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They are also way more dangerous for a 5 month old baby.

• jedberg 5y ago
  Ok then keep your five month old at home (that's what you want me to say right)? And now you want to say "then keep your four year old at home" But there is a huge difference between the socialization needs of a child under one (when they get their measles vaccine) and a child under five. Children between 3 and 5 go to pre-school and need to interact with people for their psychological well being. So it's on us as a society to make it safe for them to so. And meningococcus usually spreads through deep kissing, so as long as your infant is French kissing an infected adult it should be fine.
  • mmarq 5y ago
    > Ok then keep your five month old at home (that's what you want me to say right)? And now you want to say "then keep your four year old at home" No, I am just going to say that now we have vaccines and treatments for covid, so we should treat it like other diseases. We don't quarantine people with measles, even though it is way more lethal and more contagious than covid.
    • kadoban 5y ago
      > We don't quarantine people with measles, even though it is way more lethal and more contagious than covid. Yes, we do. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/09/17/executive-order-on-adding-measles-to-the-list-of-quarantinable-communicable-diseases/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-action...