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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dumb question here: if we and our kids have been vaccinated there's no risk to us, right?  Is the risk to kids who haven't yet been vaccinated or has the measles mutated in some way?[/quote]

Thanks, this was my question, too.[/quote]

I'm under the impression that the herd (as it's called in the medical profession) * is * at risk because since the outlier non-vaxers keep the disease alive, it mutates and this can make the original vaccination less effective--thus exposing the herd (the vaccinated folks) to greater risk.

For example, there always has to be a new flu vaccine because the flu evolves as it goes.

I'm pretty sure this is correct because I got it from my friend who is an ER doctor, but we kept being interrupted by our kids, so may not have got it all right.  She was FURIOUS at the non-vaxers, btw, which in and of itself bothers me because you know these doctors are pretty unflappable; they've seen it all.  I'm curious if anyone else has heard this line of thought?[/quote]

I have a relative that's a pediatrician and she said that if the non-vaxers saw what Whooping Cough was actually like, they would definitely change their tunes.  Maybe there should be some PSA's showing kids actually suffering from some of these terrible preventable diseases.  Out of sight out of mind, but since everyone knows someone with autism, that's a much more understandable risk to the non-vaxers than some strange, old-fashioned disease.  [/quote]

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