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Does Your Child with Parotitis Have Mumps?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / June 23, 2018 / COVID-19, COVID-19 symptoms, duration of protection, IgG, IgM, mumps, mumps outbreaks, mumps testing, parotitis, PCR, unvaccinated, Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Who knew that diagnosing kids with parotitis would be so complicated…

Do Vaccinated Kids Who Get Sick Have Milder Disease?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / June 26, 2019 / benefits, breakthrough chickenpox, breakthrough infections, complications, mumps outbreaks, pertussis outbreaks, protective effect, unvaccinated, vaccinated vs unvaccinated, vaccine effectiveness, Vaccine Preventable Diseases, waning immunity

Although breakthrough infections do occur because vaccines aren’t perfect, folks should know that vaccinated kids who get sick have milder disease.

Did CNN Rename Mumps?

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / April 6, 2019 / CNN, eradicated diseases, Joseph Mercola, mumps outbreaks, parotitis, quarantines, renaming diseases, USS Fort McHenry, Vaccine Misinformation, vaccine myths, waning immunity

Did CNN rename mumps to parotitis to fool folks or is this more non-sense from Joseph Mercola?

Mumps on the USS Fort McHenry

By Vincent Iannelli, MD / April 6, 2019 / benefits, Bobby Kennedy, media, military immunization schedule, military vaccines, MMR vaccine, mumps, mumps outbreaks, mumps symptoms, mumps testing, orchitis, parotitis, propaganda, quarantines, risks, USS Fort McHenry, Vaccine Misinformation, waning immunity

While there is a mumps outbreak on a Navy ship, it is important to keep in mind that in the pre-vaccine era, many more sailors would have gotten sick and they would have more complications.

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