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Measles Outbreak Spreads to 15 States, Largest in 10 Years 7-10-08
At least 127 people in 15 states have come down with the measles, the biggest
outbreak in the United States in more than 10 years, Reuters reported.
Cases started springing up in May, when more than 70 people in a dozen states
became ill. According to federal health officials, most of the victims were not
vaccinated against the highly contagious virus.
In a statement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak
has been traced to travelers who became sick overseas, returned to the United
States and infected others.
The news comes on the heels of public health officials' stressing the importance
of immunizing children.
"What concerns me is the trend of more and more people not vaccinating their
children because of fears that vaccines cause autism — although no studies have
proven this to be true," Dr. Joseph Rahimian, an infectious disease specialist
at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, told FOXNews.com in May.
Last month British health officials said measles had become an epidemic in that
country for the first time since the mid-1990s due to parents not getting their
children vaccinated.
"With the whole debate about vaccines — and now parents due to their personal
beliefs not vaccinating their children — what we are seeing now is that we are
going to have these epidemic outbreaks throughout the country," said Dr. Manny
Alvarez, managing editor of health at FOXNews.com.
"If this continues, we will see outbreaks throughout the entire developed world
— something we have never seen before," he added.
The MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, and rubella) is the safest protection you can
give your child against this virus, according to the CDC.
The agency recommends that children should be given their first dose of the MMR
vaccine around 12 to 15 months of age. The second dose is recommended before the
start of kindergarten, between the ages of 4 to 6.
The National Institutes of Health also recommends all adults 18 years or older
born after 1956 should receive an MMR vaccine if they are uncertain of their
immunization status or if they have only had one shot prior to entering school.
Measles is caused by a virus that normally grows in cells that line the back of
the throat and the lungs.
"This is a very contagious disease," Alvarez said. "It's very difficult to
eradicate once you have it."
Typical symptoms include:
— Coughing
— Runny nose
— High Fever
— Rash (which usually starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body)
FAST FACTS: The Measles and Outbreaks
Measles remains a leading cause of death among children in poor countries.
"What you have to remember is that 250,000 children die from this
virus every year," Alvarez added. "So, vaccinations have to be a priority for
parents because at the end of the day if you get measles, you can live through
it, but in some particular cases you're going to have complications."
About one in five measles sufferers experiences more severe illness, which can
include diarrhea, ear infections, pneumonia, encephalitis, chronic neurological
deficits and even death.
States with cases now include Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii,
Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, New Mexico, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, Wisconsin and Washington state, as well as Washington, D.C., according
to the CDC.
This latest outbreak comes eight years after the virus was declared practically
dead in the United States, thanks to a vaccination program that began in the
1960s.
Comments:
The MMR Vaccine does cause autism. To say there are no studies or facts to support this is pure, poor, journalism. The US Government recently came out and said that mercury causes ill health. There is mercury in the MMR Vaccine;. just put 2 and 2 together.
Here is all the information you need:
Pre-Vaccinations - What happened before vaccinations
* FACT : In 1900 there were 13.3 measles deaths per 100,000 population. By 1955,
the death rate was 0.03 deaths per 100,000, a decline of 97.7%, eight years
before the first measles shot. 5 The death rate from measles in the mid-1970’s
(post-vaccine) remained exactly the same as in the early 1960’s (pre-vaccine). 6
* FACT : In the United States and England, between 1915 and 1958, there was a
95% decline in the measles death rate. 7
* FACT : Before the vaccine was introduced, it was extremely rare for an infant
to contract measles. However, by 1993 more than 25% of all measles cases were
occurring in babies under one year old. CDC (Centre for Disease Control)
officials attribute it to the growing number of mothers who were vaccinated
during the 1960’s, ‘70’s, and ‘80’s. (When natural immunity is denied, measles
protection cannot be passed onto their babies.) 8
With Vaccinations - The non-efficacy of vaccinations
* FACT : In the U.S.A. the measles vaccine has been available since 1957 and the
triple vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) has been available since
1975. In spite of all this, from 1983 to 1990 there has been a 423% increase in
the number of measles cases. 9
* FACT : In 1985 the American government reported that 80% of notified cases of
