Podcast guest questions measles mortality in well-nourished modern countries
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In a podcast segment, host Alex Clark and guest Bob Sears discuss the potential return of measles. Sears makes the controversial claim that "people don't die from measles in modern countries where children are well fed and well nourished," and questions recent reports of measles deaths in Texas, stating those cases are "up for debate." The exchange reflects ongoing skepticism about vaccine-preventable disease mortality.
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· 3 pulledPeople don't die from measles in modern countries where children are well fed and well nourished.
That is up for debate.
There's some interesting information that has come out, very recent. The families of the kids who died of measles in Texas recently, that was, like, last year.
ALEX CLARK (HOST): So what else could come back besides chickenpox?
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