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Encephalomyelitis (autoimmune brain injury): 1 in 1,000,000
Encephalomyelitis (autoimmune brain injury): 1 in 1,000,000
==Controversy==
Because it is the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease in the United States,{{cn}} measles is often cited as a justification for [[mandatory vaccination]]. However, measles is extremely rare in the US,<ref>https://www.cdc.gov/measles/cases-outbreaks.html</ref> despite the fact that 17 states allow parents to opt out of vaccinating their children for any reason.<ref>https://www.nvic.org/Vaccine-Laws/state-vaccine-requirements.aspx</ref> MMR vaccine has been the subject of controversy ever since a series of studies by [[Andrew Wakefield]] and others in the late 1990s raised suspicions that the vaccine may cause autism and bowl disease.<ref>https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/do-vaccines-cause-autism</ref> Since then, reviews of non industry funded studies(although some studies may have been funded by the federal government)<ref>https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2017/12/16/how-much-do-you-know-about-vaccine-safety.aspx</ref><ref>http://www.cochrane.org/about-us/our-funders-and-partners</ref> have not found evidence that MMR vaccine causes autism or bowle disease<ref>https://www.nap.edu/read/13164/chapter/6#144</ref><ref>http://www.cochrane.org/CD004407/ARI_using-combined-vaccine-protection-children-against-measles-mumps-and-rubella</ref>
==References==
==References==