March 2016 PMID 26978210

Association Between Vaccine Refusal and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States: A Review of Measles and Pertussis.

Varun K Phadke, Robert A Bednarczyk, Daniel A Salmon, Saad B Omer

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The group collectively highlights the connection between vaccine refusal and disease outbreaks, with examples like mentions of measles cases mostly in unvaccinated populations and references to studies with large sample sizes. The tone ranges from supportive to skeptical, but the overall emphasis on scientific evidence and public health implications underscores the significant impact of the publication's findings.

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Most discussions support the findings of the publication, emphasizing that vaccine refusal is linked to outbreaks.

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Posts show high curiosity and focus on the relationship between vaccination rates and disease resurgence.

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The discussions underline the importance of vaccination for public health, though some comments suggest ongoing debates or objections.

Abstract in brief

  • The review highlights that vaccine refusal, delay, or exemptions are linked to increased cases of measles and pertussis in the US, especially since measles was declared eliminated in 2000.
  • Studies show that many measles cases occur in unvaccinated children, often due to nonmedical exemptions for reasons like religion or philosophy, with a significant portion of pertussis outbreaks also involving unvaccinated individuals.
  • Despite high vaccination coverage, some pertussis outbreaks still happen within highly vaccinated populations, indicating that vaccine immunity may wane over time or other factors are involved.

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Vicki Allen Crabb
@crabb_vicki · X

@BlairHealt68622 @exohalophiles @mcfunny @ianfmusgrave @CarlSmytheCells @davideyoungmd @djt10 @ncdave4life @richykirsh @SkepticalMutant @PatrickSquirrel @higgsri @cappsie @DopplerEffect93 @iXeno @CaryDavid722 @Lorenzo7127 @trillionofcells @deerbrian @mass_rising @Earthdriver @ChrisJohnsonMD @DemsRRacePimps @Monstercoyliar @BlueLionBlog @Rand73696477 @FillmoreWhite @BurgerLab12 @Scary7Dr @Alex_on_A14 @jtmayes3 @The_Seeadler @AndrewLazarus4 @TMGFlorida @Roper_Lab @ktibus @SecedeFromFools @TorySnyc @dirk_fasshauer @RonMortimer3 @lasikeyecenter1 @Hanky1844607 @Awithonelison @NoGlobalist778 @EugeneBu @AcampbelTeacher @EdwardDS15 @VickiCoyle10019 Do you mean epidemiological studies? https://t.co/8PxMRmBXnd https://t.co/VGFXFj7eUp https://t.co/8EcbNpSwvJ https://t.co/CMzW7pUfIg

Nov 17, 2024 · 8 likes · 2 shares · 5,541 followers View post →
Vicki Allen Crabb
@crabb_vicki · X

@ArumughamVinu @handmadekathy @jkellyca @KStateTurk @provaxtexan @krebiozen @PaulVCooper1 @PaulCaw05364381 @flitesurgn @7_DSSEVEN @swedishchf @FrankDElia7 @DreadPirRob42 @SBronisz @AndrewLazarus4 @LG28640297 @doritmi @RisetteMD @HMEM11 @mcfunny @TinFoilAwards @Charitable_Fury @MsTrixter @Just4TheCause @LesleyStock5 @truthhealeruk @md444444444 @KSbyAuntieNic @GeoffSchuler @ascendingdove11 @paulmuaddib611 @margie_moo @sQuishChick_Oz @thefoxygoddess @Bloom13132 @paulmuaddib61 @seraphina416 @RCPrentice @Slickfoot2 @StahpL @imellygurl @jptlowy @advokerry @JestrBob @tarrimarkel @KatLaRue7 @fiski70 @shitwinds_winds @sardines777 @PhRMA Vaccine refusals are the main cause of outbreaks. https://t.co/mZzZJf43lu

Oct 24, 2020 · 2 likes · 5,541 followers View post →
(((Dorit Reiss)))
@doritmi · X

