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Pennsylvania confirmed a third measles-related death as the state grapples with a growing outbreak. Health officials attribute spread partly to declining vaccination rates.
Pennsylvania has confirmed a third measles-related death as the state experiences a growing outbreak. Health officials attribute the spread in part to declining vaccination rates in certain communities, creating pockets of vulnerability to a disease that was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.
Measles is efficient at finding unvaccinated people. One infected person infects roughly 12-18 others in an unvaccinated population. Three deaths in one state signals that vaccination rates have fallen enough to sustain community transmission. This isn't an isolated case or a healthcare failure—it's a predictable result of vaccination rates dropping below the herd immunity threshold. The outbreak will continue spreading through unvaccinated groups until either enough people get infected to create temporary immunity or vaccination rates recover.
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