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From Helen Branswell back in 2019:
"Let’s take a look at the tricks measles has up its sleeve: ...
"The so-called infectious dose for measles is small. And people who are infected emit a lot of viruses as they cough or even exhale. ...
"After someone breathes or coughs out the viruses, they can remain in the air for significant periods of time. In fact, it’s estimated that a susceptible child who entered a room — say a doctor’s waiting room — two hours after an infected child was there can become infected. ...
"... people who contract the virus are contagious for about eight days. Most importantly from a transmission point of view, half of that time is before they have developed the rash that typically lets people know: This child has measles. ...
"The introduction of measles vaccine drove down the number of cases to the point that now some doctors don’t recognize measles when confronted with it. ...
"The good news is the measles vaccine is one of the best around. Two doses of vaccine in childhood protect about 97 percent of the children who receive it."
#measles #virus #vaccine

"The nursery said it had implemented strict protocols, such as dividing up walking and nonwalking babies to reduce the spread of infection"
(Dividing up like how? Are they still sharing air?)
“They’re using all those good hygiene practices, staff have got PPE, they’ve got aprons, gloves,"
(Aprons and gloves won't help you against an airborne virus...)
"some settings still keep masks,”
(Are they fitted ones or baggy ones? Who wears them? When and where are they taken off?)
“Thanks to Covid, we got very savvy at knowing what we needed to do in the case of a very serious illness occurring like this."
(Really seems like no you didn't...)
#measles #MeaslesIsAirborne #CovidIsAirborne