@AndrewLazarus4 @tarrimarkel @KStateTurk @crabb_vicki @Charitable_Fury @jerfToni @FrankDElia7 @ds_siete @emartinez78987 @cch_ba @WendyOrent @twitjunkie0124 @JaiKanta22 @BamaJeans24 @provaxtexan @ChristopherGDa4 @handmadekathy @mcfunny @Olivia85689083 @itisjustmebabe @flitesurgn @seraphina416 @JosephBlowe6 @DreadPirRob42 @LynnFynn3 @PongoHuston @GeoffSchuler @TinFoilAwards @AgileConcept @Lynne0105 @MsTrixter @MrSandSMM @SMcMenemin @swedishchf @md444444444 @gluhwein11 @auscandoc @avalonii @jptlowy @TruthS33ker2 @a8drag @StahpL @ale_battini @lysandergrant @jkellyca @truthhealeruk @KSbyAuntieNic @ascendingdove11 @paulmuaddib611 @margie_moo Yes. https://t.co/mafwAO65CA

Sep 4, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 14,658 followers View post →
ShadowLake21
@ShadowLake21 · X

MMR Vaccine Debate Heats Up as Media Claim ‘Vaccine Hesitancy’ to Blame for Recent Outbreaks In a Substack post from 2022, Dr. Peter McCullough evaluated a study on the “Association Between Vaccine Refusal and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States,” namely measles

Jun 2, 2024 · 1 like · 1 share · 482 followers View post →
鮃麺
@hiramen_x · X

@shakyyyn これなんかどうです? pfizer vaccineで検索したら一番上に出てきましたよ。素人が書かずともプロが仕事なさっているので、ご参考まで。 https://t.co/wlJUQUcdDx

Jul 7, 2021 · 1 like · 1 share · 381 followers View post →
AnAmericanConservative❤
@AACdotCom · X

4. Note the sample size (17,000 vs 495) and controls in place. Here's a study on the association between vaccine refusal and vaccine-preventable diseases in the US. Again, note the sample size and clearly defined methodology and controls.

Feb 5, 2019 · 10,850 followers View post →

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Millard Fillmore White House Library
@FillmoreWhite · X

RT @crabb_vicki: @BlairHealt68622 @exohalophiles @mcfunny @ianfmusgrave @CarlSmytheCells @davideyoungmd @djt10 @ncdave4life @richykirsh @Sk…

Nov 17, 2024 · 2 shares · 2,761 followers View post →
Dr Anne Condon
@SkepticalMutant · X

RT @crabb_vicki: @BlairHealt68622 @exohalophiles @mcfunny @ianfmusgrave @CarlSmytheCells @davideyoungmd @djt10 @ncdave4life @richykirsh @Sk…

Nov 17, 2024 · 2 shares · 1,593 followers View post →
Vicki Allen Crabb
@crabb_vicki · X

@BlairHealt68622 @exohalophiles @mcfunny @ianfmusgrave @CarlSmytheCells @davideyoungmd @djt10 @ncdave4life @richykirsh @SkepticalMutant @PatrickSquirrel @higgsri @cappsie @DopplerEffect93 @iXeno @CaryDavid722 @Lorenzo7127 @trillionofcells @deerbrian @mass_rising @Earthdriver @ChrisJohnsonMD @DemsRRacePimps @Monstercoyliar @BlueLionBlog @Rand73696477 @FillmoreWhite @BurgerLab12 @Scary7Dr @Alex_on_A14 @jtmayes3 @The_Seeadler @AndrewLazarus4 @TMGFlorida @Roper_Lab @ktibus @SecedeFromFools @TorySnyc @dirk_fasshauer @RonMortimer3 @lasikeyecenter1 @Hanky1844607 @Awithonelison @NoGlobalist778 @EugeneBu @AcampbelTeacher @EdwardDS15 @VickiCoyle10019 Do you mean epidemiological studies? https://t.co/8PxMRmBXnd https://t.co/VGFXFj7eUp https://t.co/8EcbNpSwvJ https://t.co/CMzW7pUfIg

Nov 17, 2024 · 8 likes · 2 shares · 5,541 followers View post →
BGM
@BGM_886 · X

RT @ShadowLake21: MMR Vaccine Debate Heats Up as Media Claim ‘Vaccine Hesitancy’ to Blame for Recent Outbreaks In a Substack post from 202…

