Failure of measles vaccine in NZ?

[Tapioca]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/heal...cine-suspected

Canterbury health officials are investigating a possible failure of the measles vaccine after an outbreak in immunised teenagers.

Canterbury medical officer of health Dr Ramon Pink said yesterday there were 21 confirmed cases of measles in the region.

Six of the patients had been fully vaccinated and three had been given one of the two jabs in a course to guard against measles, Pink said.

"The fact that some of the young people with measles have been immunised is concerning and work is being done to identify the batch numbers of the vaccine given to them. We do not yet know why it has been ineffective, but we will keep looking."

[Sileree]

"The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR) was 95 per cent effective in giving life-long immunity."

This statement: I think this is a premature assumption. The vaccine has been around for only 40-some years. I thought the max time they have detected long-term immunity in a study was for 25ish years?

"Rudgley said parents had been deceived by the pro-vaccination lobby to believe immunisation was safe and could totally protect their children against diseases. The situation in Canterbury showed vaccinations often did not last into adolescence."

Doh. So much for that.