• daannii@lemmy.world
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      12 minutes 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?