I find the thought of measles parties disturbing. Worse is the thought that “we do not need vaccines because our ancestors did just fine without them“. That’s idiotic. I laugh a little to myself in exasperation then I remember it’s not nice to laugh at the ignorant. Of course getting immunity from a disease is […]
The Disneyland Measles Outbreak
When I was a first year infectious disease fellow there was a lot of chatter about measles. A young student from India had just been diagnosed. It was another of the smattering of measles cases in Boston in that time-frame. By the time I came around though, the faculty was tired of hearing fellows presenting measles cases at the […]
Ebola Madness
The death toll of this year’s Ebola epidemic, the worst in history, has crossed the 4000 mark. Cases are expected to double every three to four weeks in the West African countries most affected. Despite the increased global response to the problem in the wake of two American medics acquiring the infection back in August, […]