Again, because parents aren't having their kids vaccinated; and because the CDC is doing a terrible job getting the word out about the importance of vaccination, everybody suffers:
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Amid spikes nationally, Oregon measles outbreak grows to state's largest in years
"Oregon's measles outbreak is now the largest in the state in over three decades, mirroring a trend of rising measles cases across the U.S. this year.
"Nearly one-third of measles cases since the COVID-19 pandemic occurred in the past three months, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"The number of cases in Oregon's outbreak first tracked in mid-June grew to 31 as of Tuesday, surpassing the last outbreak in the state, in 2019, when 28 cases were reported.
"Health experts attribute the reappearance of the disease to the falling rate of children getting measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations. They have noted that outbreaks are mostly confined to pockets of the population where young people have not been vaccinated.
"The disease is among the most contagious known, and the only way we know to stop it is to maintain very high immunization rates – upwards of 95%," said Paul Cieslak, medical director for communicable diseases and immunizations at the Oregon Health Authority's Public Health Division. "Two doses of vaccine provide lifelong protection for about 97% of recipients.”
"All of those infected during the outbreak were people who were unvaccinated, according to the Oregon Health Authority. Two people were hospitalized, officials said. The outbreak is the largest reported in Oregon since measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.
"Oregon's measles outbreak is also the second-largest in the country, among 13 outbreaks reported in 2024. As of Tuesday, the CDC reported 236 U.S. cases in just over eight months this year, compared with 58 cases in all of 2023.
"The majority of cases across the U.S. this year – 87% – involved people who had not been vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown.
"Illinois declared its outbreak, which began in March, to be over in early June. However, health officials in Oregon expect the state's outbreak will continue.
"We don't have enough vaccinated people to stop the transmission, and so it goes on,” Cieslak said at a news briefing Aug. 8."
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What are you going to do about it?? Where's the sense of urgency?
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