Global measles cases could double in a year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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00:00If you are protected, there are folks that can't be protected and you actually help them
00:17out by being vaccinated.
00:19So you know, very young children that aren't eligible yet are protected because their siblings
00:24and parents and grandparents and neighbours are protected.
00:36So the rash started on his torso and spread throughout his whole body and that's when we
00:42knew something was wrong and it was more than a cough and a cold. So we took him to A&E.
00:48He stayed there for six days while he contracted COVID and pneumonia.
00:53It was quite traumatic.
00:54I've been together and no one didn't pick anything up and it is a simple vaccination to get.
01:10We know that the 86% was not good enough globally to prevent large outbreaks in sort of 18 and 19
01:18and 83% is not going to be enough to actually stop large outbreaks this year or next year.
01:24And so we need to do extra.
01:26If you've missed a dose, you should get the dose.
01:28And so it could be you could be 20 years old or 30 years old or six years old.
01:34I think the point is that we really want to make sure that we're protecting everyone.