Measles outbreak in Pennsylvania

Records show repeat violations of daycare where virus spread

I’m writing to you on day five of my third bout of COVID in as many years.

The first time I caught COVID - pre-vaccine - made national headlines. I nearly died. In the three years (almost exactly) since, my eyesight has declined to the point I need glasses at all times, I seem to catch everything and get sicker when I do (including two rounds of the flu each of the last two years), and I still have symptoms of long-COVID.

The second time - July 2022 - I had received both rounds of the Pfizer vaccine and one round of boosters. I caught the virus at the Florida Democratic party’s annual event. I ran a fever, slept for four or five days, and bounced back.

Now, one more booster later, I’m on day five and still testing positive, but never ran a fever and have mostly just slept through the worst of it.

Because vaccines work.

Which brings me to today’s post — the measles outbreak caused by anti-vaccine radicals in Philadelphia.

NOTE: If you’re in Philadelphia and need to get your first or an updated measles vaccine, the city is offering vaccines at no cost at several locations. Click here to learn more.

Eight cases of the measles stemming from a single unvaccinated child have spread beyond Philadelphia after a family traveling overseas during the Christmas break knowingly sent their child to daycare with an active measles infection, despite orders to quarantine.