Florida has a measles outbreak.

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(02-22-2024, 09:47 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Thank you very much.  So if we're looking at 11% we're well within the herd immunity zone, which is in the 70-90% range, depending on the disease. If even 3-4% of those unvaccinated are for medical reasons, i.e. not crazy Facebook mom reasons, then you're very comfortably within the herd immunity range.  Another interesting question would be how a disease previously eradicated in the US managed to creep its way back in.

I ask these questions because there's very likely more, and better, reasons for this happening than GOP politician is stupid.

Same link:

Quote:Measles is highly contagious, spread through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. If one person has it, about 90% of people around them will also become infected if they are not protected by the vaccine or masks, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The disease can live on a surface or in an airspace for up to two hours where the infected person coughed or sneezed. If other people breathe the contaminated air or touch the infected surface, then touch their eyes, noses, or mouths, they can become infected. If you are unvaccinated for measles, your risk is much higher.


“Certainly if you’re in a typical-sized classroom with a patient that’s infected, who’s coughing or sneezing, then you’re at risk,”  said Dr. Ronald Ford,  chief medical officer at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood.

The gop appointee decided to tell parents they didn't need to wait the usual 21 days.  Same appointee who has been anti-vaccine to the point of lying about them.