Unvaxxed child in Texas just died of the measles

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Anonymous wrote:Just stop with all the fearmongering. There is no information about the health of the child who died. I've posted before that I had measles as a child as did my parents and their parents and all my friends and relatives and not anyone we knew or anyone they knew died. This child must have been very sick. It's quite sad that he wasn't vaccinated, but he might have died from something else if he were very sick. Measles is not polio. It's not going to spark a pandemic. All will be well. Calm down.

Yes, there is information. They died from measles, a wholly preventable disease.

Preexisting conditions?

Let's pretend the child had diabetes. What is your next step, after obtaining that information? I'm genuinely confused about why you need this information.

I'm not the anti-vax PP you were responding to but I came to this thread to figure out why I'm seeing people online talk about this child who died.

They seem to be saying the child who died of measles, actually was hospitalized with RSV AND Pneumonia as well and then picked up measles in the hospital.

I've seen that two places now. But they won't cite their source of that information. I came here to see if anyone was also saying that? But apparently not.

Anyhow - that's what is going around the anti-vax, measles isn't that big a deal TikTok world - the child had "pre existing conditions" of RSV and Pneumonio, and then acquired measles while in the hospital. So they didn't die "of measles".

Even *if* that information were true (again - no source for it) -- STILL -- they would have died of the measles. Because a sick child in the hospital should not be getting measles - which could kill him in his weakened state. That's exactly why you vaccinate your kids - so if they are sick with other things, vaccine preventable diseases don't kill them.

This is what people don’t seem to understand.

What you don't understand is that pneumonia is deadly in and of its own. In fact it's very dangerous for you to not understand it because vaccination against respiratory viruses isn't going to guarantee protection from bacterial pneumonia that can kill you. You should always get an xray after you feel like you cannot get better fast enough from a bad respiratory virus case and not count on it to go away on its own. Antibiotics are effective and save lives if diagnosed early enough. Most people dying from flu die from pneumonia that gets too advanced. it's likely RSV that's created this complication . RSV vaccine is not mandatory.

Anyway, vast majority of kids are vaccinated, mine too and I am not worried. I am still trying to find out why all of you are so worried given that I am pretty sure your kids are vaccinated?

1. Children too young to be effectively vaccinated
- About 1.1% of the US population is <1 year old -- that's 3.74 million infants in the US
- https://www.americashealthrankings.org/explore/measures/pct_infant

2. People with genetic immunodeficiencies that prevent effective vaccination
- About 4.5/10,000 of the US population has a primary immunodeficiency (primary B-cell immunodeficiency, primary T-cell immunodeficiency, complement deficiency, or PMN deficiency) -- that's about 153,000 people in the US
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4009347/
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3. People on chemotherapy and other chronic medical disease treatment(e.g., autoimmune disorders) that suppresses their immune resistance to measles
- If you really want a deep dive on this and it would make a difference to someone's beliefs, I will calculate, but it's certainly in the millions

4. A single dose of measles vaccine confers about 95% protection, and two doses gets it to "over 99%"
- Even if the vaccine effectiveness is 99.9%, that's not 100%
- When you are talking about large numbers of people, that adds up -- for 99.9% effectiveness, 0.1% of the US population is about 340,000 people across the US. If it's 99.5%, that would be about 1.7 million people across the US
- https://www.cdc.gov/pinkbook/hcp/table-of-contents/chapter-13-measles.html

You are talking about millions to tens of million vulnerable people across the country, even if every single person who can get vaccinated, does so. That is why herd immunity is important.

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Anonymous wrote:https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-to-know-about-measles-and-vaccines

Information about measles from Johns Hopkins

Is measles dangerous?

Yes. Here in the U.S., about 1 in 5 unvaccinated people will require hospitalization from measles. In 2024, that rate was even higher—about 40% of people with measles were hospitalized. Measles can also lead to more severe issues, including pneumonia, encephalitis, brain damage, and pregnancy complications. Complications of measles can occur in anyone, including in healthy children and adults.

