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Measles
Mumps
MMR
Antivaccination
Herd Immunity
100

Measles is very contagious. True or false?

True

100

Mumps is a virus... True or false?

True

100

What type of vaccine is the MMR vaccine?

Live, attenuated virus

100

Who is the anti-vaccine activist?

Andrew Wakefield

100

How many people can 1 infected person with measles infect?

12-18 people

200

What fatal neurological condition can follow years after contracting measles?

SSPE (Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis)

200

What is the most identifiable symptom of mumps?

Salivary gland swelling of the parotid gland

200

When was the MMR vaccine licensed?

1963

200

What was the publication that Wakefield's paper was published in?

1998 Lancet publication

200

What percentage of the population needs to vaccinated with the MMR vaccine to have effective herd immunity?

93-95%

300

How is measles contracted?

Inhalation of small aerosol particles or respiratory droplets
300

How many cases of mumps are asymptomatic?

1/3

300

Explain how the vaccine works...

A harmless infection results after vaccination, immune system is activated, and immunity develops
300

What was Wakefield associating the MMR vaccine with in his paper?

Falsely tied autism to MMR vaccine

300

Which groups of people are not recommended to receive the MMR vaccine?

Those with cancer, organ transplants, receiving high-dose glucocorticoids, immunomodulatory therapy for rheumatoid arthritis

400

What percentage do you have a chance of contracting measles?

90%

400

How is mumps virus transmitted?

Inhalation or oral contact of respiratory droplets or secretions

400
What is the percentage of measles cases that decreased with the MMR vaccine?

95%

400

What are the PACs (Anti-vaccine political action committees) doing?

Lobbying state legislatures to promote or protect vaccine exemptions; spreading misinformation 

400

What is something you learned today about herd immunity?

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500

When is the maximum contagiousness of measles virus?

2-3 days before rash appears

500

How many cases of mumps involve the central nervous system (CNS)?

1/2

500

With 2 doses of the MMR vaccine, what is the effectiveness against measles and mumps?

97% against measles

88% against mumps

500

When the New York Orthodox Jewish Community was targeted, what was the MMR vaccine associated with to promote antivaccination?

Holocaust

500

What happened in New York when there was an measles outbreak of 654 persons?

New York mandated a law for MMR vaccine