"A growing number of children aren't getting required vaccinations for non-medical reasons. What will this new reality bring this school year?
As parents send their children back to school, some are grappling with a new worry: whether their children's classmates have received all their vaccinations.
An outbreak of measles in Texas this week shows why their concern is not without reason. Twenty-one people linked to a megachurch and its congregation have contracted the highly contagious disease, and the case has put a spotlight on falling vaccination rates in the U.S.
Measles was eradicated in the U.S. as of 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but outbreaks like the one in Texas are increasing, as is the percentage of parents choosing not to immunize their children, which has seen an uptick in recent years. Usually, the CDC expects to see 60 cases of measles per year, but there have been 135 cases of measles so far in 2013, and in 2011, more than 220 people were diagnosed with the disease.
This latest outbreak follows a rash of recent measles cases among New York's Orthodox Jewish population and an outbreak in San Diego in 2008."
Has jenny McCarthy ever ate her words yet on the whole fake vaccine- autism link that she wouldn't shut up about ,now that the study is officially debunked and a joke?
Nope, but she has made millions off her claims and her book deals.
Lvn2bsoon , if you have a link or copy of that CDC report id love to see it. I have never seen the CDC state this and it would be interesting if they have.
I believe for the most part what I have seen from them is the exact opposite. They do have a section about contraindications but most of the vaccination section has articles / links about getting vaccinations.
That is what I have seen thus far....I meant to say that autism rates are decreasing, as well as immunization rates. I audit immunization records for preschools in my area, and 90/100 kids has a personal or religious exemption. The CDC has rates of autism listed in numerous articles. What they don't compare, is the number of kids dx'd with autism, and how many of those received the MMR.
That is what I have seen thus far....I meant to say that autism rates are decreasing, as well as immunization rates. I audit immunization records for preschools in my area, and 90/100 kids has a personal or religious exemption. The CDC has rates of autism listed in numerous articles. What they don't compare, is the number of kids dx'd with autism, and how many of those received the MMR.
And can you provide any information, other than your own anecdotal data, describing the number of children not receiving the MMR.
Reread this thread. There are tons of them on here, also, besides this one. Now that people can refuse, many are. You don't need stats to see that. Nurses should be smart enough to know how to do their own research.
Look at the chart on the CDC website. In 2000, according to the CDC, 1/150 kids had autism. In 2008, 1/88. Is that a decrease, or an increase?
Reread this thread. There are tons of them on here, also, besides this one. Now that people can refuse, many are. You don't need stats to see that. Nurses should be smart enough to know how to do their own research.
There is a plethora of anecdotal information, however that's not data, it's opinion. I am smart enough to do my own research but I'm not the one making an unsupported claim.
Look at the chart on the CDC website. In 2000, according to the CDC, 1/150 kids had autism. In 2008, 1/88. Is that a decrease, or an increase?
As the country's leading public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is committed to protecting the health of all Americans–including infants, children, and adolescents. CDC shares with parents and many others great concern about the number of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). We are committed to understanding what causes autism, how it can be prevented, and how it can be recognized and treated as early as possible.Recent estimates from
CDC's Autism Developmental Disabilities Monitoring networkfound that about 1 in 88 children have ASD. This estimate is higher than estimates from the early 1990s. Over the years, some people have had concerns that autism might be linked to the vaccines children receive. One vaccine ingredient that has been studied specifically is thimerosal, previously used as a preservative in many recommended childhood vaccines. However, in 2001 thimerosal was removed or reduced to trace amounts in all childhood vaccines except for one type of influenza vaccine, and thimerosal-free alternatives are available for influenza vaccine. Evidence from several studies examining trends in vaccine use and changes in autism frequency does not support such an association between thimerosal and autism. Furthermore, a scientific review by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded that "the evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between thimerosal–containing vaccines and autism." CDC supports the IOM conclusion that there is no relationship between vaccines containing thimerosal and autism rates in children.The IOM also recently conducted a thorough review of the current medical and scientific evidence on vaccines and certain health events that may be observed after vaccination. It released a report in August 2011 on 8 vaccines given to children and adults that found the vaccines to be generally safe and serious adverse events following these vaccinations to be rare.CDC recognizes that autism is an urgent health concern and supports comprehensive research as our best hope for understanding the causes of autism and other developmental disorders. Through collaborations with partners in government, research centers, and the public, CDC is focusing on three areas–
Understanding the frequency and trends of autism spectrum disorders.
Advancing research in the search for causes and effective treatments.
Improving early detection and diagnosis so affected children are treated as soon as possible"
Maybe when people post "data" that's not funded by government and pharmaceutical entities I'll be more inclined to believe it. Until then, they have a product to sell. It also shows on the CDC's website the decline of polio before the vaccination.If twenty-one people having measles is an outbreak, then what are the 117 deaths from circumcision or the 911 deaths from the use of breast milk substitutes considered?
Did they prove whether or not those people were vaccinated or not?
Measles is one of the leading causes of death among young children even though a safe and cost-effective vaccine is available.
In 2011, there were 158 000 measles deaths globally – about 430 deaths every day or 18 deaths every hour.
More than 95% of measles deaths occur in low-income countries with weak health infrastructures.
Measles vaccination resulted in a 71% drop in measles deaths between 2000 and 2011 worldwide.
In 2011, about 84% of the world's children received one dose of measles vaccine by their first birthday through routine health services – up from 72% in 2000."
Yes, by all definitions that is an outbreak. There should be almost no measles cases in this country except for the rare case of a person exposed to unvaccinated person(s) from other countries.
The argument that the CDC, the WHO, and all the major peer-reviewed medical journals are all
part of a giant conspiracy to sell vaccines for the pharma companies never gets old.
It's interesting how the anti-vaccine cohort never has a response to a request for a single scientific article that shows vaccines unsafe or ineffective.
No, that doesn't count just because someone gave a website an official sounding name and has some blog entries or self-opinioned articles does not make it a peer-reviewed scientific article in any shape or fashion.
In academic publishing, the goal of peer review is to assess the qualityof articles submitted for publication in a scholarly journal. Before an article is deemed appropriate to be published in a peer-reviewed journal, it must undergo the following process:
The author of the article must submit it to the journal editor who forwards the article to experts in the field. Because the reviewers specialize in the same scholarly area as the author, they are considered the author’s peers (hence “peer review”).
These impartial reviewers are charged with carefully evaluating the quality of the submitted morificecript.
The peer reviewers check the morificecript for accuracy and assess the validity of the research methodology and procedures.
If appropriate, they suggest revisions. If they find the article lacking in scholarly validity and rigor, they reject it.
- Because a peer-reviewed journal will not publish articles that fail to meet the standards established for a given discipline, peer-reviewed articles that are accepted for publication exemplify the best research practices in a field.
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Nope, but she has made millions off her claims and her book deals.