Even though the vast majority of Americans have already been vaccinated with MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) in accordance with government recommendations, the mainstream media insists upon laying all blame on "anti-vaxxers" – despite the fact that we now know that vaccinated individuals are both catching and spreading measles.
As you may recall from back in April, a handful of measles cases in the state of New York prompted Rockland County health officials to go door-to-door harassing people about their vaccination status, again perpetuating the myth that a handful of people who aren't vaccinated are somehow responsible for spreading measles to other people who have been vaccinated.
But this doesn't make any sense, even assuming that so-called "herd immunity" is real, because people who've been vaccinated with MMR shouldn't be contracting measles if the vaccine actually works. It either provides protection or it doesn't – and here's a pretty big hint as to which answer is correct: it doesn't.
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Specifically in California, pro-vaccine legislator Richard Pan got his wish with the passage of Senate Bill 277, which eliminated both philosophical and religious vaccine exemptions, allowing only for medical exemptions issued by doctors.
Pan repeatedly claimed that getting rid of these exemptions would end all cases of measles in California forever, though that clearly hasn't happened – and that's because forcing everyone to get vaccinated is ineffective at preventing measles.
We know this for a fact because, according to local LA news, there are still people contracting measles in California despite Pan's egregious mandate.
"Research reveals that a vaccinated individual not only can become infected with measles, but can also spread it to others who are also vaccinated against it," writes Sayer Ji for GreenMedInfo.com.
"... not only does the MMR vaccine fail to consistently confer immunity, but those who have been 'immunized' with two doses of MMR vaccine can still transmit the infection to others – a phenomena no one is reporting on in the rush to blame the non- or minimally-vaccinated for the outbreak."
And don't just take Ji's word for it: A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Clinical Infectious Diseases affirms his claim, with authorship from the Bureau of Immunization, the New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This study confirms that people who've been vaccinated with MMR can not only still contract measles, but also spread it to others.
"This is the first report of measles transmission from a twice vaccinated individual," the study's authors admit.
"The clinical presentation and laboratory data of the index were typical of measles in a naïve individual. Secondary cases had robust anamnestic antibody responses. No tertiary cases occurred despite numerous contacts. This outbreak underscores the need for thorough epidemiologic and laboratory investigation of suspected measles cases regardless of vaccination status."
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