The End of Shedding Season
If shedding season is real, why didn’t we continue to see measles outbreaks in the United States this year?
If shedding season is real, why didn’t we continue to see measles outbreaks in the United States this year?
Unvaccinated kids spread more measles, pertussis, and other diseases and than those who are vaccinated.
Unlike many other myths about vaccines, shedding is a real thing. It is just much, much less common than it is made out to be. And it is very rarely something to be concerned about. There is especially no research to suggest that children who were recently vaccinated, except in rare and very specific circumstances, …
Misinformation about vaccine shedding, including when you can’t visit patients in the hospital after getting vaccinated, keeps spreading on Facebook.