The CDC just confirmed what pediatricians have been dreading:
Measles is surging across America. A disease we eliminated in 2000 is back because vaccination rates have fallen below the threshold… | Christine Bork
The CDC just confirmed what pediatricians have been dreading:
Measles is surging across America. A disease we eliminated in 2000 is back because vaccination rates have fallen below the threshold that protects communities.
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases on Earth. If someone with measles coughs in a room and leaves, you can walk in two hours later and catch it. The virus hangs in the air like invisible smoke.
90% of unvaccinated people exposed to measles will get it. Not might. Will.
Before vaccines, measles killed 400-500 children every year in the US. It caused brain damage in thousands more. And this isn't ancient history.
Oregon is seeing its worst outbreak in decades. Chicago, Florida, Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington all have active cases.
The outbreaks are concentrated where vaccination rates have dropped. Where parents believed the lies about vaccines causing autism (comprehensively disproven). Where "personal belief exemptions" let fear override science.
Your pediatrician isn't pushing vaccines to make money. We're watching a preventable disaster unfold and begging parents to protect their kids.
If your child isn't fully vaccinated, please call your pediatrician today.
Learn what you need to know here:
https://lnkd.in/gmYdaR3p
Allen Tien, MD, MHS mdlogix.com 94,698 田一彦
