Memories of Measles

Epi Wonk outs himself in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution by recounting his childhood experience with measles, which included hospitalization and treatment with an oxygen tent. Like many of a certain age, I also acquired measles as a youngster (despite having been vaccinated) and missed 2 weeks (2 weeks!) of junior high. And I didn't stay home because of contagiousness; I stayed home because I felt absolutely terrible.

Epi Wonk is right to chastise Washington for not initiating a progressive public-service campaign (where is our acting Surgeon General anyway?) to urge morbidity-reducing and life-saving vaccination and to counter the spurious claims of an increasingly vocal and attention-hungry antivax crowd.