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Did you read the article? She's not saying that she didn't know that measles are dangerous, she's saying that she thinks people would vaccinate more and sooner if they knew the potential delayed effects of measles. Her son died 4 years after catching it and he wasn't vaccinated at 2 because he was on a delayed vaccination program (it doesn't say why). It's a super tragic story really and it doesn't seem like she's anti-vax or anything like it, quite the opposite.
I'll blame his/her mistake on the article. Most of the time I don't have to read the captions of pictures to obtain important information that would have also been in the normal text of the article.
Why wasn't that part in the article proper?
interesting, thank you!
if the problem is these delayed vaccinations, why isnt that the meat of this problem? seems less about communication and more about a failed implementation plan (in general)
The problem isn't just delayed vaccinations.
The kid could have had a health issue that prevented him from receiving the vaccine.
The real issue is people who choose not to get it for any reason other than a health problem that prevents them from getting it. This kid could be alive if it hadn't spread to him from unvaccinated people.
Herd immunity saves lives.
i think i get it, i appreciate you taking the time
Delayed vaccination was an anti vax talking point awhile back: Somehow parents were convinced by morons on the internet that you had to space vaccines out more. Basically once you start questioning the actual science, the more susceptible you are to just never actually finish the vaccine series, so antivaxxers win.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2882604/
For example some doctors, if a baby is suspected to have an acute form "Food protein-induced enterocolitis syndrome" to the egg, they prefer to delay the shot of a few months waiting for the diagnosis, in the tiny chance that if some egg proteins are present in the vaccine (some of them are grew in chicken eggs)