Scientists have found that measles wipes out the body’s memory of bacteria and viruses. This weakens your immune system, making you more likely to get sick from other diseases. This effect can last for years."

Another thing to consider: if you or your child has recently had COVID, your immune system may be weaker than normal.

Insurance should not pay for hospitalization of unvaccinated children.

Oh, here we go again! Hypocrites at their best and one of the reasons we are enjoying current administration. You really deserve what's happening now. And you will never win because of the vile rhetoric like this.

I loathe Trump and MAGAS who are the ones who don't vaccinate their children!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-to-know-about-measles-and-vaccines

Information about measles from Johns Hopkins

Is measles dangerous?

Yes. Here in the U.S., about 1 in 5 unvaccinated people will require hospitalization from measles. In 2024, that rate was even higher—about 40% of people with measles were hospitalized. Measles can also lead to more severe issues, including pneumonia, encephalitis, brain damage, and pregnancy complications. Complications of measles can occur in anyone, including in healthy children and adults.

Scientists have found that measles wipes out the body’s memory of bacteria and viruses. This weakens your immune system, making you more likely to get sick from other diseases. This effect can last for years."

Another thing to consider: if you or your child has recently had COVID, your immune system may be weaker than normal.

Insurance should not pay for hospitalization of unvaccinated children.

If insurance doesn't pay then we, the taxpayers pay. ERs cannot turn away uninsured patients, at least in some hospitals that receive public funding. So, what do you propose exactly? Let's unpack your opinion here..

What you really suggest is that ERs should turn away children whose vaccination status cannot be determined (because undetermined is classified as unvaxxed). Unless vaccine passports are mandatory and have to be present on each person every time it's impossible to impose the rule you want. Also, you cannot test for titers to see if one is immune as you say this test take a long time. What is it that you want?

If parents choose not to vaccinate their children then the parents should be 100 responsible for any medical problems resulting from their stupidity.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone here informed about “shedding”?

Viral shedding?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X16300895

"There is no documented evidence of measles vaccine virus transmission."

we may need this in capital letters for the nutjob that posted that prior comment.

While yes, scant attenuated measles virus can be isolated from someone recently vaccinated for up to a few weeks after vaccination, with very high cycle times (meaning the lab equipment repeatedly looks for the virus and keeps cycling over and over again - the higher the cycle time, the less virus is present)

"THERE IS NO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF MEASLES VACCINE VIRUS TRANSMISSION"

In other words, the verrrrrrry tiny bit of weakened vaccine derived virus shed by a person recently vaccinated does not actually lead to infection of others in the real world.

Shedding is a general term referring to the virion shedding from an infected host. The reason why this is an uncomfortable conversation is because it also refers to vaccinated people shedding the virus they are infected with with or without any symptoms. Vaccines can blunt the symptoms and make the infection milder but may not always prevent transmission. It's possible for people vaccinated against Measles to spread (e.g. shed measles virus) to others. They may not show characteristic symptoms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone here informed about “shedding”?

Viral shedding?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X16300895

"There is no documented evidence of measles vaccine virus transmission."

we may need this in capital letters for the nutjob that posted that prior comment.

While yes, scant attenuated measles virus can be isolated from someone recently vaccinated for up to a few weeks after vaccination, with very high cycle times (meaning the lab equipment repeatedly looks for the virus and keeps cycling over and over again - the higher the cycle time, the less virus is present)

"THERE IS NO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF MEASLES VACCINE VIRUS TRANSMISSION"

In other words, the verrrrrrry tiny bit of weakened vaccine derived virus shed by a person recently vaccinated does not actually lead to infection of others in the real world.

Shedding is a general term referring to the virion shedding from an infected host. The reason why this is an uncomfortable conversation is because it also refers to vaccinated people shedding the virus they are infected with with or without any symptoms. Vaccines can blunt the symptoms and make the infection milder but may not always prevent transmission. It's possible for people vaccinated against Measles to spread (e.g. shed measles virus) to others. They may not show characteristic symptoms.

