The World Health Organization (WHO) has just issued a fresh warning over measles after an almost 45-fold rise in cases across Europe. Epidemologists from the organization said Europe is seeing an “alarming rise” in the spread of the disease, which has “accelerated in recent months”. Some 42,200 cases were reported by member states in 2023, almost 45 times the 941 cases in 2022. In the United States the Center for Disease Control (CDC), in 2000, declared Measles eliminated but now, as this report describes cases are popping up again. The numbers are still small, but why is this happening? The answer, as with the Covid vaccines, is anti-vaxxer misinformation. I have written about this at length (See SR archive and search on “Covid” and “misinformation”). As people come from Europe, or unvaccinated children play together, we are going to see more cases and, I think, it is telling us something very important. Do not get medical guidance from social media. Go to the CDC or sources like MedPage Today, or the Mayo Clinic website. As I said in the previous article, there are going to be more pandemics. Will we be properly prepared? I think not. The American illness Profit System is very poor, particularly with nationwide emergencies, and the weaponization of misinformation has become a defining trend in this country.  We desperately need a universal birthright single-payer healthcare system — Medicare greatly expanded. Will we get such a system? Not if the Republicans have anything to say about it.