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## US Experiencing Largest Measles Outbreak As 2000: 5 essential Reads on the risks, What to Do, and What’s Coming Next
To explain how parents could reasonably weigh the risks posed by vaccines against the risks posed by a disease like measles and decide not to vaccinate, public policy expert Y. Tony Yang and health economist Avi Dor at George Washington University, utilize a mathematical framework called “game theory”.
“Game theory reveals that vaccine hesitancy is not a moral failure, but simply the predictable outcome of a system in which individual and collective incentives are not properly aligned,” they wrote.
5. Measles-free status
Measles is said to be eliminated from a country after at least 12 months in which there is minimal spread of the disease domestically and only small outbreaks linked to international travel.
The World Health Institution (WHO) announced in January 2024 that the United Kingdom and five other European countries lost their measles elimination status, according to Reuters. The WHO European Region reported a surge in measles cases in 2023, with over 30,000 cases reported – the highest number in six years. And the organization’s Pan American office issued an alert on February 3, 2024, noting the alarming spread of the disease in North, Central and South America.
In November 2023, when Canada lost its measles elimination status, global health epidemiologist Kathryn H. Jacobsen at the University of Richmond observed that the United States is likely to lose its status in 2024 or 2025,along with Mexico.
Jacobsen explained why this designation is so vital for public health.
“The loss of measles elimination status is a symptom of a deeper problem: declining trust in public messages about science and health, which has led to declining vaccination rates and increasing vulnerability to vaccine-preventable diseases,” she wrote.
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