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CDC panel recommends multiple shots for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox instead of single vaccine (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Dwouup@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 22 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I’m not sure you’re getting the nuance of what is happening here.

These childhood vaccines are currently all given together, in a very commonly and globally available MMR (measles, mumps, rubella - idk about chicken pox; when I was a kid, that wasn’t a thing yet). It is a simple and effective broad-spectrum vaccine. It has been given to literally billions of children, with a very, very low incidence of complications, and the complications are not autism.

What they’re doing is splitting them all up, due to (iirc) asinine and scientifically disproven fearmongering around causes of autism. That’s not how those vaccines work, and that’s not how autism works. It’s a line of logic based entirely on a disproven, debunked, and retracted study done by a doctor who had his medical license revoked as a result of publishing the “study”.

This will only serve to:

make it more difficult for conscientious parents to get their kids easily and effectively immunized against childhood diseases
make the vaccines cost more
likely make it easier for insurance companies to reconsider covering one or more of those vaccines
make it possible for idiotic parents to “do their own research” and opt out of one or more of the vaccines for no rational or justifiable reason
pave the way for removing the mandates and recommendations for those vaccines in a piecemeal fashion

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I’m not sure you’re getting the nuance of what is happening here.

You're correct. I thought the CDC was recommending booster shots.

Thanks for the clarification.