Israel’s Ministry of Health reported on Thursday, that there has been another fatality connected to the measles, an 82-year-old woman who was diagnosed with the measles, who according to the ministry, “had serious underlying medical issues” died on Wednesday,11 Teves in Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital.
According to the ministry, as of Wednesday, there have been 2690 persons diagnosed with measles in Israel with the highest number being in October, 948 cases, followed by November with 893, and December, with 194.
Ministry officials explain that despite the decline in the number of cases, persons who have yet to do so are urged to get vaccinated.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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I thought those who were born before 1957 are immune to measles.
Having other severe medical issues can impair a person’s immune system. This lady was already weakened and she just couldn’t fight off the extra challenge and make enough antibodies to defeat the virus. If she hadn’t gotten the measles from someone who probably hadn’t been vaccinated she would probably have survived.
What if it had been your grandmother? What if it had been your unvaccinated child who had infected her? Somehow it’s always different when it’s our own family that’s involved, so look at it that way. She was someone’s mother, someone’s grandmother (maybe even great-grandmother). A whole world has been destroyed that might have been saved.