You do realise Kitalpha that the passive immunity to measles gained through breastfeeding is temporary- don’t you?
I breastfed my youngest for a year, had measles myself as a child (pre MMR). Didn’t stop him catching measles from an unvaccinated older kid though – at 11 months of age.
If breastfeeding protected fully against measles then so many kids wouldn’t die from measles and the immunodeficiency that follows it in the developing world each year.

I’m an A&E nurse. I have a Masters Degree in Microbiology . Ive known this stuff for years. I’m not wrong.

Ah Kitalpha, an education beats Wikipedia all day long LOL

Makes sense now. You have been brainwashed by the pharmaceutical companies who sponsor your education I rest my case.

I paid for my own education. Every penny. And you just proved that you’re an idiot. Ironic that you would use the term brain-washed to describe me….I’m going to stick with my 8 year education as a source of knowledge. You can stick with your google searches.

This has to be a wind up. All we need now is Kitalpha to tell us that Andrew Wakefield was right, in spite of the fact that it was proven that he had conflicting financial interests.

I’m a paediatrician and I’ve cared for 3 babies in the last year who have died due to pertussis. Babies too young to be vaccinated.
When you choose not to vaccinate your child you are also making a choice for children who cannot be vaccinated due to age or immune status.

I am trying to report your comments k as you are a dangerous loose cannon full of ignorance and arrogance, I have watched children die because of the anti vaxers!

Mary with the fake account.

Absolute rubbish. Pertussis kills hundreds of thousands of children worldwide and if wing nuts like you had their way, hundreds of Irish children would die too.

Youre deluded There has not been that many. I think ten people died in 2010 and more or less the same last year. More fear mongering bullshite. you must be confused. Is that how many children died or are damaged from vaccines

http://www.who.int/immunization_monitoring/diseases/pertussis/en/index.html

Did you look at the numbers. Reported and ESTIMATED. IF these numbers were accurate well clearly the vaccine does not work but anyone who has ACTUALLY looked into it will tell you that
contracting the disease naturally does not provide immunity so how can a vaccine which bypasses the natural immune system provide immunity. Answer. It doesnt, just lots and lots of dollars for big pharma and lots of damaged children.

It doesn’t bypass the immune system. It stimulates the child’s immune system to produce antibodies. As opposed to actually giving antibodies which is only done in the case of a child who has become critically ill with an infection and is unable to produce their own antibodies. You’re showing yourself to be ignorant of the facts now, despite all your talk.

Doesn’t take long for the anti-vaxers to crawl out of the woodwork

So you dont think injecting a baby with over 20 vaccines in the first year of its life is absolutely insane? Or the fact that most parents dont bother looking into the ingredients .. .. Good job you have us ‘anti-vaxers’ to spread some light on the vaccine industry.

It’s not insane to anyone with even the most basic understanding of the immune system

Well hopefully anyone with a basic understanding of the immune system will see the irony in your comment.

Its the vaccinated kids spreading this disease. It was dying out until the vaccine was introduced. thank god my kids have a good clean immune system free of vaccines

Well kitalpha, let’s hope none of your kids come into contact with measles, pertussis, meningitis….these illnesses are killing children who, until they come into contact with these bacteria, are perfectly healthy.

did you not get measles as a kid? I did. Still alive. I have nothing to fear my kids were breastfed so have some immunity and they have great immune systems. Its the vaccinated children who are dying of these diseases because their immune systems are so badly compromised.

” I wonder how many parents bother looking up the ingredients”

I wonder how many parents have the medical knowledge to make a judgement on the ingredients of a vaccine.
I wonder how many parents have studied the child mortality figures of the pre-vaccination era and been thankful for where and when their children were born.
I wonder how many parents are thankful for the increased levels of preventible diseases the anti-vaccination people are directly responsible for.

“did you not get measles as a kid? I did. Still alive. ”

Oddly enough everyone reading your post is still alive, regardless of what diseases they had or have. What’s your point?

The dead aren’t around to comment, but there’s a hell of a lot of them.

Well id rather not risk the chance of my baby getting meningistis etc and dying from it when a simple injection could prevent it. Any parent in their right mind would do the same. I dont understand why a parent wouldn’t want to protect their child in any way possible???

And if u think that just because you breastfed that your children are immune your very naive

Bullshit!

That comment was directed to kitalpha.

Surprise, surprise, you’re part of the breastfeeding brigade, those whose ‘holier than thou’ attitude is putting people off breastfeeding. If you do not vaccinate your kids, you’re neglecting their health, and the health of those kids they come into with. 80% of the population needs to be vaccinated in order have ‘herd immunity’ (horrible term, but necessary). And, BTW, I’m a healthcare worker and breastfed my kids.