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How contagious is measles? A comic strip explains.

April 18, 2024.Reading time 4 minutes.

A young man sits in a waiting room. He looks miserable and a cloud of virus floats around him. Six people sit near him, including two children.

This comic explains how measles is able to spread so easily to people who haven’t previously had measles or been vaccinated against measles.