Back in the 1960s, the U.S. started vaccinating kids for measles. As expected, children stopped getting measles.
But something else happened.
Childhood deaths from all infectious diseases plummeted. Even deaths from diseases like pneumonia and diarrhea were cut by half.
“So it’s really been a mystery — why do children stop dying at such high rates from all these different infections following introduction of the measles vaccine,” says Michael Mina, a postdoc in biology at Princeton University and a medical student at Emory University.
Using computer models, they found that the number of measles cases in these countries predicted the number of deaths from other infections two to three years later.
“We found measles predisposes children to all other infectious diseases for up to a few years,” Mina says.
And the virus seems to do it in a sneaky way.
Like many viruses, measles is known to suppress the immune system for a few weeks after an infection. But previous studies in monkeys have suggested that measles takes this suppression to a whole new level: It erases immune protection to other diseases, Mina says.
Scottish sculptor Rob Mulholland creates these eerie mirrored sculptures out of Perspex, a kind of acrylic glass.
The pieces create the uncanny effect of blending into their
surroundings, at times appearing almost completely camouflaged and yet
jumping out at you suddenly as your perspective shifts around them. (Source)
I’ve seen two more really infuriating anti ace posts today so I’m going to put it out there again:
Asexuals are not straight
Asexuals do not experience straight privilege
Erasure of identity isn’t privilege
Asexuals do indeed suffer in our society based on their sexual orientation
If you need an example set directly in your path: my sister is ace and I am pan. Our entire family is more accepting of my orientation than hers because it’s easier for them to fathom having any kind of partner than no partner. She has been invalidated, treated as if her orientation is a phase she is required to grow out of, and mocked since she reached the age where it was no longer appropriate to have never had a partner.
Asexuals have been submitted to conversion therapy and “corrective” rape to “fix” their orientation. Asexuals should not have to fight for their place in the queer community while also trying to survive the straights. None of us need that. Honestly it’s a lot like the anti bi and pan bullshit about being straight passing. This kind of shit needs to stop.
Heteronormativity harms asexuals and anyone who lumps them into that based on not having same-sex attraction can very seriously sit on a same-sex cactus.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
