Pneumonia. As many as 1 out of every 20 children with measles gets pneumonia, the most common cause of death from measles in young children.

Encephalitis. About 1 child out of every 1,000 who get measles will develop encephalitis (swelling of the brain). This can lead to convulsions and leave the child deaf or with intellectual disability.

Death. Nearly 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children who become infected with measles will die from respiratory and neurologic complications.
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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a very rare, but fatal disease of the central nervous system. It results from a measles virus infection acquired earlier in life.
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SSPE generally develops 7 to 10 years after a person has measles, even though the person seems to have fully recovered from the illness.
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Among people who contracted measles during the resurgence in the United States in 1989 to 1991, 7 to 11 out of every 100,000 were estimated to be at risk for developing SSPE. The risk of developing SSPE may be higher for a person who gets measles before they are 2 years of age.

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms/index.html

Anonymous wrote:My youngest is under 6 months and this terrifies me.

Measles elimination in the United States

In 1978, CDC set a goal to eliminate measles from the United States by 1982. Although this goal was not met, widespread use of measles vaccine drastically reduced the disease rates. By 1981, the number of reported measles cases was 80% less compared with the previous year.

However, a 1989 measles outbreaks among vaccinated school-aged children prompted the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) to recommend a second dose of MMR vaccine for all children. Following widespread implementation of this recommendation and improvements in first-dose MMR vaccine coverage, reported measles cases declined even more.

Historic achievement

Measles was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000. This meant the absence of the continuous spread of disease was greater than 12 months. This was thanks to a highly effective vaccination program in the United States, as well as better measles control in the Americas region.

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html

Anonymous wrote:My daughter has lupus and is immuno-depressed. My best friend's spouse had a bone marrow transplant and until he could get all his childhood vaccines, was entirely vulnerable. There are people like this all over the world.

Our duty is to be careful how we approach families with vulnerable people in them. If you see someone wearing a mask, don't laugh and point. They have good reason to.

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Anonymous wrote:If you're vaccinated, it shouldn't matter. If you're not, well, good luck.

The people who were vaccinated and only had passing exposure will be fine. But whoever was next to them taking in that overwhelming viral assault for several hours might want to keep a lookout for symptoms.

Wrong. Vaccines work. If you are vaccinated you are completely protected. If you can’t be vaccinated for a legitimate reason, the you rely on others to do it for you and that’s where the problem is.

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Anonymous wrote:My youngest is under 6 months and this terrifies me.

This is why you don’t take infants who can’t be vaccinated to crowded places.

Anonymous wrote:If you're vaccinated, it shouldn't matter. If you're not, well, good luck.

Measles Vaccine Efficacy

- Antibodies develop in approximately 95% of children vaccinated at age 12 months and over 99% of children who receive 2 doses

Immunity long-term and probably lifelong in most persons

Measles antibodies develop in approximately 95% of children vaccinated at age 12 months. Seroconversion rates are similar for single-antigen measles, MMR vaccine, and MMRV vaccine. Approximately 2% to 7% of children who receive only 1 dose of MMR vaccine fail to respond to it, i.e., they experience primary vaccine failure. MMR vaccine failure can occur because of passive antibody in the vaccine recipient, immaturity of the immune system, damaged vaccine, or other reasons. Most persons who fail to respond to the first dose will respond to a second dose. Studies indicate that more than 99% of persons who receive 2 doses of measles vaccine (with the first dose administered no earlier than the first birthday) develop serologic evidence of measles immunity.

https://www.cdc.gov/pinkbook/hcp/table-of-contents/chapter-13-measles.html

Anonymous wrote:Back in 2020-22 covid days people quickly stopped worrying or even being performative about not infecting others, including the elderly or immunocompromised.

People "needed to live their lives."
I privately wondered if it would have been different if it were children, not elders, at high risk.

Well, now we have measles. Yes, kids. Yes, babies. Yes, this time actually preventable with vaccines...but my freedoms!

Eventually measles exposure won't be reported. People will "live their lives."

Welcome to the 1950s. I remember them well. Got measles. Got glasses after.

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Anonymous wrote:They are at the March of Life because of course they were. Hope all of the unvaccinated MAHA forced birthers get the measles. I can’t wish ill on their kids though because it is not their fault but if one of those 18 year old boys gets it, it gonna cry.

They only care about unborn life.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're vaccinated, it shouldn't matter. If you're not, well, good luck.

The people who were vaccinated and only had passing exposure will be fine. But whoever was next to them taking in that overwhelming viral assault for several hours might want to keep a lookout for symptoms.

Wrong. Vaccines work. If you are vaccinated you are completely protected. If you can’t be vaccinated for a legitimate reason, the you rely on others to do it for you and that’s where the problem is.

Actually, if you’ve had one dose, you’re about 93% protected and if you’ve had two doses, you are 97% protected. Even vaccinated individuals are not “completely protected”. And I say this as someone who was recently informed
by the state health department that since I was identified as a potential contact of someone with measles, I am considered “protected” since I’m vaccinated, but I still need to monitor for symptoms for 21 days.

Anonymous wrote:They are at the March of Life because of course they were. Hope all of the unvaccinated MAHA forced birthers get the measles. I can’t wish ill on their kids though because it is not their fault but if one of those 18 year old boys gets it, it gonna cry.

Anonymous wrote:My youngest is under 6 months and this terrifies me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're vaccinated, it shouldn't matter. If you're not, well, good luck.

The people who were vaccinated and only had passing exposure will be fine. But whoever was next to them taking in that overwhelming viral assault for several hours might want to keep a lookout for symptoms.

Wrong. Vaccines work. If you are vaccinated you are completely protected. If you can’t be vaccinated for a legitimate reason, the you rely on others to do it for you and that’s where the problem is.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you're vaccinated, it shouldn't matter. If you're not, well, good luck.

The people who were vaccinated and only had passing exposure will be fine. But whoever was next to them taking in that overwhelming viral assault for several hours might want to keep a lookout for symptoms.

Wrong. Vaccines work. If you are vaccinated you are completely protected. If you can’t be vaccinated for a legitimate reason, the you rely on others to do it for you and that’s where the problem is.