>That research, conducted over the past decade by the immunologist and medical doctor Michael Mina and others, revealed that measles destroys immune cells. Even people who recover from the virus lose much of their immune memory, and therefore the protection they had acquired from prior infections or vaccines to all the other childhood illnesses. This leaves survivors more vulnerable to many other diseases for years afterward. Worse, these victims may now face those childhood diseases, to which they lost immune protections, as older children, which puts them more at risk for complications.
That is scary, the implication seems to be that a lot of other child deaths that we hadn't attributed to measles may in fact be related to measles when it was widespread, making measles dangerous than previously thought.
Surviving alone might not mean you're out of the woods.
A compromised immune system could lead to ... fatality?
Or not. I had measles about 25 years ago. I was very sick but I lived to tell about it and without any obvious long term effects. Most who have polio are not nearly so lucky.
(We had a polio survivor as President, FDR, and very recently the Senate Majority Leader. People survive both. Both are preventable, dangerous diseases.)
Ontario is having an outbreak also. This seems to be spreading, and I'm unsure if it is only connected to the Mennonite community. Ontario has a large Mennonite community, and South Texas does, too.
>That research, conducted over the past decade by the immunologist and medical doctor Michael Mina and others, revealed that measles destroys immune cells. Even people who recover from the virus lose much of their immune memory, and therefore the protection they had acquired from prior infections or vaccines to all the other childhood illnesses. This leaves survivors more vulnerable to many other diseases for years afterward. Worse, these victims may now face those childhood diseases, to which they lost immune protections, as older children, which puts them more at risk for complications.
That is scary, the implication seems to be that a lot of other child deaths that we hadn't attributed to measles may in fact be related to measles when it was widespread, making measles dangerous than previously thought.
Surviving alone might not mean you're out of the woods.
Measles is not really that bad --- just wait for a polio outbreak.
Anti-vaxers are a danger not just to themselves but to others they have contact with.
Religious voodoo is not an effective treatment or preventative --- proven over and over again all over the world.
https://apnews.com/article/australia-manslaughter-diabetes-t...
I think the article actually implies measles is potentially worse than previously thought due to it's impact on the immune system.
Measles may affect your immune system --- polio can affect your ability to walk, talk, eat or go to the bathroom by yourself.
Sure, but measles may make you unable to fight off polio.
And all the other stuff.
(Plus, it can paralyze/kill you, just like polio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacute_sclerosing_panencepha...)
Not sure you're making your point. A compromised immune system could lead to ... fatality?
A compromised immune system could lead to ... fatality?
Or not. I had measles about 25 years ago. I was very sick but I lived to tell about it and without any obvious long term effects. Most who have polio are not nearly so lucky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_falls_survived_without...
"I turned out fine" is great. Plenty didn't.
(We had a polio survivor as President, FDR, and very recently the Senate Majority Leader. People survive both. Both are preventable, dangerous diseases.)
Ontario is having an outbreak also. This seems to be spreading, and I'm unsure if it is only connected to the Mennonite community. Ontario has a large Mennonite community, and South Texas does, too.
Ontario Measles Outbreak
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/02/27/canada-Ontario-me...
https://archive.today/Bmnds