The anti-vax people really need to get their pointy little heads out of the sand and get with the program. What part of zero correlation between inoculation and autism do you fail to comprehend.
Now they are just spreading the love - from The Washington Times:
Arizona is site of largest current US measles outbreak
Health officials in Arizona say the largest current measles outbreak in the United States is in part because some workers at a federal immigration detention center refuse to get vaccinated.
Authorities have confirmed 22 measles cases in Arizona since late May. They all stem from the Eloy Detention Center, an Immigration and Customs
Enforcement facility managed by the private Corrections Corporation of America.
Pinal County health director Thomas Schryer said the outbreak likely began with a migrant but that detainees have since been vaccinated. Convincing employees to get vaccinated or show proof of immunity has proven much tougher, he said.
“And so they’re actually the ones that are passing along the measles among each other and then going out into the community,” Schryer said.
To see why this is a major concern, check out Herd Immunity.
Choosing to opt-out of a vaccination not only hurts your family, it also hurts your neighbors and their families - the spread of disease is a large and networked phenomenon and the entire web can be brought down by just a few self-centered links.
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