'One of the most easily transmitted diseases': Doctor explains more on measles outbreak

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[viva la]

1. Everyone over 50 remembers--

EVERYONE got the measles back then. There might be a few with natural immunity, but everyone else would get it at some point. I remember our school had to close for a week because so many kids were sick with it.

[viva la]

2. A child has already died in Texas

and 10% are ending up in the hospital (which is more than with Covid).

I wouldn't want to diss a grieving parent, but seriously, don't they now wish they'd gotten the kid vaccinated?

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3. Measles is very contagious

Link to tweet

I’m quietly meditating tonight… yet there are 2 chilling thoughts keep haunting me—

📌1. Measles is not just highly infectious with R0 of 12-18, but it has a long ***2 WEEK*** INCUBATION period—ie Texas outbreak could be in the HUNDREDS or more already, and we are seeing just the early tip of iceberg. About 20% of cases are hospitalized traditionally.

📌2. Measles infection partly wipes out memory B cells memory of how to fight past infections. Ie. Your immunity to past infections (that you’ve successfully defeated in the past) may be partly wiped out by measles. ➡️Read: this also includes wiping away immunity achieved thru past vaccinations for other diseases, not just past infection acquired immunity.

Both the details above give me chills thinking about the larger consequences of a potential massive measles outbreak.

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4. tRUMP reigned over the start of COVID by ignoring it, and now he's doing it w/ the Measles outbreak.

Moron will never learn.