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Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say (www.ksl.com)

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"It is not a mild infection, it is not a mild virus; it is a severe illness. And they kept on telling me they wish they'd known beforehand how bad measles was, so that they could have protected their family," she said.

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

we had eradicated it

Clearly we hadn't.

We horded the vaccine domestically, patented efficient methods for manufacturer and distribution, and curtailed it's use in states we considered too poor or too evil.

Some of the highest rates of measles today can be found in Yemen, a country we've been bombing since the early '10s.

We didn't exterminate the disease. We incubated it. And now we're reaping what we've sown.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

we also curtail other vaccines too, like HPV limited to women MOSTLY unless some how you can convince your doc/insurance to approve it, Meningicoccal menigitis vaccine, we know majority isnt "susceptible" enough to be eligble but still.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

There's also the shingles vaccine, which (at least, in the US) is typically reserved for those 50+. I could understand if they limited the vaccine for those young enough to have been immunized against chicken pox. However, that vaccine wasn't released here until 1995, well after many of us (particularly Millennials and younger Gen X) already caught the disease. This leaves those of us under 50 in a vulnerable gap, where we're susceptible to shingles, but not allowed to be vaccinated against it. Of course it's especially dangerous for older folks, but that doesn't mean shingles won't kick the ass of an otherwise healthy 35 year old.

I personally fall into this gap, and I'm pretty pissed about it. I know people younger than me who've already experienced shingles, and it's frankly terrifying.