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https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/04/heal...ail&utm_term=0_6da287d761-803b932227-98007609The entire government of Samoa is shut down today so the country can focus on reining in a measles outbreak that has killed at least 62 people in recent weeks. More than 4,200 cases have been reported, and the rapid spread of the disease has forced the government to close schools and ban children from public gatherings in an effort to contain it. The Pacific island nation officially declared a state of emergency over the outbreak on November 15 and has been hammering a massive vaccination campaign ever since. Almost all civil servants are expected to help public health officials over the next two days to get as many people vaccinated as possible.
yeah, measles. that 'oh, you should let your kids catch it, it's nothin' disease. why do people forget so quickly? it was the 'done thing' to let your kids catch teh diseases there were not vaccines for because it harmed kids less (in general numbers) than if they caught it as adults. fucking VACCINATE YOUR KIDS, ffs!