Dr. Adam Ratner

And they knew that even though most kids do fine with measles and are better after about a week, there are rare cases where children have to go to the hospital, they have pneumonia, and occasionally, unfortunately, they die.

And they knew that even though most kids do fine with measles and are better after about a week, there are rare cases where children have to go to the hospital, they have pneumonia, and occasionally, unfortunately, they die.

And they knew that even though most kids do fine with measles and are better after about a week, there are rare cases where children have to go to the hospital, they have pneumonia, and occasionally, unfortunately, they die.

So measles is the most contagious disease that we know of. It is more contagious than flu. It is more contagious than polio. It's more contagious than Ebola. It's more contagious than COVID. So in a susceptible population, measles can infect 90% of the population immediately. Easily.

So measles is the most contagious disease that we know of. It is more contagious than flu. It is more contagious than polio. It's more contagious than Ebola. It's more contagious than COVID. So in a susceptible population, measles can infect 90% of the population immediately. Easily.

So measles is the most contagious disease that we know of. It is more contagious than flu. It is more contagious than polio. It's more contagious than Ebola. It's more contagious than COVID. So in a susceptible population, measles can infect 90% of the population immediately. Easily.

If someone with measles walks into a room of people who have not been vaccinated and haven't had measles before, 90% of those people will get infected with measles from that one person. And that is much more infectious than most things that we generally deal with. And so it's a...

If someone with measles walks into a room of people who have not been vaccinated and haven't had measles before, 90% of those people will get infected with measles from that one person. And that is much more infectious than most things that we generally deal with. And so it's a...

If someone with measles walks into a room of people who have not been vaccinated and haven't had measles before, 90% of those people will get infected with measles from that one person. And that is much more infectious than most things that we generally deal with. And so it's a...

And so measles is an indicator for whether there is vaccination going on, whether people are protected because it is so very infectious. The thing about measles is that most kids with measles do fine, but there are these rare measles. There are kids who get pneumonia. There are kids who die of measles. One or two in a thousand children who get measles will die.

And so measles is an indicator for whether there is vaccination going on, whether people are protected because it is so very infectious. The thing about measles is that most kids with measles do fine, but there are these rare measles. There are kids who get pneumonia. There are kids who die of measles. One or two in a thousand children who get measles will die.

And so measles is an indicator for whether there is vaccination going on, whether people are protected because it is so very infectious. The thing about measles is that most kids with measles do fine, but there are these rare measles. There are kids who get pneumonia. There are kids who die of measles. One or two in a thousand children who get measles will die.

One or two in a thousand children who get measles will have encephalitis, which is swelling of the brain, and that can lead to deafness or seizures or other bad outcomes. If you're one family, you may not ever have known someone who had one of those bad outcomes. And so usually when kids get sick, they feel sick for a week and then they get better. And so that was most people's experience with it.

One or two in a thousand children who get measles will have encephalitis, which is swelling of the brain, and that can lead to deafness or seizures or other bad outcomes. If you're one family, you may not ever have known someone who had one of those bad outcomes. And so usually when kids get sick, they feel sick for a week and then they get better. And so that was most people's experience with it.

One or two in a thousand children who get measles will have encephalitis, which is swelling of the brain, and that can lead to deafness or seizures or other bad outcomes. If you're one family, you may not ever have known someone who had one of those bad outcomes. And so usually when kids get sick, they feel sick for a week and then they get better. And so that was most people's experience with it.

If you listen to RFK talk about his experience with the measles, what he says is that, oh, it was my 10 siblings and I all had measles at the same time. It was a week off from school and we got to watch television and eat soup.

If you listen to RFK talk about his experience with the measles, what he says is that, oh, it was my 10 siblings and I all had measles at the same time. It was a week off from school and we got to watch television and eat soup.

If you listen to RFK talk about his experience with the measles, what he says is that, oh, it was my 10 siblings and I all had measles at the same time. It was a week off from school and we got to watch television and eat soup.

So that's fine, but he also comes from the most privileged background imaginable, and that is not everyone's experience of measles.

So that's fine, but he also comes from the most privileged background imaginable, and that is not everyone's experience of measles.