Rubella Quotes

Way back in 1972, I read that they were using living cells from aborted babies to make the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine. That violated my conscious. I guess I am a little bit angry about it, about the Iowa law (that makes people get vaccines). - Donna Holman

Mumps, measles and rubella are serious diseases that can lead to potentially fatal illness, disability and death. ... Measles, mumps and rubella are particularly prevalent in developing countries where vaccination programs are inconsistent and the mortality rate from disease is high. In developed countries, however, mumps, measles and rubella are now rare, due to large-scale vaccination programs. - Vittorio Demicheli

It would be unusual for measles or rubella or the other childhood-vaccine-preventable diseases to emerge, but many of the people in these shelters are among the people in our country who already experience health disparities, and we're erring on the side of immunizing anyone for whom we have any reason to suspect their vaccination status is not up-to-date. - Julie Gerberding