Post : Was the Measles Outbreak in Michigan Caused by Vaccine-Strain Measles?
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Posted : July 19, 2019 at 11:17 am
Author : Vincent Iannelli, MD
Tags : James Lyons-Weiler, measles outbreaks, measles strains, Michigan measles outbreak, misinformation, propaganda, shedding, vaccine reactions, vaccine strains, wild strains
Categories : Vaccine Misinformation

Anti-vaccine folks are pushing some new misinformation ( [link removed] ) about measles outbreaks ( [link removed] ) .

Was the Measles Outbreak in Michigan Caused by Vaccine-Strain Measles?

What is it this time?

[link removed] The Michigan measles outbreak was not caused by a vaccine strain of measles.

Vaccine-strain measles?

Causing an outbreak?!?

Since a vaccine-strain ( [link removed] ) has never triggered an outbreak before, you would think these folks would be a little more skeptical about this "news."

So what's the real story?

> "The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is reducing the statewide count of measles for 2019 to 39 following further testing of two of the cases."
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> State measles cases reduced to 39 following additional testing

So there is a hint of truth to their new rumor...

> "One child in Washtenaw County had been potentially exposed to measles and that child, along with an Oakland County child, had both been recently vaccinated. Their symptoms and initial test results classified them as measles cases. Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) protocol, additional genotype testing was conducted and determined they were not measles cases. "
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> State measles cases reduced to 39 following additional testing

But as often seems to happen, anti-vaccine folks get confused ( [link removed] ) by vaccine reactions ( [link removed] ) and vaccine associated measles ( [link removed] ) .

These two kids likely had a fever and rash and because they had recently been exposed to measles ( [link removed] ) , it was initially assumed that they had measles. That was likely a safe bet in the middle of a large measles outbreak ( [link removed] ) .

On further testing though, they didn't have wild strain measles ( [link removed] ) . They had vaccine strain measles.

[link removed] The Southeast Michigan outbreak, which included 44 cases, began in mid-March.

As ridiculous as it is to have to say this, the Michigan measles outbreak was not canceled. And like other outbreaks, the Michigan measles outbreak ( [link removed] ) was not caused by a vaccine or shedding ( [link removed] ) .

More on the Michigan Measles Outbreak

* Choose to Stop Spreading Anti-Vaccine Propaganda ( [link removed] )
* More Questions to Help You Become a Vaccine Skeptic ( [link removed] )
* Is a Vaccine Strain Causing The Latest Measles Outbreak? ( [link removed] )
* Can MMR Shedding Start a Measles Outbreak? ( [link removed] ) ( [link removed] )
* Who Is 'Patient Zero' in the 2019 Measles Outbreaks? ( [link removed] )
* More Measles Myths ( [link removed] )
* State measles cases reduced to 39 following additional testing ( [link removed] )
* Additional measles case added in Oakland County, state count at 43 ( [link removed] )
* 2019 Michigan Measles Outbreak Information ( [link removed] )
* Michigan’s measles count down to 39 after 2 false-positive cases reported ( [link removed] )
* Anti-vaccine James Lyons-Weiler writes about aluminum and autism ( [link removed] )
* James Lyons-Weiler and Leslie Manookian are still battling for the title of Most Antivaccine Crank ( [link removed] )

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