“I would consider the risks associated with measles vaccination unacceptable even if there were convincing evidence that the vaccine works. There isn’t. While there has been a decline in the incidence of the disease, it began long before the vaccination was introduced.”
—Robert S. Mendelsohn, M.D.
Measles infection is caused by a virus called paramyxovirus.199 The incubation period for measles from the time of exposure to the time of the rash ranges from seven to eighteen days and averages about fourteen days.200 Symptoms of measles include a rash, moderate fever (103 and 105 degrees), cough, and runny nose.201 Other symptoms can include loss of appetite, diarrhea, swollen lymph nodes and eye irritation.202
The entire course of the measles infection lasts about three weeks.203 The first two weeks involves the body fighting and overcoming the virus and the last week involves the appearance of the rash. The rash begins at the hairline and moves to the face and upper neck.204 The rash will then proceed “downward and outward, reaching the hands and feet.”205 Since the rash appears in the last week of the infection, the virus has already run its course. According to world renound pediatrician Dr. Robert Mendelsohn, “No treatment is required for measles other than bed rest, fluids to combat possible dehydration from fever, and calamine lotion or cornstarch baths to relieve the inching.”206
The most common complication from measles is diarrhea.207 Other complications include encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) and seizures.208 Pediatricians and government officials rely on the latter as scare tactics so parents submit their children to vaccination. The CDC states that encephalitis occurs in 1 out of a thousand reported cases of measles.209 The true numbers are closer to 1 in 100,000 that an individual develops encephalitis.210 As far as seizures, the CDC admits that the MMR vaccine causes seizures in 1 out of 3,000 doses.211
The vaccine is safe and effective, right? Wrong. Two vaccines were first license in 1963, an inactivated or killed virus vaccine and a live attenuated or weakened virus vaccine.212 The killed virus vaccine was pulled from the market in 1967 because it was worthless and was responsible for causing another type of measles known as atypical measles.213 The other original attenuated virus vaccine was pulled from the market in 1975 because it too was worthless and was responsible for causing the measles illness.214 Another vaccine was introduce in 1965, but it too was worthless and pulled from the market.215 Another live weakened strain was licensed in 1968 which is still in use today. The viral strain in this vaccine is responsible for causing autism in certain individuals. This is covered in detail in my other book Autism—A Government Cover-up.
The CDC states that before “a vaccine was available, infection with measles virus was nearly universal during childhood with more than 90% of persons immune by age 15.”216 The best way to acquire lifelong immunity to measles is by natural exposure. This is not the case with the current vaccine. Outbreaks have occurred in vaccinated populations proving the current vaccine being used today is still worthless. The CDC acknowledges that measles outbreaks prior to 1989 occurred in children who were over 95 percent vaccinated!217 “According to the World Health Organization, the chances are about 15 times greater that measles will be contracted by those vaccinated for them than by those who are not.”218
