37 dead as measles cases spike in Europe

[RandySF]

The World Health Organization says the number of measles cases in Europe jumped sharply during the first six months of 2018 and at least 37 people have died.

The World Health Organization says the number of measles cases in Europe jumped sharply during the first six months of 2018 and at least 37 people have died.

The agency said half — some 23,000 cases — this year occurred in Ukraine, where an insurgency backed by Russia has been fighting the government for four years in the east in a conflict that has killed over 10,000 people.

France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Russia and Serbia also had more than 1,000 measles infections each so far this year.

Measles, among the world’s most contagious diseases, is a virus that’s spread in the air through coughing or sneezing. It can be prevented with a vaccine that’s been in use since the 1960s, but health officials say vaccination rates of at least 95 percent are needed to prevent epidemics.


https://globalnews.ca/news/4397490/measles-europe/

[3catwoman3]

1. About 3 years ago, there was a measles outbreak...

...in one of the Chicago suburbs not for from the pediatric office where I work. Quite a number of our vaccine reluctant parents were moved to get the MMR for their kids.

[enough]

2. K&R. NT

[LeftishBrit]

3. k&r

[Scurrilous]

4. K&R

[hunter]

5. In a world where humans were rational measles would no longer exist.

[Omaha Steve]

6. K&R!

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. I had measles when I was about 6 or 7.

I was really sick. Today I would have been hospitalized.

We just all got all those childhood diseases and it was considered normal. I had chickenpox and mumps. We were on vacation when I got mumps. I just stayed in the tent. Unbelievable.

The girls next door had whooping cough. Their mother just went to work and left them. No big deal.

And polio was going through, too. My brother and I were in the hospital for a few days because the doctor was afraid we had polio. We didn't.

People just don't realize how dangerous those old diseases were. We are so lucky to gave vaccines now.

[OnDoutside]

8. It's a combination of immigrants coming from countries where the vaccine is not administered and

far worse, F**kin idiots believing the conspiracy theory bullshit, and not getting their kids inoculated.

[Calculating]

9. Anti-vaxxers are a scourge

I sincerely hate them. They're standing in the way of eradicating terrible diseases. There's no reason why we can't make all of these diseases extinct like we did to smallpox.