• LustyArgonian@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Measles can cause immune amnesia, meaning your immune system forgets past illnesses and will have to go through initial sicknesses again.

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      5 hours ago

      Yup. It’s why so many died, not from measles, but from other diseases in the 3-5 years after they had measles. IIRC they only really worked this out in the last 5-10 years because of the amount of data to comb through.