evidence: "As the news tries to fear-monger about the measles ‘outbreak’ of 9 whole people, remember that the vaccine is more dangerous than the actual illness," one Jan. 20 Instagram post incorrectly claimed, likely referring to the Philadelphia outbreak and showing a list of scary-looking adverse reactions pulled from the vaccine’s package insert. "Not to mention, you can actually get measles from the vaccine." [...] "Measles is not just ‘a rash,’" a CDC spokesperson told us. According to the agency, before 1963, when the first measles vaccine became available, around 3 million to 4 million Americans were infected each year, 48,000 were hospitalized, 1,000 developed encephalitis and 400 to 500 died. [...] The CDC confirmed that the last measles death in the U.S. occurred in 2015, but said the person’s vaccination status was unknown. The Seattle Times reported in 2016 that the woman who died "may have been" vaccinated as a kid, but the family did not have evidence of this. So her status was listed as unknown. Regardless, the example is missing important context, because experts said the case underscores the need for more vaccination, not less.