I believe kids should be vaccinated. However back when my middle son was a baby they came out with the Rotashield rotavirus vaccine. I got it because my oldest had rotavirus when he was a baby and ended up in the hospital. Then a couple months after my son got it (1999) they pulled the vaccine. Seems they didn’t do enough testing on it and some babies got some sort of intestinal blockage. It took until 2006 to get a rotavirus vaccine back on the market. So what I learned from that experience is yes get your kids vaccinated but if a new vaccine comes out especially for a baby I might just wait a while to make sure it’s really been tested.
The measles vaccine is a different story. That has been around forever. Also in 2013 when Princeton was able to get their hands on that meningitis vaccine I wished that they would have figured out a way for the rest the US college kids to be vaccinated too .Not just the kids at Princeton.
I wish they would report how all 84 cases in the U.S. this season contracted a once eradicated disease. May make people sit up and take notice. Those poor people who came in contact with Ebola for which there were only a couple of cases had their every movement examined and reported.
Why are our borders not requiring proof of immunization before entry into this country. Isn’t a foreign visitor to Disney the cause of this whole problem? Yet when I go to a doctor’s office or hospital now I am asked if I have even visited Africa. Nobody asked me at my last visit if I could be carrying measles.
I wouldn’t categorize him/her as being the cause of the whole problem. He might have brought it in, but it might not have gained any ground had everyone at Disneyland that day who COULD be vaccinated had been.
We don’t require our own citizens to be vaccinated, but we are going to require proof of it from anyone else who enters?
So funny enough, in the midst of being involved in this thread, my mom happened to find her vaccination records from when she was a kid. They were with her first passport and Spanish birth certificate (which she thought she had lost). The records are extensive to say the least. But each new country required new proof of immunizations in order to be admitted.
"Why are our borders not requiring proof of immunization before entry into this country. Isn’t a foreign visitor to Disney the cause of this whole problem? "
We don’t because our population is protected by the required immunizations. Besides, would you rather protect yourself or rely on trusting what another says? As we know, paperwork can be bought and people can lie.
Okay, so why are you all blaming the anti-vaxxers for this outbreak then? I think the reason most people are not freaking out is because most people can get immunized if they so choose. Unlike ebola. And, many have had measles themselves and did not die so the comparison is a bit reachy in my opinion.
I’ve already posted that my friend has a child with brain cancer and on chemo Her vaccines are no longer effective. People like her are the reason the rest of us need to be vaccinated.
Yes, I understand except for the part where the rest of us doesn’t include visitors from other countries since there are a lot of them especially at Disneyland.
An American anti-vaxxer returning home from a trip abroad who decided to stop at Disneyland or a foreign tourist? Hmm. Well, either way it is not unknown information so who is patient zero?
While we’re at it, let’s require proof of immunization (or a MEDICAL exception) in all public places. Private businesses could put signs up on their doors similar to those that say “no firearms on the premises.” Both of these things would instantly begin to stem the spread of measles cases, and put the crackpot anti-vaccinators on notice that they can’t expect everyone else to sit idly by while they spread disease to the rest of the population.
marie, have you actually read anything on this subject? Measles is one of THE most contagious diseases known to man. It’s not nearly as hard to spread as, say, Ebola. Determining “patient zero” won’t help anything now that the selfish anti-vax folks have allowed it to spread.
Yes, Sally. Last time I was on this thread the theme seemed to be we are all special so I will admit I missed something somewhere since now it seems to be all about blaming. Were the Disneyland employees who were infected known anti-vaxxers? I don’t know.
Vaccination rates in parts of the world have fallen due to natural disasters that interfered with vaccination campaigns, but we’re doing this to ourselves with no help from Mother Nature.
It comes back to the premise of exposing those who are unable to vaccinate or have compromised immune systems including infants who are too young to vaccinate. I feel like if you want to take advantage of public education you should be required to comply with the public interest RE vaccinations. If you don’t want to do that then homeschool or go to Waldorf or some other place where everyone had agreed to be together in an unvaccinated state. I am offended by the idea that educated, healthy people with a choice decide to coast on the idea of herd immunity.
When my D traveled to Ecuador last year she needed her vaccination card filled out and stamped and on her person to enter particular areas.
It is sad that polio is making a comeback in Pakistan and other places where vaccination programs have been disrupted by war and backwards power structures. With the ease of international travel that might be one of the next eradicated diseases to make inroads.