Thread by @jmcrookston

Many commenters said "SARS-CoV-2 isn't measles".

Impression that measles was a terror and this was no big deal.

But how deadly was measles?

Well, in US, before vax, 3-4mm caught and 400 died each year.

400

COVID-19 currently 665k

cdc.gov/measles/about/… for example historical view and more info

As I like noting, measles numbers were gathered not during 18 months of some degree of restrictions.

Also just to complete the story, do remember that measles causes generally a long-lasting immunity, which coronaviruses do not do.

This was of course never pointed out by talking heads largely repeating first year med school on TV.

It was in around 1970 when measles suddenly to the unexpected surprise of everybody around the world got mild like a weak little col--JOKING

Vaccines did this.

The "Live With Measles" crowd, pushing hard on their catchy slogan "Measles - Pfft It's No Bubonic Plague", was of course very upset with subsequent events.

Not perhaps as much as their backers, who were, as we now know, a cabal of ultra-wealthy red ink vendors.

I'll conclude with this:

This is a very serious virus that we must treat with respect.

Anyone who says otherwise is either an idiot or is lying to you (or both).

That is all.

ps 1/2 Pulling in comment about severity for a second:

https://twitter.com/jmcrookston/status/1438270085815283716

2/2 We know
- delta is more serious
- delta has higher viral load
Common sense tells us more virus = worse (but we disregard, because we are stupid?)

But, if you want/need a flat out comment this will lead to more Long COVID, here, from ONS recent study
ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

Measles kills mostly young. COVID kills elderly.

Fiction.

Happy to accept better data than this Wikipedia quote, but I have no time to spend on this.