Unvaccinated Adult Travelers Pose Measles Risk

Preface by TLB Staff Writer: Christopher Wyatt

It would seem as late the pro vaccine propaganda machine is turning away from small children and towards adults. This week the CDC recommended a 3rd MMR to so called high risk groups during outbreaks and health experts are saying unvaccinated adults are carriers of measles. I guess going after the children was not enough.

For those who don’t know measles is a serious illness in the malnourished and it can be fatal in those who have faulty immune systems BUT for everyone else it is a week home with head to toe spots and some bed rest.

Measles like all other childhood illnesses is more than just a trivial illness, it is an important milestone for the immune system. Did you know measles can prevent cancer and autoimmune diseases, or that it can cure eczema? The CDC and the pharmaceutical industry have known this for many years and have even exploited the healing properties of measles by using a modified measles virus for cancer treatment.

Long before a modified measles virus was used to treat cancer, it was proven that natural measles puts certain cancers into remission. Knowing this begs the question of why they would continue to vaccinate for measles or other illnesses that have proven health benefits.

The bottom line is that we have broken our connection with nature and are sicker than ever before. Minor but beneficial illnesses have been replaced with cancer, autoimmune disease, and learning disabilities. NOT FAIR!

The only way we are going to fix this is to refuse all of the vaccines, eat a healthy diet, and actively seek out natural immunity!

We The People NOT They The Elite (CW)


Unvaccinated Adult Travelers Pose Measles Risk

By Rachael Zimlich, RN

As physicians grapple with vaccine refusal and vaccine hesitation, one way to protect against the spread of vaccine-preventable disease is to limit its entry to the United States. In today’s global culture, a new study has found that more than half the measles cases imported to the U.S. are from adult travelers who were not immune to the disease prior to traveling abroad.

The report, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that many adults traveling internationally aren’t receiving the recommended vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) prior to travel. The American Council on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends that all U.S. international travelers be immune to measles before departure in order to limit the importation of the disease into the U.S. Immunity is achieved by receiving two lifetime doses of the MMR vaccine with additional markers of immunity including a positive measles serology or physician documented history of measles illness, according to the report.

Emily P. Hyle, MD, MSc, an infectious disease specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and lead author of the report, told Medical Economics the study reveals that 16% of the 40,000 adult travelers studied between 2009 and 2014 were eligible for MMR vaccination prior to international travel, but 53% of them were not vaccinated at a pre-travel medical visit and 48% refused a physician’s recommendation for the vaccine. Another 28% of travelers were not vaccinated based on provider decision, and 24% because of health system barriers, according to the report.

“We hope that our study will raise awareness of the ACIP recommendation that all U.S. residents be immune to measles prior to international travel,” Hyle said. “Providers who see patients prior to travel should be asking about past MMR vaccinations and recommending MMR vaccination to non-immune travelers who are eligible for the MMR vaccine.”

Reminders of recent illness

Endemic measles was eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, but periodic outbreaks persist due to importation of the disease, according to the study. Most of these cases enter the U.S. through returning U.S. travelers who were not sufficiently vaccinated prior to travel. Once imported, measles can spread quickly and easily, according to the report, with 90% of unvaccinated individuals contracting the disease after exposure to an infected person. The report cites recent outbreaks at Disneyland in 2015 and in Ohio in 2014, in which one or two cases quickly grew to the hundreds.

In investigating why patients and physicians opted against the MMR vaccine before travel, the study found that 74% of patients were not concerned about illness. When physicians did not offer the vaccine, 94% of the time was because the provider thought the vaccine was not indicated, and 6% were because the physician thought there was insufficient time before travel to administer the vaccine. When health system barriers played a role, 99% of the time was because patients were referred to another provider for vaccination and patients might not follow through with the referral.

The study highlights the need for physicians to be aware of the ACIP recommendation and conduct pre-travel assessments with their patients. Efforts should be made to educate patients about the need for vaccination and ensure that barriers to proper immunization are removed, according to the report.

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