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Originally Posted by RICH1
I'm in my 60s and remember having the measles inoculation many years ago, are we still protected from the Measles?
Evidently these Afghans are bringing in measles and other diseases and are free to enter towns near the Bases! I'm hoping to get a Doctor to respond but I'm sure some expert will tackle this question
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You are justified to be concerned not just with Afghans entering the US but also the 2 million illegals entering the US from the southern border being dumped in unknown locations all over the US. A man in Pinellas County, Florida in 2019 was hospitalized from measles acquired from someone who came back from overseas. Who knows how many persons he was in contact with. I will listen to our physician regarding a measles vaccination for us.
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Measles killed an estimated 207,500 people last year after a decade-long failure to reach optimal vaccination coverage, resulting in the highest number of cases for 23 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) and US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said in a joint report on Thursday.
The death toll in 2019 was 50 per cent higher than a historic low reached in 2016, and all WHO regions saw an increase in cases, adding up to a global total of 869,770.