“ the deadly measles disease”…. sounds pretty scary. I have read and listened to this over and over again with this recent focus on forced vaccinations. I get so frustrated every single time. I’m not frustrated that people truly believe they are helping the public and who they deem uneducated about the need for vaccines by continuing to “teach” people about the danger of deadly diseases. I respect their drive to educate.
SCREEEECH! How about we empower people to understand the difference between infection and disease and how and where measles fits in.
-A common misconception is that infection is synonymous with disease. Bacterial opportunists and commensals, which are constitutents of the normal flora on mucosal and body surfaces, are ubiquitous infections that usually cause disease only when their hosts are immunosuppressed (Dubos et al., 1965; Savage, 1971).
-Infection serves the closest way through which the microorganisms can cause disease and gradually when this infection starts weakening the immune system, and harm the body for a long or short term is called disease. In general, people get confused with these words and use interchangeably. But these terms are totally different in their meaning and applicability, though they share the same passage and reasons of occurrence. Disease depends on the kind and place of occurrence of infection in the body. In the given article we discussed the disease and infections distinctively and came to the conclusion that these words are though interconnected but are different from each other. Also if proper care is taken of the body or at the initial stage of the infection, it will prevent the pathogens to further spread, thus blocking the escalation of disease.“ (https://biodifferences.com/difference-between-infection-and-disease.html#ComparisonChart)
There is no specific treatment for measles. If there are no complications, the doctor will recommend rest and plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration.(https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/37135.php)
Symptoms usually go away within 7 to 10 days.
Abstract
Although immunocompromised children are unlikely to have optimal immune responses to vaccines, some will benefit from immunization. They should receive inactivated vaccines that are routinely recommended for immunocompetent children plus pneumococcal and influenza immunizations. Live viral and bacterial vaccines are contraindicated with the exception of MMR. It may be given to children infected with HIV who do not have severe immunosuppression. The timing of immunizations is generally the same for immunocompromised and normal children. However, the MMR schedule in children infected with HIV is accelerated, with 2 doses given 1 month apart. Susceptible children whose immunosuppression is related to a temporary condition should be vaccinated after immune dysfunction has resolved. The question of revacination for children infected with HIV who are receiving effective antiretroviral therapy is under investigation, but no specific recommendations are currently available. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/10483594/)
Two doses of MMR vaccine are about 97% effective at preventing measles; one dose is about 93% effective.Jun 13, 2019 (https://www.cdc.gov/measles/vaccination.html)
I like perspective. I like clarity.
Measles can be deadly in the immunocompromised.
Measles has no specific treatment outside of rest and fluids.
Immunocompromised patients should not receive live vaccines per the CDC. (Rubin L, Levin M, Ljungman P, et al. 2013 IDSA clinical practice guideline for vaccination of the immunocompromised host. Clin Infect Dis. 2014;58(3):e44-100. DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit684)
Immunocompromised patients receive the MMR vaccine (which is live).
The efficacy rate of one measles vaccine is 93% and after 2 vaccines, efficacy is 97%.
This is where I cant join in on the hysteria. 97% of immunocompromised patients and otherwise healthy patients are “immune” to measles if they have been vaccinated.
How is a platform of instilling fear into the people about contracting a deadly disease, with no real treatment except rest and fluids, that 97% of vaccinated immunocompromised patients are immune against, be a public health crisis or threat? I am the woooorst at math and have never loved it, but there is nothing deadly or scary in those numbers.
Researching these facts behind the numbers has been the driving force with me in gaining a rational and more defined view of our current state of panic.
Much love and respect.
Xo -e
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