Another reason for everyone to be vaccinated. You don't know when you're going to be around an asymptomatic infected person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-to-know-about-measles-and-vaccines

Information about measles from Johns Hopkins

Is measles dangerous?

Yes. Here in the U.S., about 1 in 5 unvaccinated people will require hospitalization from measles. In 2024, that rate was even higher—about 40% of people with measles were hospitalized. Measles can also lead to more severe issues, including pneumonia, encephalitis, brain damage, and pregnancy complications. Complications of measles can occur in anyone, including in healthy children and adults.

Scientists have found that measles wipes out the body’s memory of bacteria and viruses. This weakens your immune system, making you more likely to get sick from other diseases. This effect can last for years."

Another thing to consider: if you or your child has recently had COVID, your immune system may be weaker than normal.

Insurance should not pay for hospitalization of unvaccinated children.

If insurance doesn't pay then we, the taxpayers pay. ERs cannot turn away uninsured patients, at least in some hospitals that receive public funding. So, what do you propose exactly? Let's unpack your opinion here..

What you really suggest is that ERs should turn away children whose vaccination status cannot be determined (because undetermined is classified as unvaxxed). Unless vaccine passports are mandatory and have to be present on each person every time it's impossible to impose the rule you want. Also, you cannot test for titers to see if one is immune as you say this test take a long time. What is it that you want?

If parents choose not to vaccinate their children then the parents should be 100 responsible for any medical problems resulting from their stupidity.

UGH. They won't, they are broke. Now what? Taxpayer pays, you pay. Do you not really understand how this works?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone here informed about “shedding”?

Viral shedding?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X16300895

"There is no documented evidence of measles vaccine virus transmission."

we may need this in capital letters for the nutjob that posted that prior comment.

While yes, scant attenuated measles virus can be isolated from someone recently vaccinated for up to a few weeks after vaccination, with very high cycle times (meaning the lab equipment repeatedly looks for the virus and keeps cycling over and over again - the higher the cycle time, the less virus is present)

"THERE IS NO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF MEASLES VACCINE VIRUS TRANSMISSION"

In other words, the verrrrrrry tiny bit of weakened vaccine derived virus shed by a person recently vaccinated does not actually lead to infection of others in the real world.

Shedding is a general term referring to the virion shedding from an infected host. The reason why this is an uncomfortable conversation is because it also refers to vaccinated people shedding the virus they are infected with with or without any symptoms. Vaccines can blunt the symptoms and make the infection milder but may not always prevent transmission. It's possible for people vaccinated against Measles to spread (e.g. shed measles virus) to others. They may not show characteristic symptoms.

Another reason for everyone to be vaccinated. You don't know when you're going to be around an asymptomatic infected person.

Nobody says you shouldn't be vaccinated, ugh, it's getting tedious with you people. But you cannot possibly enforce 100% vaccination and it was never done, unvaxxed communities existed and will exist. Freaking out about this right now is purely political propaganda. What is the end goal of this freak out? How will you ensure every baby is vaxxed? You cannot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone here informed about “shedding”?

Viral shedding?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X16300895

"There is no documented evidence of measles vaccine virus transmission."

we may need this in capital letters for the nutjob that posted that prior comment.

While yes, scant attenuated measles virus can be isolated from someone recently vaccinated for up to a few weeks after vaccination, with very high cycle times (meaning the lab equipment repeatedly looks for the virus and keeps cycling over and over again - the higher the cycle time, the less virus is present)

"THERE IS NO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF MEASLES VACCINE VIRUS TRANSMISSION"

In other words, the verrrrrrry tiny bit of weakened vaccine derived virus shed by a person recently vaccinated does not actually lead to infection of others in the real world.

