Measles is incredibly bad. What people have found is that the introduction of measles vaccination in a country inevitably leads to a significant decrease in all

Measles is incredibly bad. What people have found is that the introduction of measles vaccination in a country inevitably leads to a significant decrease in all cause mortality, which doesn't seem to be explained by a reduction in measles cases alone. It has long been known that those recovering from the measles are effectively in an immunocompromised state for several weeks, there is now increasing research pointing to the measles basically knocking out existing acquired immunity and resetting a person back into an immunologically naive state. This "immune shadow" then leaves individuals vulnerable to secondary infections (flu, rotavirus, etc.) which take their own toll and show up in different columns in the statistics down the road. Additionally, a very rare form of encephalitis can develop up to a decade after having the measles and is invariably fatal. Get vaccinated.