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alarimer

(17,146 posts)

17. I think so.

Reply to sharp_stick (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 19, 2013, 07:31 PM

Apr 2013

That quack Timothy Wakefield (whose work was retracted and whose medical license was taken away) is ultimately responsible for vaccine refusal over there. I am hazy on the exact timing, but this outbreak does come down to a break down in the herd immunity, likely due to recent vaccine refusal.

You need MMR boosters throughout your life. I had one when I'd misplaced my vaccine record a few years ago, just in case. Immunity does wane sometimes.

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Measles outbreak: man who died in Swansea was infected, lab tests reveal [View all] alp227 Apr 2013 OP

Has Wales sharp_stick Apr 2013 #1

Not recently. dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #5

I think so. alarimer Apr 2013 #17

I had measles when I was 42 years old. Ugh! loudsue Apr 2013 #2

I had measles as a child, also mumps and whooping cough. Shrike47 Apr 2013 #3

we had a triple here in the UK for children late 1940's on the NHS. dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #4

Aren't many vaccinated for this? JNelson6563 Apr 2013 #6

Function of age dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #8

at age 25 he would have likely had two barbaraj Apr 2013 #9

Thanks barbaraj & dipsydoodle! Good points! JNelson6563 Apr 2013 #11

According to the CDC drmeow Apr 2013 #19

2 million children NOT vaccinated sufficiently in UK mainer Apr 2013 #20

Thank you, arseholes who do not vaccinate their children. Why it's not considered a child abuse is idwiyo Apr 2013 #7

as an old woman, this is interesting HockeyMom Apr 2013 #10

Yes, I know this to be true. JNelson6563 Apr 2013 #12

These illnesses are far milder in children mainer Apr 2013 #21

I had all of them, too! kurtzapril4 Apr 2013 #13

When I had Rubella at 6 HockeyMom Apr 2013 #14

Despite that cause of death has to be confirmed. dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #15

Anti-vaxxers are responsible for this death. alarimer Apr 2013 #16

clearly there should be no anger barbaraj Apr 2013 #22

you know one would think these diseases would be extinct by now... madrchsod Apr 2013 #18

I did some checking, just to see if this was possibly the case barbaraj Apr 2013 #23