I was born in 1946 and got the measles in 1949 or 1950. This is an approximation because I haven't thought about this in years and both my parents have passed on. At the time there was no vaccine and wouldn't be until 1963.
From what I remember, I got a very bad case of measles and was running extremely high temperatures. Our family doctor would have wanted me brought to the hospital but because of bad weather and hospitals filled to capacity I had to stay home in my bed. I remember my Mother sponging me down every couple of hours to lower my temperature, and constant visits from the doctor and antibiotic injections and whenever I opened my eyes my Mom was there, and didn't leave my bed until I was on the road to recovery. My Dad was there too and every night when he came home from work would give my Mother a break so that she could get some rest.
Measles is not a joke and parents should do everything possible to keep their children safe from it and other preventable illnesses. Anyone in my age group will remember the Polio outbreak and how it caused deaths of both adults and children and also left some permantely unable to walk and breath on their ow(remember FDR). Governments (state) should mandate that all children should have the necessary injections to prevent treatable illnesses and politicans should MTOB.