According to Public Health Ontario, from the beginning of the year through June 3, a total of 2,047 measles cases (1,792 confirmed, 255 probable) have been reported in the province.
Interesting. I had the measles when I was in high school in 1960. Interesting that several years later when I married and we had a son, our premature size baby boy came down with measles when he was only a few months old. The doc gave him an antibiotic and he got well. He was a premature baby and weighed 5 lbs 5 oz when he was born. He gained weight and did well after that. I will always believe these dang shots they give babies have a lot to do about their survival. In other words, maybe they would be better off without them. At the age of 58, our son passed away last year from esophageal cancer. I wonder if this could have had anything to do with all the vaccines and shots he had growing up. He was allergic to milk so we had to put him on soy milk. He did well on that. I think his allergies and vaccines he had, had a lot to do with his cancer! We have only cousins left in our family. At the age of 82, it’s frightening that we don’t have anyone who would care one hour about us as we get older.
P. S. I might add that I didn’t have all the vaxes that other generations did. At 82, my generation HAD these diseases or we weren’t affected by them. I know immunity has a lot to do with all this. I received my immunity from my mother (who didn’t get all the vaccines because they nursed their babies) I was unable to nurse my son and because of this he had lots of allergies to some foods and to pollen. As far as I am concerned, there is no reason to have everyone get a vax! Those in my age group either had chicken pox, measles, whooping cough etc. ourselves And/OR we received immunity from our mother before we were born.
Albertan here. Absolutely horrible but was also so very predictable. When herd immunity plummets this is the result. Just a matter of time.
In news reports it’s often said measles is one of the most contagious diseases. Correct me if I’m wrong, but is it not the most contagious disease (by far) known to man? Is there something more contagious or even in the same scope?
Thanks again for your updates. Enjoy your posts and videos very much!
Interesting. I had the measles when I was in high school in 1960. Interesting that several years later when I married and we had a son, our premature size baby boy came down with measles when he was only a few months old. The doc gave him an antibiotic and he got well. He was a premature baby and weighed 5 lbs 5 oz when he was born. He gained weight and did well after that. I will always believe these dang shots they give babies have a lot to do about their survival. In other words, maybe they would be better off without them. At the age of 58, our son passed away last year from esophageal cancer. I wonder if this could have had anything to do with all the vaccines and shots he had growing up. He was allergic to milk so we had to put him on soy milk. He did well on that. I think his allergies and vaccines he had, had a lot to do with his cancer! We have only cousins left in our family. At the age of 82, it’s frightening that we don’t have anyone who would care one hour about us as we get older.
P. S. I might add that I didn’t have all the vaxes that other generations did. At 82, my generation HAD these diseases or we weren’t affected by them. I know immunity has a lot to do with all this. I received my immunity from my mother (who didn’t get all the vaccines because they nursed their babies) I was unable to nurse my son and because of this he had lots of allergies to some foods and to pollen. As far as I am concerned, there is no reason to have everyone get a vax! Those in my age group either had chicken pox, measles, whooping cough etc. ourselves And/OR we received immunity from our mother before we were born.
Albertan here. Absolutely horrible but was also so very predictable. When herd immunity plummets this is the result. Just a matter of time.
In news reports it’s often said measles is one of the most contagious diseases. Correct me if I’m wrong, but is it not the most contagious disease (by far) known to man? Is there something more contagious or even in the same scope?
Thanks again for your updates. Enjoy your posts and videos very much!
Measles is the most contagious with an R0 of up to 18. Chickenpox and mumps are also among the very contagious.
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I had measles and chicken pox. I never suffered that much from either. It was something all of us expected to get at some time in our life.