Measles: why is the vaccine vital?

Measles wipes out our immunity!

Yasmine Belkaid, Director General of the Institut Pasteur, sounds the alarm during her appearance on Lundis du 1: measles is not a “simple childhood disease”. It literally erases the memory of our immune system.

In a word, it resets your body to zero. Even past vaccines and infections no longer protect you.

In a context of growing vaccine mistrust, this message is more crucial than ever.

To be shared as a reminder of why vaccination is also about protecting our biological memory.

(video in french, English subtitles available)