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

[riversedge]

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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[hlthe2b]

1. The COVID-associated anti-vaxx movement is going to decimate childhood vaccine-prevenable disease

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.

[Laffy Kat]

2. You'll see more now, no doubt.

Where there's one case there's usually loads more.

[sybylla]

3. This is just horrible.

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.