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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://x.com/jeromeadamsmd/status/2006372618912362770?s=46&t=kf1qYlCXQnKgUhJWEIu2vg[/twitter][/quote]
I guess we’ll see piles of bodies any day now right?[/quote]

You get to wait several years for the lucky ones whose measles develops into subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. There's no cure. You just try to make them more comfortable and wait for them to die:

[quote]Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a progressive, disabling, and deadly brain disorder related to measles (rubeola) infection.

The disease develops many years after the measles infection.

Normally, the measles virus does not cause brain damage. However, an abnormal immune response to measles or, possibly, certain variant forms of the virus may cause severe illness and death. This response leads to brain inflammation (swelling and irritation) that may last for years.

SSPE has been reported in all parts of the world, but in western countries it is a rare disease.

Very few cases are seen in the United States since the nationwide measles vaccination program began. SSPE tends to occur several years after a person has measles, even though the person seems to have fully recovered from the illness. Males are more often affected than females. The disease generally occurs in children and adolescents.

Symptoms of SSPE occur in four general stages. With each stage, the symptoms are worse than the stage before:

[b]Stage I[/b]: There may be personality changes, mood swings, or depression. Fever and headache may also be present. This stage may last up to 6 months.

[b]Stage II[/b]: There may be uncontrolled movement problems including jerking and muscle spasms. Other symptoms that may occur in this stage are loss of vision, dementia, and seizures.

[b]Stage III[/b]: Jerking movements are replaced by writhing (twisting) movements and rigidity. Death may occur from complications.

[b]Stage IV[/b]: Areas of the brain that regulate breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure are damaged. This leads to coma and then death.
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