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Old 07-28-2011, 06:11 PM  
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Originally Posted by PR_Glen View Post
so much for measles happening to only the malnourished huh?

http://news.health.com/2010/03/22/me...cinated-child/

found this from cnn today, no idea why an old article was found on the main health page, but doesn't make it less true...
Measles can be caught by anyone who doesn't already have immunity to it. It is the malnourished who are damaged by it.

Measles is good for you if you're not malnourished, after measles we go on a growth spurt, we are left immune to various tumours, our immune system has learned how to kick ass. It's also been observed that artistic ability takes a giant stride forward.

Saying we should vaccinate against measles is like saying we should vaccinate caterpillars to stop them from going into cocoons. To the uninformed it will look like a caterpillar is dying in the cocoon, lying there motionless, but if we vaccinated them against going into cocoons we'd wipe them out.
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