[TruTexan]

Amulette, actually there are cases when children here in tx have died from measles and in other states as well. so YES there are deaths in the past.
Look it up. Measles causes respiratory illness in which children and immune compromised children and adults can't fight off. There is no cure for measles, there is only vaccine for it that strengthens the immune system by recognizing the disease and it's markers, so if you do get it, it's not as bad. As an adult our prior vacccines as children become less effective and our immune systems tend not to remember the markers for the diseases we were vaccinated for, therefore we still get the diseases and sometimes it's worse as an adult than if we were vaccinated and caught it as children and were able to fight it off.

Vaccines don't make you unable to catch a particular disease, they only help your immune system to fight them off better by recognizing them faster and knowing how keep them from getting a full on strong hold on your system.

I think that too many people in the world don't understand how the immune systems works and how vaccines work along with immune system and they need to do their own research to get educated instead of listening to a bunch of folks that don't know anything about it and are spreading bad information and fear. There is no cure for hepatitis either.



Amulette,
you mentioned hepatitis vaccine and that you got that one? well it's no different really than any other vaccine you took as a child. it eventually wears off and doesn't Prevent you from getting hepatitis, it only helps your immune system recognize it so it doesn't get a foot hold and become full blown, so your immune system can fight it off.

ETA: I think this is going to be a hotly debated topic on the site.