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What I read is that the measles vaccine attacks and resets immune memory - so the MMR vaccine seems to improve immune system function more than other vaccines o
by beagle3 6y ago
What I read is that the measles vaccine attacks and resets immune memory - so the MMR vaccine seems to improve immune system function more than other vaccines or infection, but in fact this is an outcome of just stopping measles from hurting the immune system.
- ben_w 6y agoIf it functioned by resetting the immune system, we’d need to be given all our previous vaccines again after receiving the MMR vaccine.
- beagle3 6y agoI didn’t notice until your comment and it’s too late to edit now, but the first place I wrote “vaccine” should have been “virus”, see also my response to myself. (Revaccinatiom may be needed after rituximab, which was specifically designed to attack immune memory cells in case if autoimmune disease - which apparently measles does as well - but the MMR vaccine doesn’t do that. I just typeda wrong word and didn’t notice)
- beagle3 6y agoOuch, too late to edit, but wrote a mistake above. The measles virus resets the immune system, and the measles vaccine stops it from doing that, so the MMR vaccine seems to have a much bigger effect than just preventing MMR, which used to be described as “boosting the immune system” but is now understood as “letting it do its work uninterrupted by measles”
- hvidgaard 6y agoDo you have a link to a paper or a study on that? Because the study I read I don't recall anything about the non vaccinated group having had measles, and that would be an obvious parameter to control for.
- beagle3 6y agohttps://www.bbc.com/news/health-50251259 https://www.bbc.com/news/health-50251259 Is an example reporting (google finds more). I didn’t read the original study and don’t know. I was echoing the general media reporting.