Charlie McHenry<p>Measles by itself is not highly lethal, but the danger it poses is serious for three reasons.</p><p>First, it is the most contagious disease known to humankind. The Spanish Flu had an infection rate of 1.5-2. Measles has an infection rate of 12-18.</p><p>Second, Measles can hide in the body for years, cross the blood-brain barrier, and cause death long after you forgot about it.</p><p>Third, the extreme danger of measles is what it does to your immune system. Throughout your life, as your body contracts and fights off diseases, it keeps a record of how to fight those diseases. Measles comes in and burns 20-70% of those records, so that the next time you catch a sniffle it might turn into a life-threatening lung infection. —summation of the linked podcast by u/animorphsgeek <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Measles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measles</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/MeaslesOutbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeaslesOutbreak</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Epidemiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Epidemiology</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/HHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HHS</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/RFKjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKjr</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/epidemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epidemic</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Childhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Childhood</span></a></p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vT06iyulNVNk3qIQ87w2JYnkKT-H5-UdJ26WkVXFIe4Y_OgFFq9QIbe0RBPutEFZIuHbg9vIyuuoBSL/pub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/e/2</span><span class="invisible">PACX-1vT06iyulNVNk3qIQ87w2JYnkKT-H5-UdJ26WkVXFIe4Y_OgFFq9QIbe0RBPutEFZIuHbg9vIyuuoBSL/pub</span></a></p>