Why millions of people around the world will contract measles in 2026

239 points by The_Weekend_Baker 9 hours ago on reddit | 25 comments

garathnor | 8 hours ago

please get vaccinated for measles if nothing else

"The measles virus damages the immune system through immune amnesia, a process where the virus attacks and destroys pre-existing memory T and B cells. This erases 11% to 73% of the body's protective antibodies against other pathogens, leaving the person vulnerable to unrelated infections for months or years."

your helping other diseases to spread by not getting vaccinated

Frostsorrow | 7 hours ago

Not sure about women, but I know with men it can cause serious damage to the testicles if memory serves right.

PossibleAlienFrom | 6 hours ago

Wait til you find out it can cause death.

skyhiker14 | 2 hours ago

I can excuse the death, but I draw the line at testicular damage.

Masark | an hour ago

That's mumps, the second M in MMR.

KittyLucia34 | 9 hours ago

Its funny how people in developing countries are desperate for the vaccines because they know and understand the harm of infectious diseases and yet some MAGA hat idiot with one brain cell is choosing to completely reject an available vaccine because they dont see the disease anymore (thanks to vaccines)

Unique-Coffee5087 | 7 hours ago

Unfortunately, they are not always desperate to take vaccines. The anti-vaccination conspiracy lies have traveled quite a ways. In the effort to eradicate polio, workers have been harassed, attacked and I think some have been killed.

The fact that people posing as polio vaccine surveyors were the ones who located Osama bin Laden did not do any favors for the eradication effort

LegoNinja11 | 9 hours ago

Why...? A wild guess, they're not vaccinated?

diablosinmusica | 7 hours ago

Unfortunately, there is no way to find out what those words and picture actually mean. I dunno why reddit just posts writing prompts like this with no information. Weird.

WhatTheWhat_84 | 6 hours ago

We'll never knowwwwwww

Polkawillneverdie17 | 4 hours ago

Lmao

ghostoftheradio | 8 hours ago

The mother of my 2 grandchildren is an antivaxxer and I’m pretty much losing my mind over it.

[OP] The_Weekend_Baker | 9 hours ago

>But since 2025, France, Germany, the U.K., the U.S. and several other high-income countries have significantly reduced their budgets for development assistance, leaving Gavi with a substantial budget shortfall.

TsukasaElkKite | 8 hours ago

Lemme guess…USAID got cut and the vaccination programs got cut too

Kaurifish | 8 hours ago

And you just know unvaccinated Americans will tramp abroad to outbreak zones and bring it home, after spreading it at a major theme park or two.

Timely-Assistant-370 | 4 hours ago

I am very disappointed to have not seen this behavior referenced in a movie. It's like the less believable sequel to "oh no my loved one must just be sick, they need a hug!" in the first 5 minutes of a zombie outbreak.

daerath | 6 hours ago

Remember, those vaccines do wear off over time. You do need to get them redone as an adult. I didn't know that until my job took me overseas. Travel doc redid basically everything because I was in my mid 30s at that point and my primary care never mentioned it.

WhatTheWhat_84 | 6 hours ago

Thanking my lucky stars to be fully vaccinated and so utterly saddened that the collapse of USAID and the cascade of funding issues is responsible for this.

ecafsub | 8 hours ago

Not me. I got my MMR last year.

Sorry-Reporter440 | 5 hours ago

It is just so hard to imagine not having the meniscule amount of critical thinking skills to know how important vaccines are and be able to understand how they work, what is in them and how that works. I honestly feel like understanding that knowledge is easier than knowing how to change the oil on a car safely. I guess I am so so wrong in all sorts of ways.

Flashy_Emergency_263 | 2 hours ago

Because of RFK, Jr. and the antivax movement.

QuiteCricket_78 | 19 minutes ago

OR. Because the Dear leader cut aid, and they don't have access to clean water and sanitation.

Flashy_Emergency_263 | 15 minutes ago

Or all of the above and much more thanks largely to DOGE and the folks at Project 2025.