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''Melanie's Marvelous Measles'' is a self-published children's book written by Australian author and anti-vaccine activist Stephanie Messenger. The book argues that contracting measles is beneficial to health, and that vaccines are ineffective. Independent data shows that measles causes the most vaccine-preventable deaths of any disease, resulting in about 96,000 deaths in 2013, and the vaccine is 97% effective after two shots.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Measles - Q&A about Disease & Vaccine )〕 Measles is highly contagious - before immunization in the United States there were between three and four million cases annually - and the fatality rate is approximately 0.2% of those infected. Most of those who are infected and who die are less than five years old. The book was first published in 2012, but came to attention in 2015 after the Disneyland measles outbreak began during December of the previous year. Many commentators have criticized the book because of the dangers associated with contracting measles, and because its title is reminiscent of ''George's Marvellous Medicine'', by Roald Dahl, whose daughter, Olivia Dahl, died from measles. The book has also received attention for the numerous negative reviews it has received on Amazon.com. ==Premise and plot== The book contends that contracting measles is beneficial for children, with the book's product description describing the disease as "quite benign" and "beneficial to the body". In the story, a girl named Tina, who has never been vaccinated, returns to school after the winter break and discovers that her friend Melanie is at home with measles. Tina's mother encourages Tina to visit Melanie, because catching measles would be a good thing for Tina. Tina tells her mother that the other children are frightened of getting measles, but her mother reassures her by explaining that catching measles is a good thing for most children: "Many wise people believe measles make the body stronger and more mature for the future". She suggests some carrot juice and melon might help Melanie recover. She says that being scared of the disease is "a bit like being scared of the dark". Her mother explains that Tina has not been vaccinated because of some illness her older brother had after receiving his vaccinations.〔 Melanie's mother explains that Melanie had been vaccinated against measles and it did not work; the doctor said that Melanie's measles were the worst case he had ever seen. Melanie explains to Tina that the spots do not hurt or itch, and shows Tina her spotty tummy. The two girls spend the day playing together and end the day with a hug. A week later Tina is back to school, without measles. Her mother attributes this to her eating the right foods, playing in the fresh air and drinking lots of water. Jared, a vaccinated child, ends up being the one that gets measles; Tina's mother blames this on his bad eating habits and "the accompanying image is of an annoyed Jared laying in bed covered in spots with a hamburger, chips (labeled 'MSG-enriched, GM-full'), ... soda, cupcake, chocolate bar on his bedside table".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://evidenceplease.net/2015/02/16/melanies-marvelous-measles-a-pro-disease-book-for-children-by-stephanie-messenger/ )〕 The book also criticizes childhood vaccines as ineffective, and Messenger states in the book that she has raised three children "vaccine-free and childhood disease-free". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melanie's Marvelous Measles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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