Jun 5, 2024 · 1 share · 1,144 followers View post →
ShadowLake21
@ShadowLake21 · X

MMR Vaccine Debate Heats Up as Media Claim ‘Vaccine Hesitancy’ to Blame for Recent Outbreaks In a Substack post from 2022, Dr. Peter McCullough evaluated a study on the “Association Between Vaccine Refusal and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States,” namely measles

Jun 2, 2024 · 1 like · 1 share · 482 followers View post →
Капуста•°♡
@Rusya_kapusta · X

@rustam44237640 И да, есть не одно, не два и не десяток исследований касаемо коллективного иммунитета и того, как отказ от прививок резко повышает заболеваемость целого общества. Забейте на Pubmed "herd immunity" и наслаждайтесь И еще https://t.co/qsjOUx1Hqj

May 4, 2024 · 1,742 followers View post →
Carlos Alvarez, PharmD, MSCS
@gbcharlie2 · X

@Jamesnotabot @Itzena @LionAdvocacy @ProfMakris Something more contemporary and more recent than 1987 https://t.co/BKttde3SF9

Jan 20, 2024 · 358 followers View post →
Henk Broekhuis
@Urenmet · X

@vis_mariska @Nederhof @ajboekestijn Natuurlijk, iedereen KAN je besmetten. Maar kinkhoest uitbraken komen meer voor daar waar meer vaccin weigeraars zijn, waardoor ook voor verstandige mensen die zich wel hebben laten vaccineren de kans op een breakthrough infectie toeneemt. https://t.co/kktYw15qsh

Jul 20, 2022 · 186 followers View post →
Luis
@OneEightNineOne · X

@2Frels @Jorge09278102 @ChakNorris93 @juansotoivars Este es muy interesante, sobre cómo enfermedades casi extintas reaparecen en pequeños brotes ligados a no vacunados. https://t.co/YkvJbDtR14

Jan 25, 2022 · 4 followers View post →
asacmn
@asacmn · X

@SinnerSaintBro @kelizrm @villa_dds @Bob_Wachter There's less because we used to have high uptake for those vaccines therefore herd immunity is a factor in preventing spread. The minute the anti-vax stuff spread and people didn't take the measles vaccine, it started spreading again: https://t.co/Zqg7rWvvrC

Jan 13, 2022 · 8 followers View post →
Dundersnuff
@dundersnuff · X

@prezdbutton @thanosquicksnap @jdlabbb @KEEMSTAR Also on you’re point on heard immunity please give these articles a read. https://t.co/pDi16YIEq9., https://t.co/Q0x5v0xrym., https://t.co/2HfedKISgH https://t.co/Tc5JDEuDpB

Dec 2, 2021 · 16 followers View post →
Wolkenbruch729
@wolkenbruch729 · X

RT @tairana_men: @shakyyyn これなんかどうです? pfizer vaccineで検索したら一番上に出てきましたよ。素人が書かずともプロが仕事なさっているので、ご参考まで。 https://t.co/wlJUQUcdDx

Jul 7, 2021 · 1 share · 433 followers View post →
鮃麺
@hiramen_x · X

@shakyyyn これなんかどうです? pfizer vaccineで検索したら一番上に出てきましたよ。素人が書かずともプロが仕事なさっているので、ご参考まで。 https://t.co/wlJUQUcdDx

Jul 7, 2021 · 1 like · 1 share · 381 followers View post →
Dr. د. عبدالواحد الزهراني
@ralzahrani2020 · X

3/12 Vaccines against Coronaviruses: The State of the Art. https://t.co/MbL0qS0Eck -Association Between Vaccine Refusal and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States A Review of Measles and Pertussis https://t.co/h46isTklk2

