Mumps outbreaks linked to waning vaccine protection, study says

[angelatc]

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/21/healt...udy/index.html

The MMR vaccine, given in two doses to children, protects against the measles, mumps and rubella. Yet the United States and Europe have seen more than a few outbreaks of mumps, a contagious viral disease, in the past couple of years.

This resurgence may be due to waning protection bestowed by the mumps portion of the vaccine, according to a new study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. A simple booster shot at age 18 could thwart future outbreaks, the Harvard researchers believe.

Science changes when new evidence emerges.

These outbreaks are troubling for two reasons, Lewnard and Grad wrote.

First, up to 10% of mumps infections in teenagers or adults may cause severe complications, including deafness, meningitis and involvement of the testes or ovaries. Children who get sick with the mumps typically do not experience such severe symptoms.

Second, most recent mumps outbreaks have occurred among people who had received the recommended two vaccine doses.

[specsaregood]

DW had to get the vaccine again a few years ago when she became a nurse. They tested her and her immunity had worn off since childhood.

[Danke]

Still not worth the risk of getting autism.

[oyarde]

Still not worth the risk of getting autism.

When did you get it ?

[specsaregood]

Still not worth the risk of getting autism.

In the testes, mumps infection can cause swelling, pain, tenderness and, sometimes, permanent shrinkage (atrophy), although it rarely causes sterility.

[donnay]

Highly contagious mumps virus strikes among vaccinated young adults
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/highly-...-young-adults/


Flashbacks:

Former Merck Scientists Sue Merck Alleging MMR Vaccine Efficacy Fraud

Stephen A. Krahling and Joan A. Wlochowski, former Merck virologists blew the whistle by filing a qui tam action lawsuit — U.S. v Merck & Co. — in August 2010. The scientists allege that the efficacy tests for the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine (MMR) were faked. The document was unsealed in June, 2012.

This is a major federal case alleging fraud in vaccine testing; it encapsulates how medical research can be manipulated to achieve desired results, and why it may be wise to question the integrity and the validity of “science-based medicine.”

The suit charges that Merck knew its measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine was less effective than the purported 95% level, and it alleges that senior management was aware and also oversaw testing that concealed the actual effectiveness. According to the lawsuit, Merck began a sham testing program in the late 1990’s to hide the declining efficacy of the vaccine. The objective of the fraudulent trials was to “report efficacy of 95% or higher regardless of the vaccine’s true efficacy.”

According to Krahling and Wlochowski’s complaint, they were threatened with jail were they to alert the FDA to the fraud being committed.

In January 31, 2016, the court ordered that discovery, the process of gathering evidence, must be completed by 1 March 2017, over a year from now. The court also ordered that expert discovery needs to be completed by 31 October 2017.

Other motions must be filed by 20 December 2017. A motion for class action certification must be filed by 1 March 2018; and Merck must file its opposition to class certification by 5 April 2018.

The plaintiffs charge that Merck defrauded the U.S. for more than a decade by faking a vaccine efficacy rate of 95% even though the real rate was significantly lower.

Read more: http://ahrp.org/former-merck-scienti...fficacy-fraud/

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Whistleblowers accuse Merck of withholding info on mumps vaccine
https://www.fiercepharma.com/vaccine...-mumps-vaccine

Lawsuits claiming Merck lied about mumps vaccine efficacy headed to trial
https://www.fiercepharma.com/infecti...eaded-to-trial

Whistleblowers: Merck hid declining efficacy of MMR shot
https://www.fiercepharma.com/regulat...cy-of-mmr-shot

[oyarde]

In the testes, mumps infection can cause swelling, pain, tenderness and, sometimes, permanent shrinkage (atrophy), although it rarely causes sterility.

Danke should have married and had some kids already . Now he is going to be sitting around with ice on diminished testes .Sad .

[fisharmor]

Still not worth the risk of getting autism.

You're getting off topic. We're supposed to be ignoring how the mumps vaccine doesn't work, and how the solution to a nonworking vaccine is another vaccine.

[Created4]

Science changes when new evidence emerges.

But Zippy has assured us the science on vaccines is settled.