{"id":55979,"date":"2024-01-23T05:17:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T05:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=55979"},"modified":"2024-01-23T05:17:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T05:17:36","slug":"the-fake-mmr-claims-that-struck-fear-into-generations-of-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2024\/01\/23\/the-fake-mmr-claims-that-struck-fear-into-generations-of-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"The fake MMR claims that struck fear into generations of parents"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55980\" src=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MMR-vaccine-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MMR-vaccine-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MMR-vaccine-770x513.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MMR-vaccine-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MMR-vaccine-360x240.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MMR-vaccine.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap-element-slot\">T<\/span>here was a time when\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/01\/16\/measles-deaths-return-vaccine-rates-keep-falling-expert-warns-20120907\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">measles killed millions of children around the world<\/a>. Major epidemics<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/01\/16\/measles-uk-symptoms-treatment-vaccine-pictures-20121757\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">\u00a0erupted every few years<\/a>, bringing sickness,<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/01\/20\/london-mum-whose-son-died-measles-issues-urgent-warning-20145106\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">\u00a0life-changing side-effects and death<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/the-fake-mmr-claims-that-struck-fear-into-generations-of-parents\/ar-BB1h3O2f?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=LCTS&amp;cvid=fb57936af3d44cf7831486cb45dfff83&amp;ei=19\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>There was a time when\u00a0measles killed millions of children around the world. Major epidemics\u00a0erupted every few years, bringing sickness,\u00a0life-changing side-effects and death&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55979","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/MMR-vaccine.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55981,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55979\/revisions\/55981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}