[Magdalen] Measles

[Don]

Roger, "ignorant" doesn't begin to express the folly of believing that vaccines can cause autism.  I do believe that the mistrust of government sponsored research is close kin to the belief that Trump would be the Fixer In Chief and indeed that he is Doing a Good Job.  (And unlike his NWord predecessor is Telling It Like It Is)_

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On May 30, 2019 4:48 PM, Roger Stokes via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48468801 
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> This story on the BBC news site saddens me. In 2000 the USA was declared 
> effectively measles-free. Less than two decades later ignorant (and I 
> use that adjective advisedly) parents are endangering that status. There 
> are some individual children who, for valid medical reasons, should not 
> receive the vaccination but the parents of the rest owe it to them, 
> surely, to maintain "herd immunity" by having their children vaccinated. 
> The suggestion that the MMR vaccination can lead to autism has been 
> debunked as being a fraudulent claim based on seriously flawed methodology. 
>
> In the interests of complete disclosure my son (born 1978) had childhood 
> asthma so his mother and I were concerned about the dangers of the 
> whooping cough vaccination. Our doctor spoke with us and pointed out the 
> balance of risk between vaccination and non-vaccination so he received 
> the vaccination. He was also vaccinated against measles but still 
> developed the disease with complications including vomiting. Might it 
> have been worse without the vaccination? I don't know but I do know the 
> importance of reducing the incidence of diseases from being endemic in 
> an area with life-threatening implications for the more vulnerable. 
>
> We owe it to our neighbours, whom we are enjoined to love. 
>
> Roger 
>