The message is loud and clear, the measles is not chicken pox. Do not expose your kids to it. Tell your kids to stay away from other kids who are coughing.

  • Lit@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Canada and Mexico need to close their border to prevent the spread of measles.

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    5 months ago

    Of course it’s not chicken pox, we know measles well, we’ve vaccinated our kids against it at school for longer than I can remember.

    It’s one of those extremely rare, easy to prevent illnesses we’ve almost gotten rid of for good :-D

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    “Revealed”? Wasn’t that done over a century ago? What is this? Measles 2, the son of measles? Measles, the live action show? Measles on ice?

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      5 months ago

      A large part of the efficacy of vaccines comes from everyone around you also being mostly immune. If there are giant holes in the shield, everyone near those holes becomes more vulnerable. The vaccines can be overcome by the disease if enough viral load is present.

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    5 months ago

    While the message has always been loud and clear, it still is hard to reach those idiots with their fingers in their ears and shouting LA LA LA I CAN’T HEAR at the top of their lungs.