• daannii@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    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?