Addicting Info – The MMR Shot Seriously Hurt This Woman’s Son– Here’s Her Opinion Of Vaccines Today

When the anti-vaxxers bring out their fears about the side effects of vaccines, and use that as justification to not vaccinate, they’re not just ignoring science. They’re also ignoring the fact that the diseases against which vaccines protect can be devastating, and they will affect far more children than those who suffer rare side effects and complications of vaccines.

Besides that, to vaccinate, or not, isn’t a decision that affects just the one family making the decision. It affects society as a whole. This is not the same as the decision to feed your child canned fruit or fresh, send him to public school or private, or things like that which are, and should remain, a parent’s choice. A child who can be vaccinated, but isn’t, puts those who cannot be vaccinated at risk. They also put those for whom vaccinations were less than effective at risk. In the end, the decision not to vaccinate, based on bad science and unfounded claims, is a very selfish one.

Liz Savage gets it. She doesn’t just get it for her own child, but for everyone else out there who is protected because of her decision. Her son suffered a rare, serious complication from his vaccines, and she chose to go ahead with his vaccination schedule, instead of becoming an anti-vaxxer. The anti-vaxxers could take a lesson from her.

Addicting Info – The MMR Shot Seriously Hurt This Woman’s Son– Here’s Her Opinion Of Vaccines Today

UPDATE::Disneyland measles outbreak: Infected man took 2 flights before diagnosis - LA Times

A wave of measles cases traced to Disneyland threatens to spread farther. An unvaccinated California resident infected in the outbreak traveled by plane between Orange County and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport during the holidays, health officials said.

The airline passenger, a woman in her 20s, fell ill after visiting Disneyland in December and became contagious on Dec. 28. She flew from Orange County to Seattle on Dec. 29, stayed with family in Washington's Snohomish County and returned to Orange County on Jan. 3. She wasn't diagnosed until Jan. 8 in California, health officials in Washington state said.

The passenger flew to Seattle on Alaska Airlines Flight 505 on Dec. 29, a Washington health official said. She returned to Orange County on Jan. 3 on Virgin America Flight 1780.


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There are now 22 cases in California of measles related to the Disneyland outbreak, in the counties of Alameda (3), Los Angeles (3), Orange (9), Riverside (2), San Bernardino (2), San Diego (2), and Ventura (1). Of the cases in L.A. County, one each occurred in the cities of Long Beach and Pasadena, which have their own health departments.

Measles patients who were infected after attending Disneyland visited the theme park between Dec. 17 and Dec. 20, and anyone who would have picked up the virus during that time frame should have shown illness by Jan. 10. But officials are anticipating that people who contracted measles at Disneyland could have spread it to those who did not attend the theme park during that week in December.

Disneyland measles outbreak: Infected man took 2 flights before diagnosis - LA Times

Two Infants Too Young For Vaccinations Contract Measles From Unvaccinated People At Disneyland | ThinkProgress

California officials issued a health alert this week over a measles outbreak that appears to have originated at Disneyland theme parks. Nine cases of the highly contagious virus have been confirmed so far in people who recently visited the tourist destination — most of whom haven’t been vaccinated against measles.

Health officials have tracked nine measles cases in California and Utah and are working to confirm an additional three suspected cases. They say that one infected person probably spread the virus throughout the parks. The infected people range from eight months to 21 years old.

Eight of the nine people who have come down with measles have not received the recommended vaccinations against it. Two of the cases involve children who are too young to receive the measles vaccine and are dependent upon herd immunity to protect them from the disease.

Two Infants Too Young For Vaccinations Contract Measles From Unvaccinated People At Disneyland | ThinkProgress