Scouser wrote:
WhenI was in Grade School, measles was no big deal. It was way before the MMR vaccinations were even thought of.
Typically, Little Johnny would come into class and say to the teacher, "Please Miss, my sister won't be in for a few days, she's got measles". The prevalent attitude was, OK, let's get this over with before the holidays.
So why do we break out the Hazmat suits and go into Level 3 lock-down when someone even whispers the word?
Something must have changed!
Actually, pre vaccine there was a measles epidemic every 2-3 years which would kill over 2,000,000 people worldwide. In countries like the US and UK the death rate was around 1 per 1000. In some 3rd world countries it was 1 in 5. We barely think of measles anymore because of the vaccine. It had actually been considered as wiped out in the US until a few years back when the anti-vax crusades started. Since then there have been several outbreaks.