What happened to measles? WhenI was in Grade School, measles was no big deal. It was way before the MMR vaccinations were even thought of. Typically, Little Johnny would come into...

Scouser Loc: British Columbia

WhenI was in Grade School, measles was no big deal. It was way before the MMR vaccinations were even thought of.
Typically, Little Johnny would come into class and say to the teacher, "Please Miss, my sister won't be in for a few days, she's got measles". The prevalent attitude was, OK, let's get this over with before the holidays.
So why do we break out the Hazmat suits and go into Level 3 lock-down when someone even whispers the word?
Something must have changed!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Perception and attitude.

The MMR shots worked well for years, then the anti-vaxers said no.
So guess what's back....

No concept that the MMR shots were keeping it in check.

ken_stern Loc: Yorba Linda, Ca

Scouser wrote:

WhenI was in Grade School, measles was no big deal. It was way before the MMR vaccinations were even thought of.
Typically, Little Johnny would come into class and say to the teacher, "Please Miss, my sister won't be in for a few days, she's got measles". The prevalent attitude was, OK, let's get this over with before the holidays.
So why do we break out the Hazmat suits and go into Level 3 lock-down when someone even whispers the word?
Something must have changed!

I've given this issue considerable thought and have come up with only one honest conclusion

STUPID

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

ken_stern wrote:

I've given this issue considerable thought and have come up with only one honest conclusion

STUPID

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Encephalitis in 1 in every 1000 children

1 to 3 out of 1000 infected children will die...to put this into perspective, when I was growing up before the vaccine in the fifties, there were about 300 kids in the elementary schools in my city By the time each of those kids caught the measles in three schools, at least one and possibly three would die.

German Measles, rubella, during pregnancy, can cause hearing loss, heart problems or learning disabilities

I hope those are sufficient reasons for measles to be considered a serious disease.

Silversleuth Loc: San Francisco Bay Area

To those ardent anti-vaxers, no amount of reason, logic or scientific data can deter them from their delusions about efficacy or dangers of vaccinations. Remember polio? Well that was pretty much wiped out by vaccination. One thing that can't be prevented or cured: Stupid.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Silversleuth wrote:

To those ardent anti-vaxers, no amount of reason, logic or scientific data can deter them from their delusions about efficacy or dangers of vaccinations. Remember polio? Well that was pretty much wiped out by vaccination. One thing that can't be prevented or cured: Stupid.

nobody13579

Silversleuth wrote:

To those ardent anti-vaxers, no amount of reason, logic or scientific data can deter them from their delusions about efficacy or dangers of vaccinations. Remember polio? Well that was pretty much wiped out by vaccination. One thing that can't be prevented or cured: Stupid.

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Silversleuth wrote:

To those ardent anti-vaxers, no amount of reason, logic or scientific data can deter them from their delusions about efficacy or dangers of vaccinations. Remember polio? Well that was pretty much wiped out by vaccination. One thing that can't be prevented or cured: Stupid.

Don

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Scouser wrote:

When I was in Grade School, measles was no big deal…..

To let everyone know I was vaccinated as far back as I can remember. You name it, I got jabbed for it. Funny thing that I never had all that stuff and I never grew a third hand from my abdomen. I may not have all my marbles but I’m immune to everything on this planet.

I’m going to end this thread because the door to The Attic just creaked open!

I do have a solid mentality about the anti-vaxers. If you don’t want to get vaccinated, fine! Please don’t tell me how to protect myself and my family.

Brian J.

This reminds me of story about a pediatrician talking to a mother who did not want her son to be vaccinated (including against mumps). The Dr. said, "If that's your choice you may need to consider that 2 of the complications of mumps are one encephalitis & two testicular damage. So if he gets no. 1 he may be speaking one word by the time he is 3 years old & if he gets no. 2 then you won't have to worry about becoming a grandmother".

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

The reason the anti-vaxers exist is because they never lived through those diseases or saw people that had. As a kid I remember smallpox survivors that as adults had huge, deep scars all over their faces. Or adults hobbling around with a shriveled up leg from polio. Or my brother delirious with a 106 fever from measles. In short, they’ve had it too good and therefore don’t appreciate the good life that vaccines have given them.

halraiser

Brian J. wrote:

This reminds me of story about a pediatrician talking to a mother who did not want her son to be vaccinated (including against mumps). The Dr. said, "If that's your choice you may need to consider that 2 of the complications of mumps are one encephalitis & two testicular damage. So if he gets no. 1 he may be speaking one word by the time he is 3 years old & if he gets no. 2 then you won't have to worry about becoming a grandmother".

I was raised in the time before vaccinations for mumps and measles were available. I remember an athletic trip to another city when a teammate came down with mumps. That was in high school so he was past puberty. He was on the way home in one big hurry.

I also remember when mothers often wouldn't let kids go swimming for fear of polio, and I remember being vaccinated for small pox, a now extinct disease. The anti-vaxers really are ignoring history and their children will pay the price. So will others as diseases spread. I think we could wipe out polio if people would just go along with the vaccine. Sadly, some third world countries believe that vaccine is a western attempt to poison them.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

bikinkawboy wrote:

The reason the anti-vaxers exist is because they never lived through those diseases or saw people that had. As a kid I remember smallpox survivors that as adults had huge, deep scars all over their faces. Or adults hobbling around with a shriveled up leg from polio. Or my brother delirious with a 106 fever from measles. In short, they’ve had it too good and therefore don’t appreciate the good life that vaccines have given them.

Bret P Loc: California

Scouser wrote:

WhenI was in Grade School, measles was no big deal ...

I had measles as a kid and it was miserable, but I was OK after.

It wasn't a "big deal" because there was nothing you could do about it anyway until the vaccine was available.

But some died and others got permanent injuries.
Let's hope that doesn't happen again.