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Measles outbreak explodes in Ohio as children too young to get vaccinated fall ill [1]
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Date: 2022-12-12
One month ago, the measles outbreak in Ohio’s unvaccinated communities had touched seven child care centers and one school. At that point there were 18 confirmed cases. All of the cases were children, at least 15 of them under the age of 4. At least six of those children needed to be hospitalized at some point. All of the children were unvaccinated, which meant they had not received a single dose of the two-dose measles regimen.
On Monday, Columbus, Ohio, public health officials announced that the measles outbreak had now risen to 73 confirmed cases, with 26 of those people having been hospitalized at some point due to the measles. Fox28 reports that Columbus Public Health says, “67 of the cases are in those unvaccinated with the remaining cases involving partially vaccinated children or those whose vaccination status is unknown.” According to NBC4, four of the cases are partially vaccinated children who have only received one dose of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR), while two other confirmed cases include people whose vaccination status is still not known.
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