Like Like Love Haha Wow Sad Angry 1(ThyBlackMan.com) Measles is a “cost of doing business,” says a highly placed official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In high-income countries with good medical care, 1 to 3 people die for every 1,000 measles cases. Unnecessary deaths could be deemed a cost of doing business, one supposes. Plagues can be a significant cost of doing business. It’s a cost of the business of living in Trump’s America.