Feb 12, 2021 · 4,421 followers View post →
Vicki Allen Crabb
@crabb_vicki · X

@ArumughamVinu @handmadekathy @jkellyca @KStateTurk @provaxtexan @krebiozen @PaulVCooper1 @PaulCaw05364381 @flitesurgn @7_DSSEVEN @swedishchf @FrankDElia7 @DreadPirRob42 @SBronisz @AndrewLazarus4 @LG28640297 @doritmi @RisetteMD @HMEM11 @mcfunny @TinFoilAwards @Charitable_Fury @MsTrixter @Just4TheCause @LesleyStock5 @truthhealeruk @md444444444 @KSbyAuntieNic @GeoffSchuler @ascendingdove11 @paulmuaddib611 @margie_moo @sQuishChick_Oz @thefoxygoddess @Bloom13132 @paulmuaddib61 @seraphina416 @RCPrentice @Slickfoot2 @StahpL @imellygurl @jptlowy @advokerry @JestrBob @tarrimarkel @KatLaRue7 @fiski70 @shitwinds_winds @sardines777 @PhRMA Vaccine refusals are the main cause of outbreaks. https://t.co/mZzZJf43lu

Oct 24, 2020 · 2 likes · 5,541 followers View post →
Vicki Allen Crabb
@crabb_vicki · X

RT @doritmi: @AndrewLazarus4 @tarrimarkel @KStateTurk @crabb_vicki @Charitable_Fury @jerfToni @FrankDElia7 @ds_siete @emartinez78987 @cch_b…

Sep 4, 2020 · 1 share · 5,541 followers View post →
(((Dorit Reiss)))
@doritmi · X

@AndrewLazarus4 @tarrimarkel @KStateTurk @crabb_vicki @Charitable_Fury @jerfToni @FrankDElia7 @ds_siete @emartinez78987 @cch_ba @WendyOrent @twitjunkie0124 @JaiKanta22 @BamaJeans24 @provaxtexan @ChristopherGDa4 @handmadekathy @mcfunny @Olivia85689083 @itisjustmebabe @flitesurgn @seraphina416 @JosephBlowe6 @DreadPirRob42 @LynnFynn3 @PongoHuston @GeoffSchuler @TinFoilAwards @AgileConcept @Lynne0105 @MsTrixter @MrSandSMM @SMcMenemin @swedishchf @md444444444 @gluhwein11 @auscandoc @avalonii @jptlowy @TruthS33ker2 @a8drag @StahpL @ale_battini @lysandergrant @jkellyca @truthhealeruk @KSbyAuntieNic @ascendingdove11 @paulmuaddib611 @margie_moo Yes. https://t.co/mafwAO65CA

Sep 4, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 14,658 followers View post →
Openyoureyes
@fight_nice · X

@CarlosdelRio7 @JAMA_current @JAMANetwork @VarunPhadke2 @rabednarczyk @SaadOmer3 https://t.co/XgTtV6YCm2

Aug 16, 2020 · 75 followers View post →
Vicki Allen Crabb
@crabb_vicki · X

@Melissa08972285 @mcgrooverson @DocBastard @dfreedman7 @KatSienk @DrTessaT @Pro_Vaxxer @SMcMenemin @QTEAM1776 @MauiLiberty @JenniferMarguli @picphysicians That's incorrect. Most outbreaks are associated with clusters of intentionally unvaccinated. Most measles cases occur in the unvaccinated. https://t.co/mZzZJf43lu

Jun 2, 2020 · 5,541 followers View post →
Anthony Mascle
@AnthonyMascle · X

@RaderSerge Phadke V.K., Bednarczyk R.A., Salmon D.A., Omer S.B. Association between vaccine refusal and vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States: A review of measles and pertussis. JAMA. 2016;315:1149–1158. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.1353

Nov 18, 2019 · 753 followers View post →
Katherine Cooper
@MiriamBehira · X

Association Between Vaccine Refusal and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States https://t.co/5E7ixtRax3

Apr 16, 2019 · 36 followers View post →
AnAmericanConservative❤
@AACdotCom · X

4. Note the sample size (17,000 vs 495) and controls in place. Here's a study on the association between vaccine refusal and vaccine-preventable diseases in the US. Again, note the sample size and clearly defined methodology and controls.

Feb 5, 2019 · 10,850 followers View post →
Orange Pediatrics
@Orangepeds · X

Association Between Vaccine Refusal and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases in the United States https://t.co/StoiXKujTU

Jan 28, 2019 · 19 followers View post →