Complications from measles

Besides the flu-like symptoms, measles can lead to very serious complications including:
- Middle ear infection
- Diarrhoea
- Pneumonia (which is the most common cause of death from measles in young children)
- Encephalitis (which is swelling of the brain, and can lead to convulsions as well as hearing impairment and intellectual disability)
- Premature birth
- Low birth weight
- Death.

Those at the highest risk of complications include young children, pregnant people, and medically-vulnerable groups.

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Measles scare now? Really!? Can't think of something plausible at least to not to insult our intelligence?