On the news the other day was another one of those infuriating news clips about a child that got brain damage, known as SSP from Measles. This girl got the virus at 6 months old, but lived a normal life until she was 10 years old, and now is dying from the disease. Now, I feel for their pain, really, I do. I can only imagine the pain of watching your child slowly die. I’m not trying to underscore this in any way, please try and understand.
What infuriates me is that the newscaster went on about how it all could have been avoided if more people would vaccinate their children against measles. What they kept talking about was minor side effects of the vaccine, and it’s not such a big deal, blah, blah. Well, I did some research, and this is one good site I found.
After searching specifically I found this:
Is measles dangerous?
Prior to the 1960s, most children in the United States and Canada caught measles. Complications from the disease were unlikely. Previously healthy children usually recovered without incident.(1) However, measles can be dangerous in populations newly exposed to the virus,(2) and in malnourished children living in undeveloped countries.(3,4) Ear infections, pneumonia, brain damage (subacute sclerosing panencephalitis), and death are some of the possibilities.(5) In advanced countries, measles can be severe when it infects people living in impoverished communities with poor nutrition, sanitation, and inadequate health care.(6) Complications are also more likely when the disease strikes infants, adults, and anyone with a compromised immune system.(7)
Scare Tactics: Doctors and other health authorities often try to frighten parents about measles by exaggerating the risks. For example, vaccine pamphlets published by the CDC claim that 1 out of every 1000 children who contract measles will get encephalitis, an infection of the brain.(8) However, Dr. Robert Mendelsohn, renowned pediatrician and vaccine researcher, had this to say: “The incidence of 1/1000 may be accurate for children who live in conditions of poverty and malnutrition” but for just about everyone else “the incidence of true encephalitis is probably more like 1/10,000 or 1/100,000.”(9) Furthermore, about 75 percent of these cases will not show evidence of brain damage.(10)
How safe is the measles vaccine?
The measles vaccine has a long history of causing serious adverse reactions. The pharmaceutical company responsible for producing the measles vaccine publishes an extensive list of ailments known to have occurred following the shot. Severe afflictions affecting nearly every body system —- blood, lymphatic, digestive, cardiovascular, immune, nervous, respiratory, and sensory —- have been linked to this “preventive” inoculation. These include: encephalitis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, febrile and afebrile convulsions, seizures, ataxia, ocular palsies, anaphylaxis, angioneurotic edema, bronchial spasms, panniculitis, vasculitis, atypical measles, thrombocytopenia, lymphadenopathy, leukocytosis, pneumonitis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, erythema multiforme, urticaria, deafness, otitis media, retinitis, optic neuritis, rash, fever, dizziness, headache, and death (Figure 3).(41)
The manufacturer also warns that the measles vaccine “has not been evaluated for carcinogenic or mutagenic potential” and “it is…not known whether [it] can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproductive capacity.” Thus, “it would be prudent to assume that the vaccine strain of virus is…capable of inducing adverse fetal effects.” Also, “caution should be exercised when…administered to a nursing woman.”(42)
My point is, if you’re going to make a big scene about measles and what it can do to you, shouldn’t they be filling us in on the REAL side effects from the vaccine. I don’t have time to research it a whole lot more right now, but I dare say I’d take my chances with measles before giving any of my children the vaccine!
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