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riversedge

(70,267 posts)
Thu Oct 12, 2023, 02:23 PM Oct 2023

Yesterday, we saw first case of #measles in #Milwaukee in years




Yesterday, we saw first case of #measles in #Milwaukee in years

The measles #vaccine is a success story, though we are now slipping

Pre 1963 vaccine: annually 3-4M US cases, 48K hospitalizations, 500 deaths

After vaccine: 99% reduction in cases

‼️Childhood vaccines matter‼️


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Yesterday, we saw first case of #measles in #Milwaukee in years (Original Post) riversedge Oct 2023 OP
The COVID-associated anti-vaxx movement is going to decimate childhood vaccine-prevenable disease hlthe2b Oct 2023 #1
You'll see more now, no doubt. Laffy Kat Oct 2023 #2
This is just horrible. sybylla Oct 2023 #3

hlthe2b

(102,326 posts)
1. The COVID-associated anti-vaxx movement is going to decimate childhood vaccine-prevenable disease
Thu Oct 12, 2023, 02:42 PM
Oct 2023

control. And may all who have propagated those messages (whether RW a'holes or RFK and his idiots) be delivered a much deserved karmic message and soon.

sybylla

(8,521 posts)
3. This is just horrible.
Thu Oct 12, 2023, 04:19 PM
Oct 2023

Measles, like COVID, decimates the immune system. This anti-vax insanity is going to have long-term effects.

Children used to die of diseases we don't hear about any more because they had, and survived, a measles infection. Death rates for things like chicken pox, strep, scarlet fever, and more fell precipitously by the end of the last century not just because of better treatments, but because measles wasn't there first to make children more susceptible.

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