CDC And WHO Warn That Measles Cases Are Surging

CNN reports:

Global measles cases surged by more than 20% to an estimated 10.3 million last year, the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. About 107,500 people, mostly young children, died — an “unacceptable” death toll from a disease that’s preventable through vaccination, the health groups said.

The increase in cases is driven by falling levels of vaccination. Measles can be deadly and debilitating, but it is preventable with two doses of the highly effective measles vaccine. One dose is 93% effective against measles, and two doses is 97% effective.

The virus had been completely eliminated from 82 countries in the last 50 years, but lack of access to vaccines and misinformation about vaccine safety has caused the world to backslide. As of November 7, there have been a total of 266 measles cases reported in the US in 2024 alone, with 16 outbreaks, according to the CDC.

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“after Kennedy and his anti-vaccine organisation visited Samoa in 2019, deaths of two children were falsely attributed to the measles vaccination. Vaccination rates plummeted to 31% and a measles outbreak killed 83 people.”

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