New studies have shown that measles can compromise the immune system’s ability to fight off other infections for months or even years by causing “immune amnesia.”
Two studies involving unvaccinated Dutch children found measles makes the body “forget” the immunity it had developed and “resets” the immune system to a baby-like state.
The baby-like immune system cannot fight off other pathogens
Babies start making a narrow range of antibodies that becomes more varied as they grow older.
