[NVIC] Hundreds of Questions About Mumps Vaccine

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" In Iowa, for example, 64 percent of those who came down with the mumps had

two doses of the vaccine. Another 10 percent had one dose. In almost all the

other cases, the patient's vaccination records were unknown. Only 3 percent

of the patients are confirmed to not have had the vaccine. "

Most of the kids who got mumps in Iowa had received two doses of MMR

vaccine. But the CDC is sticking by its story which is:

" The CDC reports the [mumps] vaccine is 90 percent to 95 percent

effective and that immunity should last more than 25 years, probably a

lifetime. "

The CDC should admit that, when they work, vaccines only confer temporary

immunity.

Natural recovery from mumps disease in childhood, which has a very low

incidence of serious complications, confers a qualitatively superior

immunity that can be permanent.

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Experts now have hundreds of reasons to question mumps vaccine

Web Posted: 04/16/2006 12:00 AM CDT

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WASHINGTON — A major mumps outbreak in eight Midwestern states has raised

questions about the effectiveness of the mumps vaccine routinely given to

children.

More than 600 cases of mumps have been reported in Iowa, compared with three

cases last year.

Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri have

reported a total of more than 100 cases to the federal Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention.

The outbreak adds up to the largest mumps outbreak in 20 years.

The CDC has sent teams of health experts to Iowa to study the outbreaks and

the vaccine's effectiveness.

" We don't know as of yet why some of those who have received two doses (of

vaccine) are contracting mumps, " said Lola , CDC spokeswoman,

reflecting the puzzlement of other health experts trying to explain why many

mumps victims had received the recommended two doses of vaccine.

In Iowa, for example, 64 percent of those who came down with the mumps had

two doses of the vaccine. Another 10 percent had one dose.

In almost all the other cases, the patient's vaccination records were

unknown. Only 3 percent of the patients are confirmed to not have had the

vaccine.

Stanley Perlman, a professor of pediatrics and infectious diseases at the

University of Iowa, said the outbreak might prove that " the vaccine is just

OK — and not wonderful. "

Ken Haller, an assistant professor of pediatrics at St. Louis University

School of Medicine, said the outbreak might indicate immunity to mumps

weakens years after the vaccination.

, at the CDC, said the vaccine is working.

" If the vaccine was not working, we would see a higher incident of mumps in

Iowa and the surrounding states, " she said. " The advice we are giving is

that the MMR vaccine is the most effective means of protection. "

The CDC reports the vaccine is 90 percent to 95 percent effective and that

immunity should last more than 25 years, probably a lifetime.

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