Health officials plead with residents to vaccinate against measles as Utah hits 358 infections.

“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.

  • InvalidName2@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Sounds great in theory, absolutely rancid in practice. It would lead to a massive increase in infections in people who actually did get vaccinated or who are otherwise immunocompromised.