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Mar 26, 2020 • 21 tweets • 6 min read
Thread:
Do vaccines shed? Example: measles.
Antivaccine myth: “The MMR is shedding and causing measles outbreaks.”
This is claimed very frequently in vaccine discussions.
It is completely wrong.
Here’s a thread about the scientific facts and the antivaccine fiction. /1
Let’s look at the facts first:
“Shedding” in antivaccine circles means “the transmission of the vaccine virus to another person”.
This does not happen with any of the components of the MMR. /2