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Measles Vaccine helps fight off other diseasese too. Here comes the science.


Belesarius

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/05/07/404963436/scientists-crack-a-50-year-old-mystery-about-the-measles-vaccine?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

 

 

Pretty cool on a couple of levels. The whole Measles causing immune system 'memory loss' is very interesting.

One more thing the anti vaxxers have to answer for.

 

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I'm seeing some speculation now that measles played a larger role in the epidemics after the European discovery of the New World than previously thought.  Measles weakened the victims' immune systems, and then smallpox polished them off kind of thing.

Yep. See the lack of immune response to stuff you've already been exposed to as well.  Nasty stuff.

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