Shedding is a general term referring to the virion shedding from an infected host. The reason why this is an uncomfortable conversation is because it also refers to vaccinated people shedding the virus they are infected with with or without any symptoms. Vaccines can blunt the symptoms and make the infection milder but may not always prevent transmission. It's possible for people vaccinated against Measles to spread (e.g. shed measles virus) to others. They may not show characteristic symptoms.

Another reason for everyone to be vaccinated. You don't know when you're going to be around an asymptomatic infected person.

Nobody says you shouldn't be vaccinated, ugh, it's getting tedious with you people. But you cannot possibly enforce 100% vaccination and it was never done, unvaxxed communities existed and will exist. Freaking out about this right now is purely political propaganda. What is the end goal of this freak out? How will you ensure every baby is vaxxed? You cannot.

Measles was declared eradicated in this country in 2000. We also conquered small pox, polio, and others. this allows a certain number of free loaders but when the vax rate falls too low, the free loaders get it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone here informed about “shedding”?

Viral shedding?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X16300895

"There is no documented evidence of measles vaccine virus transmission."

we may need this in capital letters for the nutjob that posted that prior comment.

While yes, scant attenuated measles virus can be isolated from someone recently vaccinated for up to a few weeks after vaccination, with very high cycle times (meaning the lab equipment repeatedly looks for the virus and keeps cycling over and over again - the higher the cycle time, the less virus is present)

"THERE IS NO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF MEASLES VACCINE VIRUS TRANSMISSION"

In other words, the verrrrrrry tiny bit of weakened vaccine derived virus shed by a person recently vaccinated does not actually lead to infection of others in the real world.

Shedding is a general term referring to the virion shedding from an infected host. The reason why this is an uncomfortable conversation is because it also refers to vaccinated people shedding the virus they are infected with with or without any symptoms. Vaccines can blunt the symptoms and make the infection milder but may not always prevent transmission. It's possible for people vaccinated against Measles to spread (e.g. shed measles virus) to others. They may not show characteristic symptoms.

I get that. But in vaccine conspiracy theory circles, social media, etc., they will point to shedding of measles being caused by the vaccine itself, implying that vaccination causes outbreaks. And yes there is research that shows that scant amounts of vaccine type measles can identified for a few weeks after vaccination via PCR testing of nasal specimens. However, most importantly, shedding of the vaccine type virus (which is an attenuated, weakened form) is not associated with transmission or outbreak nor is it associated with the TX outbreak. Social media posta implying overwise are false.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone here informed about “shedding”?

Viral shedding?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X16300895

"There is no documented evidence of measles vaccine virus transmission."

we may need this in capital letters for the nutjob that posted that prior comment.

While yes, scant attenuated measles virus can be isolated from someone recently vaccinated for up to a few weeks after vaccination, with very high cycle times (meaning the lab equipment repeatedly looks for the virus and keeps cycling over and over again - the higher the cycle time, the less virus is present)

"THERE IS NO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF MEASLES VACCINE VIRUS TRANSMISSION"

In other words, the verrrrrrry tiny bit of weakened vaccine derived virus shed by a person recently vaccinated does not actually lead to infection of others in the real world.

Shedding is a general term referring to the virion shedding from an infected host. The reason why this is an uncomfortable conversation is because it also refers to vaccinated people shedding the virus they are infected with with or without any symptoms. Vaccines can blunt the symptoms and make the infection milder but may not always prevent transmission. It's possible for people vaccinated against Measles to spread (e.g. shed measles virus) to others. They may not show characteristic symptoms.

Another reason for everyone to be vaccinated. You don't know when you're going to be around an asymptomatic infected person.

Nobody says you shouldn't be vaccinated, ugh, it's getting tedious with you people. But you cannot possibly enforce 100% vaccination and it was never done, unvaxxed communities existed and will exist. Freaking out about this right now is purely political propaganda. What is the end goal of this freak out? How will you ensure every baby is vaxxed? You cannot.

