January 29, 2015
By Lenny Bernstein
The 2015 measles outbreak (click here) already has spread to 84 people, more than health officials typically see in an entire year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
Most of the cases are traceable to an outbreak at Disneyland and another theme park in Southern California that began in late December and now has spread to six other states, including Utah, Washington, Oregon and Colorado. In all, measles has reached 14 states, according to Anne Schuchat, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
The outbreak has generated sometimes fierce criticism of people who, for personal reasons or because they mistrust the vaccine, choose not to have their children immunized and prompted at least two school systems in California to ban unvaccinated students from school....
I've always wanted to ask the parents of the unvaccinated children if they were vaccinated and what led to their decision for their own children. I think they are great parents. They invest a great deal of time and thought to what their children are exposed to, but, at the same instance I don't know if they have thought this entire thing through. There is nothing preventing their children from being vaccinated as an adult. And. Where does that put them when it comes to college acceptance and/or a job. Private universities and employers do not have to accept unvaccinated students or employees, unless they accept federal monies.
The school systems sending children home because they are not vaccinated have to provide tutors while on quarantine. Right now it is my suspicions parents that work and have unvaccinated children are sorry they didn't. They probably are facing childcare problems as well.
I can understand how many parents link autoimmune diseases with vaccines. I know how a beautiful child in front of a parent can make them cringe at the thought of compromising their wellness as an adult. I do understand that, but, just few things to think about.
To begin we have a vast infrastructure to investigate severe debilitation of any person, be it adult or child. The USA is probably one of the more caring countries in the world. We still don't have great ratings in some areas, but, with a national health insurance initiative hopefully that will change.
Then a political issue manifests about disability insurance in the USA. It is there for a reason and it's impact spans more than fraud. Fraud is a serious problem and it always should be addressed, but, we accept disease and injury as part of life in our society.
In defense of that aspect of our society there has been a consistent number of disabled people for a very long time. It is not an exact number, but, a fairly consistent percentage regardless of the numbers of population. That is a respectable observation. Why? Because it means there are people encountering disability at about the same rate, be it genetic, injury or otherwise. That disability rate does not include veterans. Veteran disability of fairly young and healthy men and women increases and decreases with war.
But, where there is a consistent disability rate there is a clear understanding the statistics bear out as an acceptable norm that does not alarm the society unless it is found to spike. The USA addresses disease and seeks to solve problems with MS and Lupus and all those ugly diseases that rob adults of their dreams and aspirations. With genetic research there may actually be a magic pill. But, with unvaccinated children entering to at least young teens by now, the 20 year study about such adults hasn't been done yet. Will autoimmune diseases disappear because a significant number of adults were never vaccinated? I don't think so. I think we know enough about autoimmune diseases and it's etiology to state, we won't find significant differences within a population of Americans without vaccinations.
If the statistics were there I'd be screaming along with everyone else, but, I don't think there is sound statistics to back that point of view. What might be the reality of the circumstances of those that manifest autoimmune diseases is that their genetics may be as much a trigger as any vaccine.
The human nervous system is not mature at birth. The human nervous system is only complete at the age of one year. No different than the skeletal plates of an infants head doesn't close at birth, it takes time into the early years that complete the person. Nutrition is important and the environment is as well, healthy water and air to just name a few.
But, I think parents that don't vaccinate have a real argument up to the age of one year old. Beyond the completion of the myelin lining the nervous system, the parents lose their argument. The fear of many parents is that the vaccines even though unable to cause disease will imbed in the myelin sheaths as the child grows that first year. They may have an argument. But, beyond that first year they lose validity.
I don't think there should be laws forcing parents to vaccinate their children, it would cause an underground we don't want to realize as a nightmare to this country. But, there is nothing wrong with educating parents about the myelin and vaccinations while doctors accept postponement of vaccination to one year.
Let's hope the vaccines will continue to be manufactured if the demand is lost as well.
