"For centuries the measles virus has maintained a remarkably stable ecological relationship with man. The clinical disease is a characteristic syndrome of notable constancy and only moderate severity. Complication are infrequent, and, with adequate medical care, fatality is rare. Susceptibility to the disease after the waning of maternal…
"For centuries the measles virus has maintained a remarkably stable ecological relationship with man. The clinical disease is a characteristic syndrome of notable constancy and only moderate severity. Complication are infrequent, and, with adequate medical care, fatality is rare. Susceptibility to the disease after the waning of maternal immunity is universal; immunity following recovery is solid and lifelong in duration."
"For centuries the measles virus has maintained a remarkably stable ecological relationship with man. The clinical disease is a characteristic syndrome of notable constancy and only moderate severity. Complication are infrequent, and, with adequate medical care, fatality is rare. Susceptibility to the disease after the waning of maternal immunity is universal; immunity following recovery is solid and lifelong in duration."
- First paragraph of the CDC's *own proposal* to launch the first measles eradication campaign in 1967. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/labs/pmc/articles/PMC1919891/
*A campaign which failed entirely and is still failing to this day!