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Measles Vaccines Make Measles Encephalitis Disappear

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Do you need proof that vaccines work? How about proof that the measles vaccine can make measles encephalitis disappear?

The measles vaccine can make measles encephalitis disappear, but only if you are vaccinated and protected.
The measles vaccine can make measles encephalitis disappear, but only if you are vaccinated and protected.

That would be nice considering that we all just saw a report that an unvaccinated child developed measles encephalitis in South Carolina.

Measles Vaccines Make Measles Encephalitis Disappear

And of course we are seeing posts from anti-vaccine influencers that measles vaccines don’t prevent encephalitis…

Which, of course, we know isn’t true, especially as we have evidence that measles vaccines work very well to prevent measles encephalitis.

"After introduction of the single-dose MMR vaccine in 1988 and an increase in vaccine coverage to more than 90%—possibly due to an increase in public awareness—a sustained decline in measles encephalitis was observed."
“After introduction of the single-dose MMR vaccine in 1988 and an increase in vaccine coverage to more than 90%—possibly due to an increase in public awareness—a sustained decline in measles encephalitis was observed.”

In England, for example, studies have found that ‘hospital admissions due to measles and mumps encephalitis have declined substantially since the introduction of the two-dose MMR vaccination schedule.’

"After the start of the nationwide measles, parotitis, and rubella (MPR) vaccination programme in 1982 in Finland, encephalitides associated with these viruses seem to have totally vanished."
“After the start of the nationwide measles, parotitis, and rubella (MPR) vaccination programme in 1982 in Finland, encephalitides associated with these viruses seem to have totally vanished.”

Similarly, in Finland, measles encephalitis essentially vanished after they started their vaccination program!

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Last Updated on February 23, 2026