It’s been a little over a year since I wrote about the impact of Measles morbillivirus on our ancestors, here. And it’s been a little over a year since the ongoing pandemic...
Absolutely. It breaks my heart to see these outbreaks of measles, chicken pox, and other avoidable diseases today. I caught measles as a 12-year old because of a failure in my early-batch vaccine in the 1960s. The high fever and intolerable itchiness for 10 days or more will stay with me. My husband caught chicken pox as an adult (a decade or so before the vaccine was available) what a horrible — and terrifying disease. Extreme fevers and pustules? Yikes.
Absolutely. It breaks my heart to see these outbreaks of measles, chicken pox, and other avoidable diseases today. I caught measles as a 12-year old because of a failure in my early-batch vaccine in the 1960s. The high fever and intolerable itchiness for 10 days or more will stay with me. My husband caught chicken pox as an adult (a decade or so before the vaccine was available) what a horrible — and terrifying disease. Extreme fevers and pustules? Yikes.