Parents at centre of measles outbreak didn't vaccinate children

Re:Parents at centre of measles outbreak didn't vaccinate ch... by mattnewport on Sunday February 17, 2019 @03:46PM (#19186791)

Presumably if there was an "outbreak" they weren't the only parents not to vaccinate their children. The article doesn't really elaborate on that.

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Re:Parents at centre of measles outbreak didn't vaccinate ch... by masonic on Sunday February 17, 2019 @03:57PM (#19186859)

The kids caught measles in Vietnam. They were the importing vector.

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Re:Parents at centre of measles outbreak didn't vaccinate ch... by mattnewport on Sunday February 17, 2019 @04:07PM (#19186921)

But an outbreak implies other children caught measles (the article suggests other children at their school) so they also weren't vaccinated presumably.

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Re:Parents at centre of measles outbreak didn't vaccinate ch... by aiyodev on Sunday February 17, 2019 @05:27PM (#19187296)

No. The vaccine is only 97% effective. If you’re vaccinated you can still contract the disease.

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Re:Parents at centre of measles outbreak didn't vaccinate ch... by masonic on Sunday February 17, 2019 @05:32PM (#19187317)

97% under ideal conditions (including 2 doses of quality vaccine). Per the article, the Vietnam health system usually only provides 1.

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Re:Parents at centre of measles outbreak didn't vaccinate ch... by mattnewport on Sunday February 17, 2019 @05:41PM (#19187369)

That would still prevent an "outbreak" if all the other kids were vaccinated.

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Re:Parents at centre of measles outbreak didn't vaccinate ch... by buchanan on Monday February 18, 2019 @12:23AM (#19188801)

Measles has a "90% secondary infection rate in susceptible domestic contacts". So, its likely that his brothers were infected as well. That leaves five others.

With the mentioned "97% vaccination success rate under ideal conditions", the fact that they were mixing around in school (and those they infected as well), it does not seem a stretch.

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