vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoWith over 900 US measles cases so far this year, things are looking bleakarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down11cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up184arrow-down1external-linkWith over 900 US measles cases so far this year, things are looking bleakarstechnica.comvegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squaredaannii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 hours agoSo I had the measles back in the mid 90s (the last outbreak). I was vaccinated but still got it cause vaccinations aren’t 100%. I was young. I was hospitalized for like a week. My mom says I almost died. My memories of it are vague but I do recall being hospitalized. Pneumonia. Something about a kidney infection too. Maybe from being in bad condition. Measles can damage hearing. Permanently. Measles encephalitis. That can also cause brain damage resulting in permanent cognitive disability. I was fortunately not one of them. But that can happen. This isn’t some common cold. Measles kills children or can leave them disabled. Wtf is wrong with people?
So I had the measles back in the mid 90s (the last outbreak). I was vaccinated but still got it cause vaccinations aren’t 100%.
I was young. I was hospitalized for like a week. My mom says I almost died.
My memories of it are vague but I do recall being hospitalized. Pneumonia. Something about a kidney infection too. Maybe from being in bad condition.
Measles can damage hearing. Permanently. Measles encephalitis. That can also cause brain damage resulting in permanent cognitive disability.
I was fortunately not one of them. But that can happen.
This isn’t some common cold.
Measles kills children or can leave them disabled.
Wtf is wrong with people?