(02-01-2015 02:33 PM)EverRespect Wrote: (02-01-2015 01:34 PM)mptnstr@44 Wrote: (02-01-2015 01:04 PM)EverRespect Wrote: Has anyone died?
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In the US, not yet, thankfully.
Then why the panic?
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I'm not panicked. I'm fully vaccinated including boosters. (although of the new cases, two are people who were vaccinated who have contracted it although it is not known if they were fully vaccinated.)
For those who aren't vaccinated, it is a scary time especially for children.
1 in 20 children who contract will get pneumonia and die.
1 in 1000 will get encephalitis (brain swelling) and suffer brain damage or hearing loss.
From the one person infected in Disneyland there are now 84 people infected.
When you are a carrier you don't know it for a few days before you exhibit symptoms and can easily expose others since the contagion is airborne. Measles is considered the disease easiest to spread out of control due to its airborne delivery.
Examples of how easily this could spread nationally:
One of the recently infected road an Amtrak train in NY. How many people did that person expose in a confined train car?
Another went to a Costco in the Bay Area. How many people did that infected person expose walking the aisles looking at merchandise?
To those who choose to not vaccinate, is the tiny risk associated with vaccinating (and the risk is infinitesimal) worth the real possibility of your child getting measles and possibly dying or being permanently damaged by encephalitis?