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A child became ill with the measles. Measles is a disease that is highly contagious. The child’s mother did not get sick, even though she and the child were close while the child was ill. State one reason why the mother did not get sick with the measles.

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The mother would have had to have measles before, so her body had built up a resistance to the virus so she didn’t get reinfected.
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Answer:

she has had it before, so her immune system has built up from it

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