skhayfa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoTexas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growingarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up1430arrow-down13
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minus-squarekudra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·7 hours agoYup. It’s why so many died, not from measles, but from other diseases in the 3-5 years after they had measles. IIRC they only really worked this out in the last 5-10 years because of the amount of data to comb through.
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoChickenpox, mmr viruses is deadly to adults. Ever seen a adult get chickenpox, the poxes actually hurt more than it itches
Yup. It’s why so many died, not from measles, but from other diseases in the 3-5 years after they had measles. IIRC they only really worked this out in the last 5-10 years because of the amount of data to comb through.
Chickenpox, mmr viruses is deadly to adults. Ever seen a adult get chickenpox, the poxes actually hurt more than it itches