Reply to Unvaxxed child in Texas just died of the measles

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "Unvaxxed child in Texas just died of the measles"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Retired infectious disease doctor here, who has never personally seen a case of measles. The news of the measles outbreak and death of a child is a failure for public health. In 1983, measles was nearly eradicated, but due to funding 
[/quote]

PP. I’ve had that glass of wine. If you are curious about your measles status, you can get a titer drawn, as several PP’s have noted already. A titer was mandatory when I was in med school, and out of a class of 150+, we all passed, thanks to MMR.

Measles is the overachiever when it comes to Hollywood style infectiousness. The R0, or R not, is a measure of infectiousness, and tells you how many community infections will result from a single case. The common cold R0 is 2-3. Flu is 1-2. Covid is 2-4. Measles is 12-18. Norovirus is only around 3-4 or so, so that should tell you something about the contagious power of measles.

The only other disease that comes close is pertussis, or whooping cough, and no surprise, that is also starting to come back.

Now that the cdc is being muzzled, it is up to our excellent and hardworking local health departments of towns, counties, and states to pick up the slack. Thank you to all of them. [/quote]

Titers cost money. Vaccines are free for me.  I’m getting my second shingles vaccine next week. What’s the harm in getting a measles vaccine if I’m already immune?  I had them at age 4.  I also got Rubella at age 19 even though I had the vaccine nine years prior.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics