The article highlights the urgency of vaccination in response to a significant measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico. Despite the CDC's slow response and a larger-than-reported number of cases, health officials emphasize that the MMR vaccine effectively reduces the risk of measles by 97%. The article also notes that despite health departments' efforts to promote vaccination, misinformation persists, leading some parents to prioritize vitamin supplements over vaccines, further complicating the public health response.
Vaccination is the only surefire way to slow the spread of the wildly contagious disease.
Two doses in early childhood are enough to cut someone's risk of getting measles by 97 percent.
The CDC waited to release its first statement on the outbreak until a month or so after the epidemic began.
HHS is working on dispatching vitamin A to the region, overinflating the importance of those supplements in managing measles.
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