Measles The Ghost Disease Returns

In the opening episode, host Julia Cartwright takes listeners into pediatric wards where doctors are encountering measles for the first time in their careers—a disease they only knew from textbooks. She explains what measles actually does to the body, using vivid descriptions to illustrate why this isn't just a simple childhood rash but a potentially devastating illness. Through compelling storytelling, Cartwright breaks down current outbreak statistics, revealing how cases jumped from zero in 2000 to over 1,200 in 2019. She reconstructs major outbreaks like the 2014 Disneyland incident and the 2019 New York crisis, showing how one unvaccinated person can spark widespread transmission. The episode establishes measles' extreme contagiousness and serious complications while exploring how a once-eliminated disease has returned to American communities, setting the stage for this investigative series.
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