The number of measles cases in the United States made its biggest jump of the year, with 90 new cases reported in just one week, according to numbers released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
With 555 total cases, 2019 now has the second-highest number of measles cases in the United States in 25 years -- and the year isn't even half over. "I'm obviously very concerned about the size and also acceleration of the current outbreak," said Dr. Nancy Messonier, director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases."This is not going to stop on its own."Anti-vaxers are winning the war on social media.
Health officials there announced last week that in the neighborhoods affected by the outbreak, anyone who has not had been vaccinated against measles or cannot show evidence of immunity could face a $1,000 fine. Health officials in Rockland County, New York, tried to bar unvaccinated children from public places, but a judge prohibited the county from enforcing that rule. Messonier said it's a matter of"correcting myths" about vaccination.
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