Myths about MMR vaccine for measles persist, doctors recommend vaccination

Unethical and Fraudulent Research

The controversy over the MMR vaccine has led Andrew Wakefield and 12 colleagues to publish a case series in the medical journal The Lancet suggesting that the MMR vaccine may predispose children to behavioral regressions and pervasive developmental disorders. It happened later in 1998.

The paper was later retracted, Wakefield and his colleagues were found to have committed ethical violations, and the British Medical Journal published a series of articles alleging the fraud behind Wakefield’s paper. Wakefield was funded by a lawyer whose parents were involved in a lawsuit against a vaccine manufacturer. National Library of Medicine.

Other ethical violations committed by Wakefield and his colleagues included not obtaining the necessary ethical clearance to conduct research on the children involved and misrepresenting science in his papers. was also included. The Indian Journal of Psychiatry also noted the small sample size of just 12 children who participated in the study, as well as the “uncontrolled design” and “speculative nature of the conclusions.”

Studies Deny Links to Autism

successor Studies have shown no link between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders. A 2013 study in the Journal of PediatricsThe study involved 256 children with autism spectrum disorders and 752 control children. This study found that increased exposure to antibody-stimulating proteins and polysaccharides in vaccines during the first two years of life was not associated with the risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder.

Guerrero-Duby said one of the definitive studies on vaccines and autism was Done by researcher Brent Taylor and his colleagues in 1999, also published in The Lancet. This epidemiological study found a causal link between the MMR vaccine and autism by studying autistic children born after 1979, as the MMR vaccine was not introduced into the UK until his 1988 I tried to check if Changes in the proportion of autism cases after the introduction of the MMR vaccine.

There was also A Danish study published in the New England Journal of Medicine This was a retrospective cohort study of all children born in Denmark between January 1991 and December 1998. The study found that the incidence of autism was the same in both unvaccinated and vaccinated children.

“For over 20 years, there has been conclusive research proving no link to autism.People are still afraid and want to cling to misinformation.I We are trying to dispel their fears, but we are afraid,” said Guerrero Duby.

Misinformation is especially aggressive online, she said, because social media platforms prioritize what garners engagement regardless of whether it’s true.

effective vaccine

Guerrero-Duby said there is good information available, including the following sites: Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the American Academy of Pediatrics website.

Families can also consult with a trusted health care provider or the child’s pediatrician, Guerrero Duby said.

CDC recommends that children receive two doses of the MMR vaccine when they are 12 to 15 months old and a second dose between the ages of 4 and 6 years.

Guerrero-Duby said the MMR vaccine is safe and also one of the most effective vaccines available. A single dose of the MMR vaccine is 93% effective against measles, 78% effective against mumps, and 97% effective against rubella, according to the CDC. Two doses of the MMR vaccine are 97% effective against measles and 88% effective against mumps.

The current measles outbreak in central Ohio includes: Clark County Infant Case, as of Thursday, there are 81 cases, including 29 children who are hospitalized. Cases included 76 unvaccinated children, 22 children under the age of 1 who were too young to be vaccinated, 3 children who received one dose of the MMR vaccine, and 2 whose vaccination status was unknown. Including children of people. No fully vaccinated children have contracted measles in this outbreak.

How to get your child vaccinated

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control provides resources on how families can get vaccines for their children for free at their website (www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/). The Children’s Vaccines Program provides free vaccines to eligible children through physicians enrolled in the program.

Below are contact phone numbers for each county health department in the Dayton area.