Ohioans..measles outbreak now at 60 children

Some of the problem delay and/or missed vaccines because of Covid isolation.
So it is not all neglect.

There are parents who do refuse. There was a major outbreak in the Yonkers area of NY. They actually isolated the whole neighborhood. They made special food delivers etc..

The situation will go beyond just measles in the future.

Just an FYI, while people may get the vaccine, it isn't 100% effective for everyone.

I got all childhood vaccines and I have never been able to build and hold immunity to MMR and I have to get my pneumonia shot sooner than ever 5 years.

There are also kids and adults who can not vaccinate for real reasons.

I am pro vaccination but I am also fully aware of the other side because of immune issues, allergies, medical needs, etc.

Because there are people who cannot get vaccines it is all the more important for the rest of us to be vaccinated!

I got measles, along with most other 'childhood diseases' long before there was ever a vaccine. I did the get smallpox :scratch' and Salk when available...followed by the Sabin.. I had chicken pox, scarlet fever, whooping cough, but not measles or mumps for some reason..

Sorry. There are some who lost their hearing also.

I won't mention the horror of polio..

So it was daycares so they don’t require vaccines in Ohio? I know many are too young and some can’t get them but what about the others? I asked a friend that runs a licensed in home daycare in California and they are required to enforce being vaccinated on schedule here. It’s part of being licensed.

Wondering how many other states don’t require basic vaccinations in daycares.

All those poor kids. I feel so bad for them.

I am sorry for those children.

“Roberts said that the children affected by the Ohio outbreak appear to be unvaccinated because their families rejected the vaccine, not because they had delays in their vaccinations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Columbus health department offers the vaccine at its clinic but the department hasn’t seen any uptick in the number of people seeking out the MMR vaccine in response to the outbreak, officials said.

It’s still not clear how large this outbreak could become. The health department doesn’t have good visibility into the percentage of people who are vaccinated against measles in the state of Ohio, Roberts said. Her team is working with the CDC, insurance providers and medical providers to get a better estimate of that number.“

abcnews.go.com/Health/63-children-sick-measles-ohio/story?id=94786263

Each state is different. I live in Kansas. School boards may exclude students who have not completed the

required inoculations. This decision rests with each school board.

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Ohio allows for exemptions that are easy to get. Ohio’s childhood vaccination rates have been steadily declining. There are steadily growing pockets of the population that aren’t vaccinated. Ohio is getting hit pretty hard by the rsv/flu/Covid trifecta right now so that’s been a more immediate concern.

Just popping in to say that the measles vaccine does not have 100% efficacy. No vaccine does. Some, like the one for measles, are very, very efficacious, but none roll at 100%.

Carry on.

Why not, there’s too many people now who have never come in contact with anyone who had polio so they consider it no big deal. My uncle was affected by it the rest of his life and he had a “mild” case. I think we need to talk about the horrors of polio so these young people realize there is a danger if they don’t vaccinate their kids.

One of the reasons I laughed at the rights freak out over the US’s extremely loose Covid “quarantine” is because there were very real quarantined in this country due to polio. Very strict quarantines

You'll get no argument from me on whether or not the MMR is a worthwhile vaccine!   Measles was considered eradicated, or eliminated, in this country (in 2000? somewhere around there) but that's a sticky wicket since if we know there is no such thing as 100% efficacy, then we know that no disease can ever truly be eradicated. (and that's not to say we stop trying)

I remember when the measles vaccine was approved for wide-spread use.  They turned the cafeteria at my elementary school into a vaccination station and everyone lined up to get it.  My entire neighborhood was there along with so many kids from my class.  The only negative regarding that vaccine for me personally was that a boy in my class that I had a crush on was in getting his shot too and I think he saw me bury my face into my mom's waist when I got it.  I was really afraid it was going to hurt because my younger sister went before me and she cried and let out a big yelp when the needle went in.  It didn't really hurt, but he saw me being a big chicken.

Did you see the article about the infant in New Zealand that needed urgent open heart surgery to survive.  His parents refused to allow doctors to take the necessary blood work on the baby for typing to prepare for his surgery.  The doctors ended up calling the police and a judge stepped in and removed the infant from his parents, assigning two doctors to make his medical decisions until he was recovered from the surgery.  The parents had refused the blood work, chest X-rays, and the anesthetic assessment necessary for the procedure.  They were demanding that only blood from people who did not receive the Covid vaccination be used during their baby's surgery. They were told there wasn't time for a directed donor blood situation. Especially in New Zealand where 90% of the population has been vaccinated.  Locating and testing the small percentage that the parent's deemed acceptable would have taken too long and the baby probably wouldn't have survived.

The surgery has been performed and the baby is doing well now.  I can't imagine delaying heart surgery on my dying baby!  I just feel so badly for people that are making decisions like this based on misinformation and fear.  I have no doubt they thought they were doing the right thing and protecting their infant, but their child would have paid the price for their beliefs.

The combination of the medical breakthroughs of vaccines and antibiotics, that occurred around the same time, led to American lifespans increasing by 20!!! years, from about 60 to about 80.