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Re:Two L.A. universities quarantine hundreds students and st... by 0b0001 on Friday April 26, 2019 @08:25AM (#19756693)
Not everybody can be vaccinated and measles spreads like crazy. If there's one confirmed infection, that person likely already spread the virus for a couple of days before symptoms occur.

Besides, it's a disease that shouldn't be around anymore at all.

This is why it's a big deal.

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Re:Two L.A. universities quarantine hundreds students and st... by sixothree on Friday April 26, 2019 @10:05AM (#19757596)
Does anyone know the truth of the statement - infected persons have a 90% change of transmitting measles to another person. ?

edit: regardless of all the downvotes, I am glad I asked.

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Re:Two L.A. universities quarantine hundreds students and st... by DanBC on Friday April 26, 2019 @10:23AM (#19757808)
Measles is very transmissible. The actual stat is worse.

> Measles is so contagious that if one person has it, up to 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected.

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/transmission.html

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