Measles: Your Questions Answered | Frank Esper, MD

Measles was declared eliminated from the U.S. nearly 20 years ago - so how does it keep popping up, and why is it all over the news right now? Pediatric infectious disease specialist Frank Esper, MD, explains the what, why and how of this sneaky and highly infectious disease, and addresses questions about the vaccine that prevents it.

[@kiamichiozarks7056]

I have some questions. I have heard that getting your child immunized can cause autism, I am just curious; what are the statistics of a child being immunized against measles, whooping cough, and polio (with autism being the result) and a child not being immunized and death being the result?

[@hostronic]

Kiamichi Ozarks To answer your question, there are no confirmed cases of autism occurring in children as a result of mmr vaccination. The sole study claiming a correlation between the two was refuted and debunked by the entire scientific community. Upon investigation, the author of said study, Andrew Wakefield, was found to have deliberately manipulated data to support his purported "findings", and thus was removed of all credentials. From what science has told us, autism is most likely caused by factors affecting prenatal neurological development at the embryonic or fetal stage. These factors may be genetic (by way of genetic mutation of DNA in the sperm or ovum), epigenetic, or environmental prenatal factors (brought on by the condition of the mother during pregnancy) which interfere with proper neurological development of the child prior to birth. Since social development begins around the ages of 3-5 in most children, the first symptoms of autism are typically seen during that time. However, it is likely the child in question had these neurological deficiencies the entirety of their existence, they just hadn't presented themselves in a noticeable way until the first stage of normal social development. Hope this was helpful! 😊

[@kiamichiozarks7056]

@@hostronic, thank you so much for answering my questions. (I must share this information with my FB 'friends'.) Very helpful indeed. Thanks, again.

[@reaperm7438]

Here's a question why do parents get to chose whenever to immunize their child or not

[@ZingboyG]

Reaper M really fucked up if the parent says no then it's child abuse because they're putting the child in harm

[@sblack9511]

Does a vaccination as a child last you a lifetime?

[@reaperm7438]

God what the hell