Why Is Measles Vaccination So Important?
Slack E., Arnoldini M., Latorre D., Aslani S., Biagioli V., Cruz T., Dünki NE., Eichelberg ACJ., Goldiger M., Howald N., Marastoni G., Marti T., Peterhans V., Selvakumar L., Winterberg A.
Measles is a dangerous and nasty disease caused by the measles virus. The virus spreads quickly from person to person, and there is no cure. A successful vaccine had almost completely eliminated the disease from America and Europe. Unfortunately, due to scare-stories and fake news, many people stopped getting the vaccine. This has allowed the disease to come back. Here we explain: (1) what measles is; (2) how the vaccine works; and (3) why the scare-stories are not true.