Mumps Outbreak

[MelissaWV]

I know people have their plates full with kvetching at one another about other stuff however, when people say "I don't want my child vaccinated," they often hear "well you're going to cause an outbreak of some disease or another."

So... it's interesting that this is happening:

Mumps Outbreak in New York, New Jersey Tops 1,500 Cases
Thursday, February 11, 2010


A mumps outbreak among Orthodox Jews in New York and New Jersey has now surpassed 1,500 cases and shows no sign of ending soon.

The outbreak began last summer at a boys camp in the Catskills. Nearly all the cases are in the insular Orthodox Jewish community. Health officials said most had a mumps vaccination, but the shots are not completely effective.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday said the count has now reached 1,521. Nineteen people have been hospitalized but no deaths have been reported.

So, the vaccine didn't protect these kids from the mumps, and over 1,500 children have gotten it and 0 have died. Why is this vaccine necessary?

I know that's far from scientific, but it does make the case that not vaccinating your child (as your choice) doesn't mean the end of the world.

 

[dannno]

So, the vaccine didn't protect these kids from the mumps, and over 1,500 children have gotten it and 0 have died. Why is this vaccine necessary?

Women.. always with your emotionally driven arguments

Sorry, I was watching Stossel the other day and he said something like that regarding this issue.. catches me by surprise when he says something I so strongly disagree with.

 

[cradle2graveconservative]

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[TCE]

Women.. always with your emotionally driven arguments

Sorry, I was watching Stossel the other day and he said something like that regarding this issue.. catches me by surprise when he says something I so strongly disagree with.

Stossel is terrible on any natural health related subject. I either tune that stuff out or change the channel when he talks about them.

Cradle: If the vaccine is supposedly over 90% effective, then why did so many catch it from each other? Just another unnecessary government mandated vaccine.

 

[angelatc]

In post-pubescent males, mumps can lead to sterility or reduced fertility. Nature thinning the herd....