Measles You Can Catch (But Not Autism)
August 26, 2008 by Kristina Chew, PhD
Filed under Health
“I can spot an autistic child anywhere in a minute.”
How often have you heard someone say this; how often you thought it yourself?
In contrast, a quote from Jane Seward, deputy director of the division of viral diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in reference to the reported 131 cases of measles so far in the US this year.
“People have forgotten what measles looks like and have forgotten how infectious it is.”
On an August 25th Scientific American blog, Seward discusses measles and vaccines in other countries and notes that measles is “the most highly infectious virus there …read more




