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Johan Bester

Director of Bioethics, UNLV School of Medicine at University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV)
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  • The main reasons we are seeing this outbreak are the combination of (1) not vaccinating in high enough levels to keep measles at bay, which causes pockets of susceptibility among the population along which measles outbreaks can spread, and (2) higher measles activity globally which makes it more likely to import measles to the U.S.

    28 October 2020
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    U.S. Measles Cases Top 1,000
    This year’s measles outbreak is the worst the United States has seen since the virus was declared eradicated in 2000. The growing anti-vaccine movement and the global surge in measles activity have created the perfect storm for a massive measles outbreak. To control the outbreak, more people must get vaccinated soon.
    28 October 2020
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