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   Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Feb-2026 00:36:59 JST Miakoda

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   • Kit Yates

   @kityates TF is the logic behind "better to get immunity naturally"? First... the immune system is still making the antibodies, regardless of what taught it to do so. Second... Feeling like shit sucks, before we even get to the risk of death.

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     Kit Yates (kityates@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Feb-2026 00:37:00 JST Kit Yates

     One in five children infected in the recent London measles outbreak were reportedly hospitalised.
     Don’t believe the anti-vaxxers when they say “it’s a mild disease” or “it’s better to get immunity naturally”.
     It isn’t.

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     Missingtale (misingtale@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Feb-2026 05:50:19 JST Missingtale

     • Kit Yates
     • Infoseepage

     @Infoseepage @kityates totally agree, and what stuck with me from the little I've read (so I'm probably on the pinicle of mount ignorant) measles causes your immune system to "forget" some or all of the illnesses it's already worked out how to fight. Risk of death is higher for years after having measles because of this especially in adults.