measles had been vaccinated. 10 In 1986 there was a measles epidemic at Corpus
Christi, Texas, in which 99% of the children affected had been vaccinated
against measles, and over 95% were supposedly immune. 11
* FACT : According to Dr. Atkinson of the CDC, "measles transmissions has been
clearly documented among vaccinated persons. In some large outbreaks...over 95%
of cases have a history of vaccination..." 12
* FACT : According to a study by the World Health Organisation (W.H.O.), those
vaccinated against measles are 14 times more likely to contract the disease than
those left unvaccinated. 13
Effects of Vaccinations
* FACT : Serious nervous system and other reactions to measles vaccine have been
repeatedly reported in medical literature. The measles vaccine may cause ataxia
(inability to co-ordinate muscle movements), learning disability, retardation,
encephalitis, retinopathy, blindness, aseptic meningitis, seizure disorders,
paralysis and death. Other researchers have investigated it as a possible cause
of or co-factor for multiple sclerosis, Reye’s Syndrome, Guillain-Barre
syndrome, blood clotting disorders, and juvenile-onset diabetes. 14
* FACT : During measles, the body literally ‘burns’ up the cells containing the
invading virus. This incineration takes place at the site of the spots or rash,
which measles is known for. If this is stopped, as by a vaccination, then the
virus survives and lives on in the body, only to cause havoc later on. A high
proportion of individuals who had the vaccination were found in adult life to
have developed cervical cancer, skin cancers and multiple sclerosis. 15
References
1. Neil Z Miller, "Vaccines: Are They Really Safe And
Effective?", (New Atlantean Press, 1994), pp. 25-29. ISBN 1-881217-10-8
2. Randeall Neustaedter, "The Immunization Decision", (North Atlantic Books,
1990), pp. 53-58. ISBN 1-55643-071-X
3. Leon Chaitow, "Vaccination And Immunisation: Dangers, Delusion and
Alternatives", (The C.W. Daniel Co. Ltd. 1994), pp. 107-110. ISBN 0-85297-191-4
4. Trevor Gunn, "Mass Immunisation, A Point in Question", (Cutting Edge
Publications, 1992), pp. 17-18. ISBN 0-9517657-1-X
5. Robert Mendelsohn MD, "How To Raise a Healthy Child ... In Spite of Your
Doctor", (Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1984), p.216.
6. J. Cherry, "The New Edpidemiology of Measles and Rubella," (Hospital
Practice, 1980), p. 49.
7. Michael Anderson, "International Mortality Statistics" (Washington, DC: Facts
on File, 1981) pp 182-183.
8. Daniel Q Haney, "Wave of Infant Measles Stems From ‘60s Vaccinations,"
Albuquerque Journal, (November 23, 1992), p. B3.
9. What Doctors Don’t Tell You, "The WDDTY Vaccination Handbook", The Wallace
Press 1991.
10. Centre for Disease Control Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 6th June
1986, U.S.A.
11. New England Journal of Medicine, 26th March 1987, U.S.A.
12. FDA Workshop to Review Warnings, Use Instructions, and Precautionary
Information [on Vaccines], (Rockland, Maryland, Sept. 18, 1992), p.27.
13. National Health Federation Bulletin, (Nov. ‘69). Also see Note 5.
14. See Note 5, p. 215.
15. Rønne T. "Measles Virus Infection Without Rash in Childhood is Related to
Disease in Adult Life", The Lancet, 5 Jan. 1985, pp. 1-5.
MMR AND AUTISM: The link really has been established:
A new study has confirmed a definite causal link between the MMR (measles,
mumps, rubella) vaccine and autism - and it has used the same data employed by
an earlier study that governments have relied on to deny the link.
The vaccine increases the risk of autism by 850 per cent, or nearly 500 per cent
if we allow for greater diagnostic awareness, one of the major arguments put
forward for the sudden increase in autism.
This conclusion contradicts that of the Madsen study carried out in 2002, which
found no link, and which governments have gratefully clung to ever since.
So why the enormous discrepancy between the two trials? Autism is usually
diagnosed only at age 5 or older, or it is in Denmark from where the data for
both studies has been gleaned. The Madsen study monitored the progress of
vaccinated children in Denmark only for four years, so it's hardly surprising
that few, if any, cases of autism were established. Less severe cases, which
might have become apparent even later, were certainly not included in the
findings.
The new study, carried out by American pediatrician Dr Fouad Yazbak and Dr G S
Goldman, tracks levels of autism in Denmark from 1980 - seven years before the
MMR vaccine was introduced in Denmark - until 2002. Prevalence of autism among
children aged from 5 to 9 stood at 8.38 cases per 100,000 in the pre-vaccine
years of 1980 to 1986, and then rose to 71.43 cases by the year 2000.
Dr Samy Suissa of McGill University had similar problems with the Madsen study.
When he analyzed the statistics he discovered that the rate of autism increases
to a high of 27.3 cases per 100,000 two years after vaccination compared with
just 1.45 cases in non-vaccinated children.
No doubt in the spirit of the public's right to know, government officials will
be broadcasting the latest findings as loudly as they did the Madsen
conclusions. Strangely, they have been silent thus far.
(Sources: Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, 2004; 3: 70-5; New
England Journal of Medicine, 2002; 347: 1477-82).