Measles Is Raging Worldwide

(nature.com)

7 points | by anigbrowl 10 hours ago ago

3 comments

  • ticulatedspline 6 hours ago ago

    What's old is new again. Given its absurdly contagious nature it's just going to be a thing from now on, again. Also given it's low morbidity few anti-vaxxers will likely learn much when their kids (or themselves) get sick from it.

    "Present trends in the natural history of measles suggest that the disease may one day join rubella and mumps as no more than an accepted inconvenience of childhood."

    https://archive.org/details/sim_american-journal-of-the-medi...

  • DustinEchoes 9 hours ago ago

    > An analysis found that 12% of the 4,056 measles cases confirmed in the United States between 2001 and 2022 were ‘breakthrough’ infections in vaccinated people.

    I do not look forward to the screeching about the vaccine not working that will occur if cases continue to blow up.

  • tim-tday 10 hours ago ago

    If only there was a safe and effective vaccine… for the bullshit misinformation causing people to mistrust vaccines.