Well if this is relevant, saw a Brady Bunch episode on METV about the Brady kids getting the measles, and it was no big deal. The kids got a few days out of school.
The danger is mainly from high fever. Other possible complications include diarrhea, ear infections and pneumonia, each in about 7% of cases. Also, less commonly, seizures, blindness and inflammation of the brain.
So, measles can be serious, but not usually.
My siblings and I got measles as kids. Everyone did fine. Never heard of anyone dying or having problems from it.
And considering the improvement in medical care and anti-biotics/virals/inflammatories a lot of those can be prevented.
And it confers lifetime immunity. Depending on somewhat unreliable vaccines and supplies puts a lot of people at risk, especially those who get it as adults.
from Johns Hopkins:
“At best, measles is a very uncomfortable illness. At worst, it can be lethal. Most commonly, the infection causes high fever, cough, conjunctivitis (red, runny eyes), runny nose and a rash that begins on the face and eventually covers the entire body. The illness lasts about a week if there are no complications.
When complications do occur, they can include ear infections, pneumonia, and encephalitis or inflammation of the brain that can lead to permanent neurologic damage and even death. On average, measles kills between one and three of every 1,000 infected children.”
330,000,000 population USA:
Deaths by measles during past 10 years: less than 1/year
Deaths from constipation: 150/year
People panicking are full of crap.
Back in the day, the real danger was only to pregnant women and infants.
Families would literally have ‘measles parties’ to expose their children.
With the appalling health of today’s children - diet, inactivity, jabs, etc. - I have no doubt that the health risk between measles & the vaccine is a crap shoot.
Still, if I had youngsters today, I’d choose ‘no’ for them and opt for direct exposure later. Obviously the medical nazis have made such a choice as difficult as possible...
I remember my parents exposing me to a friend’s child who had measles. You did that to get immunity going. It was a common practice. They had “measles parties.” We didn’t need a “vaccine”. What changed?
I and my 3 sisters went to a measles party when I was 5.
We hosted a chicken pox party a year later.
Well, here’s the thing.
Those of us who know too much no longer trust vaccines or Big Medicine so we’re inclined to not take any shots.
Now that vaxes have been Frankensteined and doctors lie about it (while raking in big bucks for convincing people to take the shots) there is almost zero trust in any of it.
Measles is not a horror, measles is much less deadly than say, the covid shot.
What’s in an MMR shot these days? Does anyone know?
As a kid, I got 3 day measles, German measles, twice. And, I am 82 and still here.
I had the Measles. Many kids did.