Measles Alert

The WA Health Department has issued an alert concerning a woman treated at Royal Perth Hospital who was found to have measles.

Surely this is an over-reaction to a completely harmless, minor illness? Meryl Dorey would be unconcerned, EoR imagines, and she certainly knows her sciencey stuff.

When the measles eradication program was introduced, Meryl's Anti Vaccination Network clearly foresaw the terrible consequences of all those evil vaccinations:

Event	AVN Prediction	Actual Observed
Rash/Fever	270,000	8
Parotitis	16,700	4
Arthritis	46,260	1
Febrile Seizure	648	1
Thrombocytopaenia	60	0
Aseptic meningitis	15	0
Death	3	0