study can persuaded anyone in a way the prior studies can't. I guess that, in turn, depends in part on how robust the prior studies were and how robust this one will be. If the prior ones were super robust and this one isn't, then yeah, super wasteful. If the prior ones were a lil bit loose and this one is rigorous, then this could contribute meaningfully to the discourse. Without these details, everyone is just clucking. |
So then to study this we will need government oversight? But I thought MAGA was applauding the cuts to medical research and wanted to privatize it? |
We are talking about the MMR vaccine. Plenty of robust data. And we are also talking about conspiracy theorists who notoriously move the goalposts each time evidence is provided contrary to their beliefs. |
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1124634/ No one serious is questioning the validity of those studies. At this point the only thing that we are sure doesn’t cause autism is the MMR vaccine. - mother of a kid with autism |