“It’s kind of like if you were a firefighter trying to put out a house fire, & somebody is standing on the hose trying to have a philosophical debate with you about whether water is good or not,” he said.

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Part of the problem, he said, is that #politicians have sent mixed messages about the importance of #vaccination. Utah state lawmakers even introduced #legislation this year that would have made it easier to opt out of #school vaccination requirements. Though it did not become #law, he said the fact that it had been introduced during the middle of a #measles #outbreak incensed doctors on the front lines.

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The #virus has jumped between under-vaccinated groups of people across the state. Dr. Leisha Nolen, the #Utah state epidemiologist, said that #measles cases had emerged in 22 of the state’s 29 counties. Most of the counties that have been spared have very small populations, she added.

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