Tagged: MMR vaccine

Why are vaccinated people getting measles? - Diplomatic Immunity

Helen Petousis Harris • Sep 04, 2019 •

• measles,
• MMR,
• MMR vaccine,
• unvaccinated,
• vaccinated,
• Vaccine effectiveness

Here is a very quick and over simplified explanation about why some of the cases of measles are fully vaccinated (epidemiologists look away!). The vaccine is not 100% protective. One dose is around 92% and two doses around 98%. Generally, things look like this pie chart, assuming the vaccine is potent and the patients relatively healthy. Most cases occur in … Read More

Autism revisited: genetics, environment, not vaccines - Code for life

Grant Jacobs • Mar 05, 2019 •

• autism,
• copy number variation,
• de novo mutation,
• gene,
• genetics,
• MMR vaccine,
• Vaccine,
• vaccines

Researchers are pounding the trail of the genetics of autism. There is also more evidence that vaccines don’t cause autism. More interesting is what does cause autism. (Those looking for the vaccine bit should track down to the section, Another nail on the coffin.) Not the Rain Man People with autism or autism spectrum disorder find social communication and … Read More