{"id":16155,"date":"2026-04-30T13:41:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=16155"},"modified":"2026-04-30T13:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:42:32","slug":"is-the-mmr-deadlier-than-measles","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/is-the-mmr-deadlier-than-measles\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the MMR deadlier than measles?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row source=”” text=”Clinical Trials” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” google_fonts=”font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”” css=”.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Claim:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]A recent\u00a0research paper<\/a>\u00a0from Peter McCollough’s group says that 299 deaths in the U.S. were reported after MMR vaccines, mostly in very young children, soon after getting the shot.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]The claims in this graph come from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System, or\u00a0VAERS<\/a>. According to the\u00a0VAERS<\/a>\u00a0website,\u00a0anyone\u00a0can file a report about a bad reaction after getting a vaccine. But that doesn\u2019t mean the vaccine actually caused the problem. VAERS is partly run by the CDC, but the CDC only hosts the data\u2014it does not collect or verify it.<\/p>\n

When you visit the VAERS website, it warns that \u201cVAERS\u00a0reports may contain information that is\u00a0incomplete, inaccurate, coincidental, or unverifiable.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Because of this, scientists must be very careful when using VAERS data. The graph itself shows this problem too\u2014it says vaccine deaths are only\u00a0suspected,<\/em>\u00a0not proven. In fact, the reports don\u2019t always mean there is a real link to vaccines at all.<\/p>\n

A report in VAERS is not proof that a vaccine caused harm\u2014it only shows that something happened after vaccination, not because of it. The numbers in VAERS also do not show how common a problem is, since millions of children get vaccines, so a number like 299 reports does not tell us the real risk. In addition, some reports may be missing details, have mistakes, or even be counted more than once, which is why scientists do not treat VAERS as proof. The study itself only describes patterns in reports and does not prove cause and effect or show that vaccines caused the deaths.<\/p>\n

It is also important to know that young children can have health problems around the same age they get vaccines, which can make patterns appear even when vaccines are not the cause. Because of all this, scientists look at both the benefits and the risks when judging vaccine safety, not just these reports.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also important to remember why there are so few\u00a0measles deaths<\/a>\u00a0today. Kids get vaccinated, which means they don\u2019t catch measles and don\u2019t die from it. Before the vaccine, about\u00a0500 children used to die\u00a0from measles every year in the United States.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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