Actually it's getting tedious with YOU. No one is advocating for a 100% vaccination rate. Lots of people have legitimate medical reasons they cannot get the vaccine. That's why it's even more important that everyone who can DOES. We are no longer at herd immunity and this is the fallout.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone here informed about “shedding”?

Viral shedding?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X16300895

"There is no documented evidence of measles vaccine virus transmission."

we may need this in capital letters for the nutjob that posted that prior comment.

While yes, scant attenuated measles virus can be isolated from someone recently vaccinated for up to a few weeks after vaccination, with very high cycle times (meaning the lab equipment repeatedly looks for the virus and keeps cycling over and over again - the higher the cycle time, the less virus is present)

"THERE IS NO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF MEASLES VACCINE VIRUS TRANSMISSION"

In other words, the verrrrrrry tiny bit of weakened vaccine derived virus shed by a person recently vaccinated does not actually lead to infection of others in the real world.

Shedding is a general term referring to the virion shedding from an infected host. The reason why this is an uncomfortable conversation is because it also refers to vaccinated people shedding the virus they are infected with with or without any symptoms. Vaccines can blunt the symptoms and make the infection milder but may not always prevent transmission. It's possible for people vaccinated against Measles to spread (e.g. shed measles virus) to others. They may not show characteristic symptoms.

Another reason for everyone to be vaccinated. You don't know when you're going to be around an asymptomatic infected person.

Nobody says you shouldn't be vaccinated, ugh, it's getting tedious with you people. But you cannot possibly enforce 100% vaccination and it was never done, unvaxxed communities existed and will exist. Freaking out about this right now is purely political propaganda. What is the end goal of this freak out? How will you ensure every baby is vaxxed? You cannot.

Generally, rates have declined and we have gotten more lenient with allowing exemptions; it is concerning to have an HHS leader who leans into the idea of vaccination as a "personal choice" specifically for measles for how contagious it is and how easily one unvaxxed symptomatic individual can impact young babies.

We did actually used to be much more strict on the religious exemption front. I do not agree with a "personal choice" stance for measles vaccination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone here informed about “shedding”?

Viral shedding?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X16300895

"There is no documented evidence of measles vaccine virus transmission."

we may need this in capital letters for the nutjob that posted that prior comment.

While yes, scant attenuated measles virus can be isolated from someone recently vaccinated for up to a few weeks after vaccination, with very high cycle times (meaning the lab equipment repeatedly looks for the virus and keeps cycling over and over again - the higher the cycle time, the less virus is present)

"THERE IS NO DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE OF MEASLES VACCINE VIRUS TRANSMISSION"

In other words, the verrrrrrry tiny bit of weakened vaccine derived virus shed by a person recently vaccinated does not actually lead to infection of others in the real world.

Shedding is a general term referring to the virion shedding from an infected host. The reason why this is an uncomfortable conversation is because it also refers to vaccinated people shedding the virus they are infected with with or without any symptoms. Vaccines can blunt the symptoms and make the infection milder but may not always prevent transmission. It's possible for people vaccinated against Measles to spread (e.g. shed measles virus) to others. They may not show characteristic symptoms.

Another reason for everyone to be vaccinated. You don't know when you're going to be around an asymptomatic infected person.

Nobody says you shouldn't be vaccinated, ugh, it's getting tedious with you people. But you cannot possibly enforce 100% vaccination and it was never done, unvaxxed communities existed and will exist. Freaking out about this right now is purely political propaganda. What is the end goal of this freak out? How will you ensure every baby is vaxxed? You cannot.

Generally, rates have declined and we have gotten more lenient with allowing exemptions; it is concerning to have an HHS leader who leans into the idea of vaccination as a "personal choice" specifically for measles for how contagious it is and how easily one unvaxxed symptomatic individual can impact young babies.

We did actually used to be much more strict on the religious exemption front. I do not agree with a "personal choice" stance for measles vaccination.

