8/ 2023–2025: Measles cases are rising again. The reasons:
- Lower vaccination rates
- Global travel bringing in imported cases
- Misinformation fueling vaccine hesitancy
All of these put the U.S. at risk of losing elimination status.
- Lower vaccination rates
- Global travel bringing in imported cases
- Misinformation fueling vaccine hesitancy
All of these put the U.S. at risk of losing elimination status.
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Measles is one of the most contagious viruses in the world. It spreads before symptoms even appear & can cause severe complications even in healthy kids. A child has already died in Texas
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📌 The MMR vaccine is safe, effective, and necessary.
📌 To maintain elimination, we need ≥95% coverage.
📌 Public health vigilance is key.
Measles elimination was a major victory—let’s not lose it.
Outbreak are NOT USUAL NOT SHOULD THEY BECOME THE NORM.
So he is basically pointing to a problem caused by people like him as proof the recent outbreak is normal.
Yikes. I did notice he never once mentions vaccination in any way.