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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow contagious is measles
In comparison with some other infectious diseases?
Here is a good graph to demonstrate it.

Peacetrain
(23,803 posts)and thank you for the graph!!!
SheltieLover
(64,450 posts)
Wounded Bear
(61,531 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(159,892 posts)Measles is very very contagious
Skittles
(162,525 posts)imagine how pleasant THAT was
moonshinegnomie
(3,207 posts)Imagine a person with measles walks thru a room. 2 hours later an unvaxxed person walks thru the same room
Theres a 90% chance they get measles
boonecreek
(724 posts)Now I'm wondering if the virus going active again is going to mutate so
vaccinated people are at risk and people with natural immunity are too.
usedtobedemgurl
(1,574 posts)Say it does not mutate like covid does. Small blessings.
IronLionZion
(48,057 posts)it would be nice to eradicate some of those others too but antivaxxers want to make them great again.
Exp
(197 posts)
mamajudi
(59 posts)I was born late 52 the measles vax came out in 63 I think. My brother caught it and my mother closed all the curtains in the house to darken it as much as possible. I didnt get it. He also caught the mumps I escaped it. So now I have a 9 month old grandson and his parents are very .shall I say vaccine hesitant . They are going to vaccinate but not sure when. Which galls me I have to admit. I remember getting the polio vaccine via a sugar cube! So now we have a very serious outbreak and it made me very nervous. I dont recall being vaccinated for measles, and had I gotten it when it came out it would have been a killed virus and is not as effective. So, I got it and the only side effect I had was when it was given stung like hell. Nothing afterward tho. Not even a sore arm. And I always have side effects from vaccines. So when I read that drug addled mind of RFK jr say that the vaccine can have worse side effects than having the disease I want to chuck a brick at his head. Well that is my PSA for today. If you are concerned, get the vaccine. It wont be a problem and you will be told to repeat it in a month. Not a big deal. I dont want to get it, or accidentally give it to my baby grandson.