He contracted measles at age 30 -- he blames anti-vaxxers for 'spreading fear' and 'ignoring facts'
Joshua Nerius became privy to his parents’ anti-vaxxer convictions only after he contracted measles himself at 30 years old. Now he’s speaking out against parents who hold similar beliefs, calling them “people who want to spread fear.”
What began as a rash and high fever in the spring of 2016 was later discovered to be none other than measles— a highly contagious, and often life-threatening disease that’s become increasingly rare since the introduction of a vaccine in 1963.
It was only after an emergency room doctor told Nerius his condition strongly resembled measles that Nerius asked his mother if he’d been vaccinated. She responded with a thumbs-down emoji.
Anti-vaxxers, or, those against vaccinations, are often considered to share more of a fringe mindset, often holding steadfast to the belief that vaccinating children can lead to afflictions such as autism. While this claim has been disproved by many reputable sources, fervent anti-vaxxers argue the denial is a conspiracy orchestrated by Big Pharma.
Dr. Paul Offit, who is both a professor of pediatrics at University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, spoke to CNN about the children he treated during 1991’s measles outbreak in the City of Brotherly Love. “They were absolutely miserable. And occasionally, they were dead,” he said, referencing the nine children who died as a result of the outbreak.
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Every doctor I have had a check up with asked me what I had been vaccinated against. If there were no records, they either tested me or vaccinated me as a precaution.
If he has never had a physical, shame on him. He should have had all those vacinations at his first physical or he should have been tested (they can test your blood to check on immunity to mmr or hpv for example).
I feel sorry for him though. I got chicken pox at 27 (I'm 60, it was looong before the vaccine) and it was misery. Measles impacts can be terrible once you are an adult.
But to not ask for 12 years? To never have a physical where they make recommendations?
Sounds a bit fishy to me. But hey, lots of people don't go to doctors. Especially young people in otherwise good health; dumbasses. 
I'll say no more lest I get myself into trouble! 
People refer to "childhood diseases" as if they were "childhood games" -- something benign like a scraped knee from falling off a bicycle.
But these are diseases that used to scythe through communities and send many infants and children to the graveyard.
