Measles can do a lot more than give a child a rash.
It can start a 104 degree fever and cause eye-swelling. About 10% of kids who get measles get ear infections.
About 20% of people who contract measles go to the hospital. Five percent develop pneumonia. (If a child dies from measles, it’s often for that reason.) In rare cases, a child can develop encephalitis, a swelling of the brain that can lead to deafness or intellectual disabilities.
And it can spread with frightening speed, infecting 9 of 10 people.
