Measles is a really horrible disease and a big killer when vaccination rates don't keep it controlled - much worse than chicken pox that people in rich countries have more recent experience of.
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A measles outbreak is growing in a rural area of West Texas where vaccination rates are well below the recommended level.
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I know more than most, not as much as some.
This is disturbing
- up to 25,000 children could potentially require hospitalization in a severe outbreak.
- death toll could be up to 375 children.
Texas vaccine exemptions as high as 18% of population
Disease control >95% vaccinated
MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella) highly efficacious
Simply doing the ratios on worse case scenario - 1 in 5 hospitalised, etc