Measles?

Measles up in Germany?  Yes.

There's a piece with Deutsche Welle, and it chats over this odd story.

The authorities admit that the vaccination rate for the first shot....is near 95-percent.  But they also report that they aren't near 95-percent on the second shot....being nearer to 93-percent.  No one can explain the two-percent difference.

It's an article that really doesn't dig the upswing in measles cases in Germany.  929 cases were reported in 2017....triple what it was in 2016. A wave?  To some degree.  Roughly a quarter of those affected....end up in a hospital, and there's a small threat of serious problems.

Are all migrants, immigrants and visa-holders checked out?  I sat and went over my visa-application-hour and paperwork required with the Auslander office.  No....they never asked about TB or any measles shots.  You would think they'd care, and want to mandate some proof or force you into taking more shots. But no....they didn't seem to care.

More upswing in 2018?  It'll be curious to see the numbers in the spring of 2019.