Maria Godoy

So if an infected person travels to another community with low vaccination rates, they could potentially seed another outbreak there.

So symptoms generally begin about 7 to 14 days after infection. It can start with high fever, a cough, runny nose, red, watery eyes like pink eye. Eventually, you develop a red rash that usually starts on your face and can travel down your body. That rash is the telltale sign of measles. And here's the really important thing.

So symptoms generally begin about 7 to 14 days after infection. It can start with high fever, a cough, runny nose, red, watery eyes like pink eye. Eventually, you develop a red rash that usually starts on your face and can travel down your body. That rash is the telltale sign of measles. And here's the really important thing.

So symptoms generally begin about 7 to 14 days after infection. It can start with high fever, a cough, runny nose, red, watery eyes like pink eye. Eventually, you develop a red rash that usually starts on your face and can travel down your body. That rash is the telltale sign of measles. And here's the really important thing.

You can be contagious spreading measles four days before and four days after that rash appears.

You can be contagious spreading measles four days before and four days after that rash appears.

You can be contagious spreading measles four days before and four days after that rash appears.

Well, so measles is airborne, right? So you walk into a room, you cough, you know, you talk, you spread infectious particles. They hang there in the air for up to two hours. You leave the room. Somebody else comes in. They're not vaccinated. An hour later, they could get infected. And when we say it's highly contagious, it's probably the most contagious infectious disease known to mankind.

Well, so measles is airborne, right? So you walk into a room, you cough, you know, you talk, you spread infectious particles. They hang there in the air for up to two hours. You leave the room. Somebody else comes in. They're not vaccinated. An hour later, they could get infected. And when we say it's highly contagious, it's probably the most contagious infectious disease known to mankind.

Well, so measles is airborne, right? So you walk into a room, you cough, you know, you talk, you spread infectious particles. They hang there in the air for up to two hours. You leave the room. Somebody else comes in. They're not vaccinated. An hour later, they could get infected. And when we say it's highly contagious, it's probably the most contagious infectious disease known to mankind.

Like more contagious than Ebola, more contagious than polio, more contagious than chickenpox. Wow. It's so contagious. I think this is really worth hammering home. In an unvaccinated world, every person infected with measles on average would go on to infect as many as 18 other people. Wow.

Like more contagious than Ebola, more contagious than polio, more contagious than chickenpox. Wow. It's so contagious. I think this is really worth hammering home. In an unvaccinated world, every person infected with measles on average would go on to infect as many as 18 other people. Wow.

Like more contagious than Ebola, more contagious than polio, more contagious than chickenpox. Wow. It's so contagious. I think this is really worth hammering home. In an unvaccinated world, every person infected with measles on average would go on to infect as many as 18 other people. Wow.

And just for context, when COVID first appeared, the estimate is that for every person infected with COVID, they went on to infect roughly three other people. And we saw how COVID spread. So yeah, it's highly, highly contagious.

And just for context, when COVID first appeared, the estimate is that for every person infected with COVID, they went on to infect roughly three other people. And we saw how COVID spread. So yeah, it's highly, highly contagious.

And just for context, when COVID first appeared, the estimate is that for every person infected with COVID, they went on to infect roughly three other people. And we saw how COVID spread. So yeah, it's highly, highly contagious.

vaccination. That is the key, right? The measles vaccine is super effective. So one dose is 93% effective, which means 93% of people will have an immune response. Two doses is 97% effective. And you really need that because the estimates are that you need about 95% of people in a community affected to stop outbreaks from occurring, right? You need high vaccination rates.

vaccination. That is the key, right? The measles vaccine is super effective. So one dose is 93% effective, which means 93% of people will have an immune response. Two doses is 97% effective. And you really need that because the estimates are that you need about 95% of people in a community affected to stop outbreaks from occurring, right? You need high vaccination rates.

vaccination. That is the key, right? The measles vaccine is super effective. So one dose is 93% effective, which means 93% of people will have an immune response. Two doses is 97% effective. And you really need that because the estimates are that you need about 95% of people in a community affected to stop outbreaks from occurring, right? You need high vaccination rates.

Once you have an outbreak, you want to go and vaccinate anyone around who is not vaccinated. And then you also need good contact tracing, which means you need the people to be figuring out who was exposed and contacting them right away before they go and expose others and spread this.