An infectious disease specialist at the University of Kentucky has just written a column about the dangers of measles. Dr. Nicholas Van Sickels is the director of infection prevention and control at UK HealthCare. He said vaccination rates in the U.S. have fallen and post-COVID pandemic, travel has increased. As a result, cases of the highly infectious and potentially dangerous disease are on the rise.
“Most people recover just fine. However, for quite a bit of time after you have measles, your immune system doesn't work as well. So you have a higher risk of lung infections, GI infections, you can get complications after measles like pneumonias, and ear infections.”
