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yes, this is why measles vaccination rates must be nearly total. measles has an R_0 somewhere beteween 14 and 18 (!!!)


A second is that the measles vaccine fails more often than many others. The combination drives the necessary vaccination rate quite high, and the risk isn't just the unvaccinated kids, it's a % of the ones who thought they were fully vaccinated.




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