Outbreak Of Measles

[Medic Mike]

 

- in addition, most people born before 1957 usually are immune to the disease because of natural selection of somatic and germ cells in their system.

I have no idea about other countries, but in Sweden the immunity among people born back then I suppouse most had these illnesses as children   :)

 

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The dead ones being all grown ups or children being weak BEFORE measles started?

 

Back when many got measles in Sweden, I never heared of any deaths, and the kids DIDN'T needed to meet  any doctor, recovering anyway. The only dangerous we were told was GROWN UPS can become infertile by some such "child deceases" so we kind of were happy if we got these illnesses as children   :)

 

....measles is still common in other countries. The virus is highly contagious and can spread rapidly in areas where vaccination is not widespread. It is estimated that in 2006 there were 242,000 measles deaths worldwide—that equals about 663 deaths every day or 27 deaths every hour. If vaccinations were stopped, measles cases would return to pre-vaccine levels and hundreds of people would die from measles-related illnesses.

 

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/measles/faqs-dis-vac-risks.htm

[Thomas]

 

 

- in addition, most people born before 1957 usually are immune to the disease because of natural selection of somatic and germ cells in their system.

I have no idea about other countries, but in Sweden the immunity among people born back then I suppouse most had these illnesses as children   :)

 

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The dead ones being all grown ups or children being weak BEFORE measles started?

 

Back when many got measles in Sweden, I never heared of any deaths, and the kids DIDN'T needed to meet  any doctor, recovering anyway. The only dangerous we were told was GROWN UPS can become infertile by some such "child deceases" so we kind of were happy if we got these illnesses as children   :)

 

....measles is still common in other countries. The virus is highly contagious and can spread rapidly in areas where vaccination is not widespread. It is estimated that in 2006 there were 242,000 measles deaths worldwide—that equals about 663 deaths every day or 27 deaths every hour. If vaccinations were stopped, measles cases would return to pre-vaccine levels and hundreds of people would die from measles-related illnesses.

 

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/measles/faqs-dis-vac-risks.htm

 

Yes, but WHO risk to die?   Many kids got ill in the 50ties/60ties in Sweden, but I never heared of anyone even needed to go to hospital. I had it myself and it was just kind of as having a harder flue, but some more itching  :)  (I had more than one "child deseese but I don't remember which itched most.)  I believe it took 2 weeks to recover for me.

[Steve GCC]

The only dangerous we were told was GROWN UPS can become infertile by some such "child deceases" so we kind of were happy if we got these illnesses as children  

 

I remember the same in the UK. My parents would take me to friends that had Measles, chicken pox etc.  Luckily not infertile now with 4 kids :)

[Thomas]

 

The only dangerous we were told was GROWN UPS can become infertile by some such "child deceases" so we kind of were happy if we got these illnesses as children  

 

I remember the same in the UK. My parents would take me to friends that had Measles, chicken pox etc.  Luckily not infertile now with 4 kids :)

I were told it's only unfertility risk for grown ups.