Measles Vaccination Rate Raises Fears

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A new Emory University study released this week says the number of Americans vaccinated against measles is dropping dangerously close to the level where large outbreaks of the disease are more and more likely.

The percentage of unvaccinated children is between 8% and 6%. A few children are vulnerable because they can’t receive the vaccine for medical reasons or aren’t old enough to be vaccinated.

Measles is now not widespread in the USA thanks to herd immunity – meaning the majority of people across the country have been vaccinated.

This year, there have been 189 cases, at least 117 of them being related to an outbreak that started at Disneyland.

“We can’t get complacent” about vaccinating kids against the measles, said study researcher Robert Bednarczyk, an assistant professor of global health at Emory University in Atlanta.

Others though, are not vaccinated because their parents delay vaccination or opt out for religious or personal reasons.

The researchers also found that almost one in four children aged 3 years or younger are at risk, and that almost 5% of 17-year-olds had not received any doses of the vaccine.

‘While we now have overall immunity in the population that should prevent sustained measles transmission, if the virus is introduced, there is the potential for large outbreaks.

The child had received one measles vaccine, which is recommended at ages 12 to 15 months.

In the new study, researchers analyzed national vaccination data for USA children from 2013 to 2014. But below this threshold, measles outbreaks could become more common and more severe.

It’s the first time that an estimation regarding measles susceptibility has been made, and the startling findings have been presented at IDWeeek, an annual meeting for infectious disease professionals, held in San Diego.

People who are not vaccinated, or who have received only one dose, run a high risk of disease, because measles can easily be caught through direct contact and droplets that spread through the air. In addition, physicians need to ensure that those who received only one dose receive a second dose at the recommended age.

Fairfax County has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the state, with 82 percent of children receiving all vaccines. The second dose should come between the ages of 4 and 6 years.

In contrast, “not vaccinating is highly risky” and leaves those children and other people vulnerable to a serious illness that can cause many complications, Bednarczyk said.

However, the number of children going for vaccination has declined significant over the years because parents are questioning the safety of the vaccines.

The US population needs about a 94 percent vaccination rate to protect those who can not be vaccinated and are at the highest risk of adverse effects of a measles infection.