When you open the morning news, it seems thatwas in the Middle Ages. In Europe, measles rages: outbreaks are recorded in Italy, France, Romania, Serbia, Poland. Not to mention Ukraine. In Moscow and St. Petersburg in each clinic there is an announcement about the risk of infection with measles. Thanks to the anti-vaccination movement, this disease, which, it would seem, remained only in memory thanks to Chekhov's stories, is being brought from abroad. How so? After all, humanity spent a decade trying to defeat infectious diseases, and now we again fall into some kind of darkness, when people were treated with crushed newts and conspiracies for the moon. "Measles is a warm-up, these are flowers. Will be worse. And the measles will seem to you a sweet berry on the cake. A cake is diphtheria, "warns Dr. Komarovsky.Photo:GettyImagesSecondly, the mortality rate from diphtheria reaches 50 percent. This is much higher than that of measles. If a child gets measles, he will most likely survive. Maybe he will get complications in the form of meningoencephalitis and remain a vegetable. Maybe he will lose his sight or hearing. But he will not die. Diphtheria leaves much less chance. Yes, vaccinated children can also get sick. But their disease will proceed much more easily and will not leave complications. “Does anyone want to follow the path of natural selection? God be their judge. But you gave birth to children. You, adults, have a higher chance of dying from diphtheria than your children. You need to raise those you gave birth to,” admonishes Evgeny Olegovich. The TV doctor also explained how to properly vaccinate against diphtheria. A single vaccination is not enough for this disease. You need to get re-vaccinated every ten years. Yes, and adults too. Only then is a sufficient amount of antibodies produced. "Guys, let's save ourselves, finally. I hope that you will draw the right conclusions and infectious diseases will pass you by," the doctor concludes.