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Minoru Saba

"Not a mild illness: As measles cases rise in Japan, expert warns of misinformation [spread by social media]"
"It frequently causes complications, with pneumonia and encephalitis killing 1 in 1,000 patients"
"...in the era when few were vaccinated...nearly 100 kids died [each year in ]"
"WHO stated that the disease infected more people in Europe and Central Asia in 2024 than any time since 1997, cautioning that the risk of a global pandemic is rising"
mainichi.jp/english/articles/2

The MainichiNot a mild illness: As measles cases rise in Japan, expert warns of misinformation - The MainichiTOKYO -- The number of measles cases is rising across Japan, but many on social media are spreading misinformation that the disease is not serious. Ah