Measles outbreak largest in last decade
A current outbreak of the measles has spread to 15 states, making it the largest in the last 10 years. We can expect to see this again in the future, as more and more parents seem to be eschewing the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine.
“What concerns me is the trend of more and more people not vaccinating their children because of fears that vaccines cause autism — although no studies have proven this to be true,” Dr. Joseph Rahimian, an infectious disease specialist at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Manhattan, told FOXNews.com in May.
Last month British health officials said measles had become an epidemic in that country for the first time since the mid-1990s due to parents not getting their children vaccinated.
“With the whole debate about vaccines — and now parents due to their personal beliefs not vaccinating their children — what we are seeing now is that we are going to have these epidemic outbreaks throughout the country,” said Dr. Manny Alvarez, managing editor of health at FOXNews.com.
Information from: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,3793...