DP to add, there was plenty of alarm, news articles, etc over the 2019 outbreak and we did not have a "personal choice" HHS leader back then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just stop with all the fearmongering. There is no information about the health of the child who died. I've posted before that I had measles as a child as did my parents and their parents and all my friends and relatives and not anyone we knew or anyone they knew died. This child must have been very sick. It's quite sad that he wasn't vaccinated, but he might have died from something else if he were very sick. Measles is not polio. It's not going to spark a pandemic. All will be well. Calm down.

Yes, there is information. They died from measles, a wholly preventable disease.

Preexisting conditions?

Let's pretend the child had diabetes. What is your next step, after obtaining that information? I'm genuinely confused about why you need this information.

I'm not the anti-vax PP you were responding to but I came to this thread to figure out why I'm seeing people online talk about this child who died.

They seem to be saying the child who died of measles, actually was hospitalized with RSV AND Pneumonia as well and then picked up measles in the hospital.

I've seen that two places now. But they won't cite their source of that information. I came here to see if anyone was also saying that? But apparently not.

Anyhow - that's what is going around the anti-vax, measles isn't that big a deal TikTok world - the child had "pre existing conditions" of RSV and Pneumonio, and then acquired measles while in the hospital. So they didn't die "of measles".

Even *if* that information were true (again - no source for it) -- STILL -- they would have died of the measles. Because a sick child in the hospital should not be getting measles - which could kill him in his weakened state. That's exactly why you vaccinate your kids - so if they are sick with other things, vaccine preventable diseases don't kill them.

This is what people don’t seem to understand.

What you don't understand is that pneumonia is deadly in and of its own. In fact it's very dangerous for you to not understand it because vaccination against respiratory viruses isn't going to guarantee protection from bacterial pneumonia that can kill you. You should always get an xray after you feel like you cannot get better fast enough from a bad respiratory virus case and not count on it to go away on its own. Antibiotics are effective and save lives if diagnosed early enough. Most people dying from flu die from pneumonia that gets too advanced. it's likely RSV that's created this complication . RSV vaccine is not mandatory.

Anyway, vast majority of kids are vaccinated, mine too and I am not worried. I am still trying to find out why all of you are so worried given that I am pretty sure your kids are vaccinated?

1. Children too young to be effectively vaccinated
- About 1.1% of the US population is <1 year old -- that's 3.74 million infants in the US
- https://www.americashealthrankings.org/explore/measures/pct_infant

2. People with genetic immunodeficiencies that prevent effective vaccination
- About 4.5/10,000 of the US population has a primary immunodeficiency (primary B-cell immunodeficiency, primary T-cell immunodeficiency, complement deficiency, or PMN deficiency) -- that's about 153,000 people in the US
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4009347/
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3. People on chemotherapy and other chronic medical disease treatment(e.g., autoimmune disorders) that suppresses their immune resistance to measles
- If you really want a deep dive on this and it would make a difference to someone's beliefs, I will calculate, but it's certainly in the millions

4. A single dose of measles vaccine confers about 95% protection, and two doses gets it to "over 99%"
- Even if the vaccine effectiveness is 99.9%, that's not 100%
- When you are talking about large numbers of people, that adds up -- for 99.9% effectiveness, 0.1% of the US population is about 340,000 people across the US. If it's 99.5%, that would be about 1.7 million people across the US
- https://www.cdc.gov/pinkbook/hcp/table-of-contents/chapter-13-measles.html

You are talking about millions to tens of million vulnerable people across the country, even if every single person who can get vaccinated, does so. That is why herd immunity is important.

This is a fantastic explanation from someone that knows science and the importance of herd immunity. Unfortunately, MAGAs won't understand.

[Anonymous]

RFK pivots and supports MMR for kids. go figure.

anti-Vaxx community's heads collectively explode.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RFK pivots and supports MMR for kids. go figure.

anti-Vaxx community's heads collectively explode.

Lol now everyone hates him. Good job!