The 74 Million – Laura Fay
The World Health Organization declared “vaccine hesitancy” one of the top 10 threats to global health in 2019. Already this year that threat is evident across the United States, where regions with high rates of vaccine exemptions have been hit particularly hard by measles outbreaks since New Year’s. Doctors say the infection has reappeared in part because of persistent misinformation about vaccines that thrives in parent groups on Facebook. But as the illness has spread, some parents and young people are reconsidering their decisions about immunizations, while state lawmakers are looking for ways to prevent future outbreaks. https://www.the74million.org/7-surprising-lessons-from-the-2019-measles-outbreak-teens-defying-parents-on-vaccines-affected-children-left-more-susceptible-to-other-illnesses-more/