California Parents Having ‘Measles Parties’ to Infect Their Unvaccinated Kids

◼ KTXL Sacramento via Washington Free Beacon

◼ Marin mom says the Measles party rumors are "offensive" and wants to set the record straight. - Kevin Fagan and Erin Allday/SF CHRONICLE

For the past week, the 43-year-old Marin County woman has been savaged as the mom whose comments launched a national furor over “measles parties” — her life turned upside down by a media happy to stereotype Marin as a hippy-dippy haven, and her reputation turned into a social-media plaything for people eager to blow hard about a rumor that turned out to be pure baloney.

She wants to set the record straight....

◼ No, There Are No ‘Measles Parties’ in Marin County, California - HEALTHLINE

It all began with a Facebook post from Julie Schiffman, a Marin County mother of two unvaccinated children.

Schiffman wrote about a conversation she had with a mother of vaccinated children. That mother knew about a family with a child who had measles.

She asked if Schiffman was interested in contacting the family as a way to naturally infect her 5-year-old and 8-year-old with measles. Schiffman said “absolutely not.”

A health columnist for KQED television saw the post and contacted Schiffman. The columnist then used the anecdote to lead into a column about the debate over whether to intentionally infect unvaccinated children.