NBC’s Dr. Vin Gupta: ‘Extreme Consequences Are Quite Common’ Without Measles Vaccination

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GUPTA: “Measles is an extremely serious viral illness. It spreads through respiratory droplets. You and I used to talk about droplet spread all the time, peak Covid, but what — what does that mean? That means if somebody is infected, unvaccinated, they cough or sneeze, they — Willie, studies have shown 9 in 10 people around them — if they’re also unvaccinated — will get infected. It’s that contagious. So that’s number one. It’s very contagious. Number two, it is extremely serious. The Lubbock, Texas Pediatric Hospital, their spokesperson emphasized it. They said that there’s 18 kids in ICU, or roughly almost 20, all of them in it, it appears for respiratory issues, meaning that the complication that we worry about, pneumonia, is likely at play. So this is — this is a very serious illness. One in four people unvaccinated, infected, end up in the hospital. So severe illness, whether it’s pneumonia or brain swelling, otherwise known as encephalitis, very, very common. This is not uncommon. Extreme consequences are quite common.”