Measles
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Most people don't take them seriously, but they are.
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Perhaps the numbers are accurate worldwide. But they are most certainly not accurate for the U.S., by several orders of magnitude:
https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html |
Think global, act local.
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Despite Trump's best efforts, foreigners will continue to visit, so eliminating Measles in the US can't really be declared complete unless it's eliminated from the world.
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I heard something on the radio re measles, in the middle of the night.
I was only half awake but I think it was this report: Quote:
I'm always surprised as to how seriously the infection is taken now. As a child it was just something that you ticked off a list of childhood infections like chicken pox. In some senses a rite of passage. And you could always be sure of a week off school. :) Unless, like me, you caught it in the summer holidays. |
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