Measles Are Coming Back Around The World, And The Reasons Should Make Us Ashamed

[ashling]

https://www.sciencealert.com/measles-is-making-a-comeback-around-the-world-as-vaccination-rates-languish?fbclid=IwAR2-n7fCl6c-4dDzvSxOa_lp1pl3Z7xb9LvK_985NMj1kVDLLQQJMngYHHs

The world has not done enough to improve vaccination coverage, and now, measles is experiencing a resurgence in nearly every corner of the globe.

Last year, the number of reported measles cases spiked by more than 30 percent worldwide, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

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Before 1963, when there was no measles vaccine, the world experienced a major measles outbreak every few years, causing 2.6 million deaths annually.

But by all means, let's go back to a simpler time by not vaccinating our kids and let them become magically immune ... or dead.

I had measles in 1959 and I "lived to tell the tale"as it were ... many did not

[3catwoman3]

1. Measles is not "just" a skin rash illness.

There are potential severe compications - pneumonia and encephalitis.

[marybourg]

2. I had the measles within

days of birth, 75 years ago. I was not expected to live.

[lark]

3. My friends' son is deaf because she caught measles on a plane while he was an embryo.

I am half blind because I had a bad case of measles that affected my eyes.

Anti-vaxxers are insane.