This is just a heartbreaking, needless destruction of human life. Measles can be eradicated, there is no animal reservoir. Eradication of disease is an incredib

This is just a heartbreaking, needless destruction of human life. Measles can be eradicated, there is no animal reservoir. Eradication of disease is an incredible gift to the future of humanity, and only gets harder with more population. The coming population increases in subsaharan Africa are probably going to take eradication of measles and polio off the map for a while, especially with anti-vaccine sentiment rising in Nigeria for example.