I’d just like to remind folks that the least bad experience of a measles infection is still seriously unpleasant. And there are many steps up the ladder of consequences; it’s not just the (low but non-zero) death rate to worry about.
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Christopher Webb
Wow!
So 1+1 really does equal 2.
The Texas measles outbreak is hitting the area with the highest vaccine exemption rates. Shocking—if you ignore science.
So 1+1 really does equal 2.
The Texas measles outbreak is hitting the area with the highest vaccine exemption rates. Shocking—if you ignore science.
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then 41 , contracted measles airborne in a hospital ward while she was assisting her mother during discharge home. Four days later at my uncle’s 51st birthday, she came down with wracking pain and fevers, which the doctors in San Juan thought was dengue fever./1
One can get one's titres checked to see if your long-ago vaccines are still providing immunity. Get boosters if they're not. No one wants an adult case of the so-called childhood diseases.
Quick blood test; get it done at your next check up (if not before).