"Vast Majority of People Who Are Contracting Measles Have Been Fully Vaccinated Against It . . . ." Dr. Donald W. Miller, Jr.
Before
there was a vaccine for it, just about every person in America got measles.
They would catch this highly communicable childhood disease usually between the
age of 5 and 9. From 1900 to 1960, with improved sanitation, clean water, and
better nutrition fostered by rapid delivery of fresh fruits and vegetables
along with affordable refrigerators, the mortality rate from measles in the
U.S. dropped more than 95 percent.
. . .
Health
officials, both in the U.S. and UK, blame unvaccinated people and the
“anti-vaxxers” for these outbreaks. Assisted by a compliant media, they
downplay the fact that the vast majority of people who are contracting measles
have been fully vaccinated against it—more than 95% in some outbreaks.
One benefit of having measles is that a person so infected will
then have lifelong, permanent immunity to it. Mothers transfer antibodies
against measles to their babies, which protect them from this disease during
their early critical months of life. The MMR shot, however, does not provide
lifelong immunity to measles. It only lasts several years, and successively
less effective booster shots are required.
There is a second, major benefit of measles that health authorities overlook. Measles helps a child’s immune system grow strong and mature.
Short-lived vaccine immunity renders people under age 55-60 vulnerable to contracting measles at a bad age, with infants less than 1 year old and adults over 20 years old at greatest risk. The day may once again come when parents, while avoiding the vaccine, hold measles parties for their children in the age window of 5 to 9 years (like some families now do in Germany) so they can have measles at the safest time in their lives, thereby achieving the benefits of a strengthened immune system and lifelong natural immunity from this disease.
