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How Measles Can Stay Infected
Measles is transmitted airborne, not just in respiratory droplets, but actually airborne. Infectious measles viral particles can stay suspended and alive and infectious in the forking air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves the room. If those people are susceptible, meaning if they're unvaccinated, 90% of them will become infected. And then for four to five days after my symptoms resolve, I'm still infectious.