• Otter@lemmy.caOPM
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    9 days ago

    I’m sharing this because of this context:

    Doctors urge vaccination following death of Ontario infant infected with measles in the womb

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/pregnancy-measles-1.7553851

    However, when talking about this story, please also note the last line from this blurb. There is indeed a risk, and in this case there were other complications as well:

    A premature infant who contracted measles before birth has died in southwestern Ontario, the province’s chief medical officer of health says,

    According to Dr. Kieran Moore, the infant’s mother was not vaccinated against measles.

    In a statement Thursday, he said while measles may have contributed to both the premature birth and death, the infant also faced other serious medical complications unrelated to the virus.