skhayfa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTexas official warns against “measles parties” as outbreak keeps growingarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square200fedilinkarrow-up1780arrow-down17
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minus-squareLustyArgonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·5 days agoMeasles can cause immune amnesia, meaning your immune system forgets past illnesses and will have to go through initial sicknesses again.
minus-squarekudra@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·5 days agoYup. It’s why so many died, not from measles, but from other diseases in the 3-5 years after they had measles. IIRC they only really worked this out in the last 5-10 years because of the amount of data to comb through.
minus-squareLedericas@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoChickenpox, mmr viruses is deadly to adults. Ever seen a adult get chickenpox, the poxes actually hurt more than it itches
Measles can cause immune amnesia, meaning your immune system forgets past illnesses and will have to go through initial sicknesses again.
Yup. It’s why so many died, not from measles, but from other diseases in the 3-5 years after they had measles. IIRC they only really worked this out in the last 5-10 years because of the amount of data to comb through.
Chickenpox, mmr viruses is deadly to adults. Ever seen a adult get chickenpox, the poxes actually hurt more than it itches