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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsStudy links Disneyland measles outbreak to low vaccination rates
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-disneyland-measles-under-vaccination-20150316-story.html"...
Using some simple math, the researchers show that the vaccination rate among people who were exposed to the measles during the outbreak was no higher than 86%, and it might have been as low as 50%.
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In other words, the only way to explain how the measles spread from a single person at Disneyland to 142 people in seven states is that a substantial number of American parents have not had their children fully immunized with the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine.
Clearly, MMR vaccination rates in many of the communities that have been affected by this outbreak fall well below the necessary threshold to sustain herd immunity, thus placing the greater population at risk as well, the researchers concluded.
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So why did the study authors go to all this trouble? In an outbreak involving a major tourist destination like Disneyland, there is no single state, county or even school district that can report the overall vaccination rate, the researchers wrote. As a result, mathematical modeling like this may give a clearer picture than any individual government agency.
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Yes, such studies are necessary.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Because vaccines contain 'xxx' and are bad for you.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)proverbialwisdom
(4,959 posts)Reposted: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141040934
Oh, dear.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)Of course, it's DU's most obsessive anti-vaxer, but...
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)A related study was able to demonstrate a link between fire and heat.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)They blew me off with some cheesy excuse.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)Lancero
(3,018 posts)Despite studies proving them to be safe we will still have some people who cry out that the results are bought by the the pharmaceutical industries because it makes them a lot of money. We still have people saying that they are responsible for a plethora of medical condtions, despite research that shows the opposite.
It's a fear of science, plain and simple. And this isn't the only group to be based on it.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)HuckleB
(35,773 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)The Duh! Institute?
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)Conspicuous University.
Yeah, I know I could do better, but I'm struggling today.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)HuckleB
(35,773 posts)phantom power
(25,966 posts)Space aliens? Al Qaeda?
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Coventina
(27,223 posts)But the only reason s/he caused an outbreak was due to low vaccination rates.
If everyone had been vaccinated, it would not have spread as it did.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)was probably a foreign tourist and not a day laborer from Ciudad Juarez.
Coventina
(27,223 posts)I assumed it was a tourist, but I honestly don't remember if the legal status of the patient was even mentioned in the article I read.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)Epidemiologists are still working on it.
Coventina
(27,223 posts)Found the article!!
CDC thinks it came from foreign tourist. Exact patient not specifically id'd but conclusion reached with the scientific evidence.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/19/health/disneyland-measles-philippines/
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)Coventina
(27,223 posts)case.
But I would think that the CDC would be pretty sure of its findings before going public with them.
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)That's why they are overtly saying they don't have a confirmation.
Coventina
(27,223 posts)That has not changed.
They haven't ID'd the specific PERSON who brought it into the country, but that's where it came from.
It SPREAD because of large numbers of unvaccinated children, as this study proves.
Where do you get the information that they are no longer "going with" the story that it came from the Philippines? Because I can't find anything.
still_one
(92,502 posts)not getting vaccinated