cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40537048

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“The measles gave you lifetime protection against measles infection,” - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

If only there was another proven way of doing this without the risk of serious complications of getting sick.

    • stoy@lemmy.zip
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      27 days ago

      Fascinating, I get downvoted a lot, ok, I can see that this might not have been the best joke, that is fine, but apparently I am factually wrong as well, though no one could be bothered to tell me why.

      • Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world
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        26 days ago

        The measle vaccine injects a very weakened version of the measle virus. The point is that the body doesn’t like these body-foreign entities and thus tries to destroy them, getting “trained” to do the same when a real measles virus enters your body.

        Since the weakened measles virus most likely doesn’t reproduce, you don’t really have the measles (the disease).

        Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor.