31 confirmed mumps cases reported at University of Missouri

kansascity.com
Thu, 17 Nov 2016 16:35 UTC

© MATTHEW HOLST AP

A tray of samples marked with an “M” for mumps

The University of Missouri is hoping the looming Thanksgiving break could provide relief from a mumps outbreak that has grown to 31 confirmed and 27 probable cases on the Columbia campus.

The numbers reported Wednesday for the outbreak were almost double the 17 cases that had been confirmed last week. But the good news is that students will begin heading home for a weeklong holiday break after classes end Friday.

"We are hoping that that really alleviates the numbers we are seeing from this particular outbreak," Mary Jo Banken, a spokeswoman for the university, said Thursday. "We are all crossing our fingers on it for sure."

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientist said the exodus of students to their far-flung hometowns for the holiday break shouldn't necessarily pose concerns to those communities. Dr. Manisha Patel, of the CDC's Division of Viral Diseases, said Wednesday that crowded campus settings, specifically in dormitories, and the common behaviors that take place in those confined conditions - sharing of bathrooms, dining together, kissing - promote the transmission of the virus more than household settings.

Patel also believes "high coverage rates" nationwide by mumps vaccines will limit the transmission of the virus.

Comment: Really Dr. Patel!? Ever consider the outbreak of mumps is because these 'CDC mandated vaccines' don't really work and may actually be spreading the disease?

• Vaccine failure is well established: Malignant mumps in MMR vaccinated children

A provocative new study titled, "Epidemic of complicated mumps in previously vaccinated young adults in the South-West of France," reveals that the MMR vaccine, despite generating high rates of presumably protective IgG antibodies against mumps, does not always translate into real-world immunity against infection as we have repeatedly been told. To the contrary, the study details cases where, despite the detection of high levels of antibodies against the mumps virus, patients contracted a malignant form of mumps that only rarely follows from natural, community acquired infection.

Vaccine Failure Is Well Established In the Scientific Literature

While counter-intuitive to those who uncritically accept the official marketing copy of the vaccine industry and their cheerleaders within government and the mainstream media, the research community and general public is beginning to appreciate how prevalent and well-documented vaccine failure really is, especially in the case of measles, hepatitis B,chickenpox, pertussis (whooping cough), HIV,polio,HPV, and influenza vaccines that do not work as advertised.

"We've seen that before - outbreaks on campus, the students go on break, and the outbreak on campus starts to decrease," Patel told The Associated Press. "Once they disperse, that setting of intense exposure no longer is there to keep that virus moving."

The university is among several across the nation - Harvard and Tufts among them - that has grappled with mumps outbreaks this year.

Although mumps outbreaks haven't been common in the U.S. since routine vaccinations began, there has been a rise this year, according to the CDC. As of last month, 2,345 mumps cases had been reported nationwide for the year - more than twice as many as in all of 2015.

Mumps often starts with fever, fatigue and body aches. Those infected are urged to stay home, cover their mouths and noses when coughing or sneezing, and frequently wash their hands.

All of the students with confirmed or probable cases at Missouri have received the required two doses of a vaccine that protects against mumps, as well as measles and rubella, Banken said. She added that some of the sickened students live in the residence halls, although most live off campus.

"We are really hoping we get a break in this," she said.

Comment: Vaccine failure: Vaccinated people are spreading the mumps

Even ineffective vaccines allow vaccine makers to make a mint. One of the most obvious vaccine failures is the mumps vaccine (part of the measles, mumps, rubella, aka MMR).

Again and again, outbreaks among vaccinated populations occur, yet rarely is the truth of the situation addressed, namely the fact that the vaccine is ineffective and doesn't work as advertised.

In 2010, two virologists filed a federal lawsuit against Merck, their former employer, alleging the vaccine maker engaged in improper testing and data falsification to artificially inflate the efficacy rating of their mumps vaccine.

The Myth of Vaccine-Generated Herd Immunity

Vaccine promoters typically stress the importance of compliance with the federally recommended vaccine schedule in order to create and maintain vaccine-induced "herd immunity." This may require multiple doses of certain vaccines, the MMR included, because no vaccine is 100 percent effective.

However, they never quite seem to be able to explain why the majority of outbreaks occur in areas that are thought to HAVE herd immunity status, i.e. where the majority of people are fully vaccinated and "should" therefore not be able to be infected or transmit infection.

The problem stems from a mix-up of terms. While there is such a thing as natural herd immunity, vaccine-induced herd immunity is a total misnomer. Vaccine makers simply assumed that vaccines will work in the same way as natural immunity, but the science clearly shows that this is not the case.