I’ve heard this spun different ways; either anti-vaccinaters or religious belief – PB/TK
Anti-vaccine groups blamed in Minnesota measles outbreak – By Jacqueline Howard l May 8, 2017
A measles outbreak continues to strike Minnesota as health officials stress the importance of getting vaccinated.
There are now 48 confirmed measles cases in Hennepin, Ramsey and Crow Wing counties, mostly affecting unvaccinated Somali-American children, according to data released by the state’s Department of Health on Monday.
Of those impacted, 46 are children 10 and younger; 41 are Somali-American; and 45 have not been vaccinated against the disease, according to the data.
The state’s outbreak — the largest in over two decades — appears to have started in a Somali community, where vaccine skepticism has recently spread, said Kristen Ehresmann, director of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division at the Minnesota Department of Health.
Continue to cnn.com article: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/08/health/measles-minnesota-somali-anti-vaccine-bn/index.html
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