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Vaccination effects

Infection effects

Rubella and MMR vaccine

The app compares rubella symptoms and outcomes with MMR vaccine side effects, and shows how community vaccination (herd immunity) changes disease risk.

See rubella risks, symptoms, and outcomes alongside vaccine side effects in the same model.

This is an educational simulation and does not provide medical advice or personalized risk assessment.

  • The common side effects of the MMR vaccine are temporary fever or rash. Rare serious side effects include febrile seizure and severe allergic reaction.
  • The common symptoms and outcomes of rubella are no noticeable symptoms and rash and fever illness. Rare serious outcomes include bleeding complication and brain inflammation.
  • By adjusting community vaccination rate, you can explore how herd immunity changes the probability of rubella infection in the model.