They took her four times to get it; twice she was turned away because she had a cold. “Don’t stress,” he says the health care worker told them, “the vaccine can be administered up until she reaches 5.” The third and fourth time, he says, they were told the vaccine was unavailable.

Mild level of WTF while reading. The first two times had a reasonable explanation.

She was discharged and readmitted to hospital a total of five times, Al Amin says; only on the fifth occasion did a doctor tell him she was suffering from measles.

Serious levels of WTF while reading. Every time a measles patient goes without a diagnosis, the hyperinfectious disease gets another chance to spread.