50 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Now, if when the very first outbreak of measles in human history occurred, we had been able to develop multiple vaccines with over 90% efficacy while less than 10% of the world's population had been infected - and if measles was about ten times less infectious than it actually is, then we might just possibly have had a chance to eliminate it before it became fully endemic everywhere.

Measles was eradicated in the UK due to a very high uptake of the MMR vaccine. Unfortunately a quack doctor Andrew Wakefield published his research claiming that the MMR vaccine caused autism. Subsequently many parents refused to have their children vaccinated and measles returned in force. Wakefield's research was subsequently debunked and he was struck off from practicing as a doctor.

 

Unfortunately the stigma remained and MMR takeup has still not fully returned to pre Wakefield levels. The same is happening with the Covid vaccine with a number of quacks coming out of the woodwork and postulating unfounded anti vaxxer theories against the Covid vaccine to further their own claims to fame. They are doing irrevocable damage to the global vaccination program, now exacerbated by social media and the current trend for spreading conspiracy theories.

 

If the Covid vaccination program fails the blame can be laid squarely at their door.

2 hours ago, polpott said:

Measles was eradicated in the UK due to a very high uptake of the MMR vaccine. Unfortunately a quack doctor Andrew Wakefield published his research claiming that the MMR vaccine caused autism. Subsequently many parents refused to have their children vaccinated and measles returned in force. Wakefield's research was subsequently debunked and he was struck off from practicing as a doctor.

 

Unfortunately the stigma remained and MMR takeup has still not fully returned to pre Wakefield levels. The same is happening with the Covid vaccine with a number of quacks coming out of the woodwork and postulating unfounded anti vaxxer theories against the Covid vaccine to further their own claims to fame. They are doing irrevocable damage to the global vaccination program, now exacerbated by social media and the current trend for spreading conspiracy theories.

 

If the Covid vaccination program fails the blame can be laid squarely at their door.

Absolutely - my thoughts exactly????????

These quacks are, as i've just said on another thread, "ill-informed and /or attention-seeking conspiracy theorists"