A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a significant increase in measles cases in the United States during the first quarter of 2024. According to the report, 338 measles cases have been reported since January 1, 2020, with 97 of those cases occurring between January 1 and March 28, 2024. As of April 11, the number of cases in 2024 has risen to 121.
The CDC report emphasizes the importance of maintaining high levels of measles vaccine coverage to prevent the spread of the disease. Undervaccinated communities are urged to get immunized, as over 90% of people infected since 2020 were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status.
The CDC also recommended additional efforts to increase routine vaccination coverage, encourage vaccination before international travel, identify communities at risk for measles transmission, and rapidly investigate suspected measles cases.
Children should receive their first dose of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine between 12 and 15 months of age and their second and final dose between four and six years of age.
The first measles vaccine was introduced in 1963, and the disease was considered eliminated from the US in 2000 before making a resurgence in recent years due to low vaccination rates in some communities.
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“before making a resurgence in recent years due to low vaccination rates in some communities.”
Could massive illegal immigration over our southern border be also partially responsible for the resurgence of measles?
here we go again…. medical establishment coercing everyone into vaccinating vi fear mongering …. grow UP!!! take vitamin A get into the sun, take a walk and chill out!
The frum world is at great risk because of the rise of antivax sentiment among us. We need to be an am chacham v’navon and greatly increase vaccination, i”yh.
Was it the vaccine strain or the wild strain?
@AYidIsEhrlich:
I hope you’re being sarcastic.
This is also the fault of the CDC and Dr Fau-Xi. Marketing and mandating the clot shot as a “vaccine” for Kung Flu Virus has destroyed whatever confidence the public had in CDC. The byproduct of the government/Fauci scam from 2021 is the public skipping out on real vaccines. All the mamzerim who were onboard and pushing the clot shot have a hand in this.
Reb Not Getting Involved,
It’s highly unlikely Mr. AYidIsEhrlich is being sarcastic. Our leadership in 2021 pushed the clot shot and plenty of sheeple fell for the vax ruse perpetrated by government and Fau-Xi. In the 5towns alone there was a massive coordination among many of the shul rabbis (notably excluding rabbi weinberger from aish) to push the clot shot on everyone. Once the ruse was uncovered there was never an official retraction or updated guidance just some heavy sweeping under the rug. Ok you can pretend this never happened but we the public know the truth. Most people who took the clot shot and survived are not interested in relitigating the subject and would like to move on. There’s still a small segment of the population like Mr. AYidIsEhrlich who despite all the evidence still contend the clot shot was correct. These people cannot be reasoned with and fall into same class as the flat earthers and the faked moon landing crowd. Better not to engage them at the kiddush.
Has a new stock of measles vaccine been slow in sales?
Why has there “suddenly” been a rise?