How safe is the new measles vaccine?     

That's the question everyone's asking following the rash of Whatsapp and Facebook "alerts" flooding smartphones urging parents not to get their children vaccinated against measles and rubella (German measles).

Fake alerts, which include texts and audio clips, claim the vaccine is banned in the united state for causing serious side effects, including damaging a child's immunity and memory and  being pushed in India by the global pharmaceutical industry looking for a market to dump their products.

    The vaccine MR-VAC is being used is made by  the serum Institute of India,which is the world's largest producer of the vaccine.

    The vaccine is safe and approved for use by the World Health Organisation .

   Measles is a leading cause of child deaths even though it can be stopped using a safe and  cost effective vaccine.

       In 2015, measles killed 134,200 people globally-15 deaths every hour.

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