Re: “Texas measles cases rise to 146 in an outbreak that led to a child’s death” (Feb. 28, Nation):
Measles was successfully eradicated within the U.S. in 2000 however has come roaring again in communities with low vaccination charges. I can not motive towards spiritual objections to vaccination, however I can deal with the false perception that has been espoused by Secretary of Well being and Human Companies Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine may cause autism. (I do admire his provide to fund vaccination now and hope he’s open to rethink his stance.)
Autism Speaks, the first father or mother advocacy group for people with autistic spectrum dysfunction, gives abstracts for well-designed, large-population epidemiologic research which have all concluded that kids who acquired the MMR vaccine weren’t considerably extra prone to develop autism than unvaccinated kids (autismspeaks.org/do-vaccines-cause-autism).
I appreciated the reminders within the article concerning the potential extreme issues of measles an infection: pneumonia, blindness, mind swelling and loss of life. Measles can stay comparatively dormant within the mind for many years after an infection after which come up in adolescence or maturity in a syndrome referred to as Systemic Sclerosing Pan-Encephalitis, which causes extreme psychological deterioration, seizures and eventual loss of life over a interval of 1 to 3 years. Vaccination prevents incidence of SSPE.
Elizabeth Lane McCullough, M.D., Greenbank
