Measles Makes a Comeback
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Fifteen years after measles was declared eradicated in the United States, more than 70 people have come down with the disease — an outbreak that started at Disneyland. It's not enough cases to be a real epidemic. But public health officials are warning that too many people are refusing the vaccination that once eliminated a highly contagious, potentially deadly, disease.
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| 0:35.9 | Measles makes a comeback at Disneyland. |
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| 0:48.9 | Measles is highly contagious. |
| 0:50.7 | It can lead to pneumonia, lifelong brain damage, deafness, and even death. |
| 0:55.1 | Fifteen years ago, MMR, the measles mumps, and rebella vaccine, was thought to have eradicated |
| 1:00.6 | measles in the United States. |
| 1:02.8 | But today, more than 70 people in California and five other states have come down with measles, |
| 1:08.1 | an outbreak that started at the happiest place on Earth. |
| 1:11.4 | Was it spread by visitors from other countries? |
| 1:14.0 | Are too many Americans saying no to the MMR vaccine? |
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