I have had the Measles. Yes, both kind.. There were no vaccines when I was younger against these dread things, For people who do not want to vaccinate, let me give you a first hand experience of what The Measles are like.
I was five when I had the Big Red Measles and at 64 I still remember the agony. I had a horrible headache in the beginning. At 5 those kind of headaches sometimes are rare.
I then ran a fever of over 104. I then started itching and aching. The bumps were big, red and painful. I can still remember the smell. Yes I remember mine had a smell. The smell is hard to explain but ir probably is a combination of Calamine and even buttermilk being applied to the body. I had a very bad case of The big red ones and the 3 day or German measles as it was called in the day.
This disease will terrify you. You itch, itch, and can't get relief. You can't get comfortable and you cry a lot. You feel like you have the flu, everything hurts and you itch and it is hard to rationalize with a child and say. Don't scratch......
I cannot believe parents and guardians even take chances with this disease. My question is this.....if your child was bitten by a snake..would you not have the necessary medical treatment even if in your mind there was a risk. There is a risk with any kind of medical treatment.. Always. The science has proven that allergic reactions are rare. I had a reaction to the polio lump of sugar but even ending in a hospital was worth not getting a horrible horrible disease.
The people who are refusing to get their children vaccinations had been vaccinated themselves... Little kids do not have a choice.... I personally think it is cruel to subject kids to diseases that could possibly kill them and extreemly paranoid and wrong to expose other kids... This is an argument we should not be having... It is a matter of public safety. Vaccines and autism ? How do you explain autism in children who did not get vaccinations? This is just not acceptable. This is neglence and poor parenting IMO. I don't get it.... Some kids will get all manner of problems from bumps and bruises but those do not infect other people... We are supposed to be a civilized nation although I question that sometimes, what I do not question is vaccinations do and should be given to children. It has worked for years and years...
There is a test one can take to see if a child is allergic to somethings.... I had to undergo those tests after reactions to some medications but it is a needle to the arm and if the arm turns red, then there is allergies. It is just smart parenting to protect your child and not put them at risk. That is my opinion and my account of The Measles and please do not put your kid through this.....
I cannot to this day see clusters of things..that I don't itch.....Any cluster..like a bunch of mushrooms in the yard, clusters of things like bumps on the skin... don't tell me The Measles do not leave an impression... They do. Those things get inside your mouth,m ears, around eyes, and inside the nose.. Why would anyone not want to vaccinate a child?