By Lenny Bernstein
The 2015 measles outbreak (click here) already has spread to 84 people, more than health officials typically see in an entire year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.
Most of the cases are traceable to an outbreak at Disneyland and another theme park in Southern California that began in late December and now has spread to six other states, including Utah, Washington, Oregon and Colorado. In all, measles has reached 14 states, according to Anne Schuchat, director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
The outbreak has generated sometimes fierce criticism of people who, for personal reasons or because they mistrust the vaccine, choose not to have their children immunized and prompted at least two school systems in California to ban unvaccinated students from school....
I've always wanted to ask the parents of the unvaccinated children if they were vaccinated and what led to their decision for their own children. I think they are great parents. They invest a great deal of time and thought to what their children are exposed to, but, at the same instance I don't know if they have thought this entire thing through. There is nothing preventing their children from being vaccinated as an adult. And. Where does that put them when it comes to college acceptance and/or a job. Private universities and employers do not have to accept unvaccinated students or employees, unless they accept federal monies.
The school systems sending children home because they are not vaccinated have to provide tutors while on quarantine. Right now it is my suspicions parents that work and have unvaccinated children are sorry they didn't. They probably are facing childcare problems as well.
I can understand how many parents link autoimmune diseases with vaccines. I know how a beautiful child in front of a parent can make them cringe at the thought of compromising their wellness as an adult. I do understand that, but, just few things to think about.
To begin we have a vast infrastructure to investigate severe debilitation of any person, be it adult or child. The USA is probably one of the more caring countries in the world. We still don't have great ratings in some areas, but, with a national health insurance initiative hopefully that will change.
Then a political issue manifests about disability insurance in the USA. It is there for a reason and it's impact spans more than fraud. Fraud is a serious problem and it always should be addressed, but, we accept disease and injury as part of life in our society.
In defense of that aspect of our society there has been a consistent number of disabled people for a very long time. It is not an exact number, but, a fairly consistent percentage regardless of the numbers of population. That is a respectable observation. Why? Because it means there are people encountering disability at about the same rate, be it genetic, injury or otherwise. That disability rate does not include veterans. Veteran disability of fairly young and healthy men and women increases and decreases with war.
But, where there is a consistent disability rate there is a clear understanding the statistics bear out as an acceptable norm that does not alarm the society unless it is found to spike. The USA addresses disease and seeks to solve problems with MS and Lupus and all those ugly diseases that rob adults of their dreams and aspirations. With genetic research there may actually be a magic pill. But, with unvaccinated children entering to at least young teens by now, the 20 year study about such adults hasn't been done yet. Will autoimmune diseases disappear because a significant number of adults were never vaccinated? I don't think so. I think we know enough about autoimmune diseases and it's etiology to state, we won't find significant differences within a population of Americans without vaccinations.
If the statistics were there I'd be screaming along with everyone else, but, I don't think there is sound statistics to back that point of view. What might be the reality of the circumstances of those that manifest autoimmune diseases is that their genetics may be as much a trigger as any vaccine.
The human nervous system is not mature at birth. The human nervous system is only complete at the age of one year. No different than the skeletal plates of an infants head doesn't close at birth, it takes time into the early years that complete the person. Nutrition is important and the environment is as well, healthy water and air to just name a few.
But, I think parents that don't vaccinate have a real argument up to the age of one year old. Beyond the completion of the myelin lining the nervous system, the parents lose their argument. The fear of many parents is that the vaccines even though unable to cause disease will imbed in the myelin sheaths as the child grows that first year. They may have an argument. But, beyond that first year they lose validity.
I don't think there should be laws forcing parents to vaccinate their children, it would cause an underground we don't want to realize as a nightmare to this country. But, there is nothing wrong with educating parents about the myelin and vaccinations while doctors accept postponement of vaccination to one year.
Let's hope the vaccines will continue to be manufactured if the demand is lost as well.
