But we do know that 1 in about every 1,000 cases of measles leads to encephalitis, and that encephalitis has been reported after vaccination in about 1 out of every 3 million doses of the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine.
I’m not a parent but I’m wrestling with the idea of how protective a parent is of their child. It’s difficult to understand their fear, especially in light of the dangerous rhetoric today. I think dangerous is an understatement of how awful the situation is.
When I ask others what they think the R0 of covid was they usually guess a 9 or 15. The shock and perspective falling into place when I tell them at the height of the pandemic, covid only had an R0 of 2-3. Measles has an R0 of ~ 12-18. It’s steadily increased with new variants, fueled by mutations and further exacerbated by the antivax movement. Sure Covid had a higher mortality rate that the measles , roughly 20-30:1000 people vs. the measles mortality of 1:1000. But these are our kids…
To say RFK and the heritage foundations agenda is precarious is an understatement. It’s recklessly inept and will have potentially calamitous consequences. The erasure of facts or data from government sites like the CDC makes it difficult to trust. Our professors tell us record everything. Log everything. Copy everything from your eText or scan pages from the schools copy in the library; keep it safe, for it may vanish a few years from now.
