Dr. Katherine Gibney
Appearances
Science Vs
Measles: How Worried Should We Be?
These are the reports that make us all very nervous about measles.
Science Vs
Measles: How Worried Should We Be?
Yeah, that's right, yes. And particularly for young children. How serious are those? They seem scary. Yeah, I think they're scary rather than serious.
Science Vs
Measles: How Worried Should We Be?
Do we have to? Does it lead to autism? No, definitely not. So that's been well and truly disproven and very carefully sort of disproven with lots of, you know, really great science.
Science Vs
Measles: How Worried Should We Be?
It's not hype. It is the infection that you think of that is the most contagious virus that we know of. It's a big claim to fame.
Science Vs
Measles: How Worried Should We Be?
Yeah, so they say that nine in ten people will be infected if they're exposed.
Science Vs
Measles: How Worried Should We Be?
So, you know, at the beginning of COVID, it was sort of 1.5, 2.5. For flu, it's like 1 to 2. For measles, it's 12 to 18.