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2. To a certain extent, measles in
childhood in the developed world
isn’t that traumatic: a child gets a
fever and a rash all over the body
for about a week or so.
5. Mild complications include ear
infections, pneumonia and
diarrhoea, which put a further toll
on an already stressed little
immune system.
6. Severe complications include
inflammation and swelling of
the brain and, in some cases,
death. To be utterly blunt,
autism isn’t likely to kill
anybody but measles can.
7. There was another twist to the
scare about the measles
vaccine and autism: the
scientist who had his paper
published in the Lancet making
the claim about the link turned out
to be rather shonky.
8. Six years after the original article
was published, another scientist
found that the original author had
manipulated evidence and had
heaps of undeclared conflicts of
interest.
9. In plain language: lies and
cover-ups. The findings of that
original paper were completely
debunked and retracted by 2010
and the doctor who published the
paper was struck from the register
for scientific misconduct.
10. But the damage had been done and
a number of concerned parents
around the world had chosen not
to vaccinate their children, with
the end result that outbreaks
spiked.
11. In many ways, we don’t know how
lucky we are – just ask anyone
from overseas where they don’t
have such an intensive vaccination
programme.
12. People from these countries may
still be at risk, especially the
children. And immigrants can still
bring the virus into the country
with them unintentionally.
13. So don’t get blasé and assume that
you don’t have to have your
children vaccinated against
measles: outbreaks still happen,
and we get a lot of people coming
to the lovely Gold Coast from
overseas.
14. Remember: vaccination just means
that your immune system can fight
off and resist the virus, and it can
still be passed on by people who
are immune to it.
16. Pretty much in the same way that
most viral infections are spread,
like coughs and colds, which is via
coughs, sneezes and unwashed
hands transferring the virus off
and onto surfaces and toys.
17. Although we’re not concerned
about measles in particular at
Friday’s Child, we still stress that
good hygiene is an important part
of self-care and is very important
as part of our Montessori
curriculum.
18. Coughs and sneezes need to be
covered, preferably with the crook
of the elbow rather than with the
hands or with a
tissue/handkerchief.
19. Hands should be washed before
eating (and after going to the
toilet, but the toilet has less to do
with spreading measles and more
to do with spreading bacteria).
20. Children shouldn’t share drink
bottles, cups or food, as minute
smears of saliva can and do pass
viruses along.
21. We believe that children should be
encouraged to share, but there are
some things that shouldn’t be
shared.