Is the US at risk of losing its measles elimination status?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

As measles continues to spread across the United States, questions have emerged about whether the country will retain its measles elimination status.

The U.S. is currently experiencing the highest number of measles cases reported in more than three decades, in large part due to an outbreak in western Texas that infected more than 700 people and spread to New Mexico and Oklahoma.

Meanwhile, an outbreak in Arizona and Utah currently shows no signs of slowing down and a separate outbreak in South Carolina has sent dozens of students into quarantine.

If spread of the virus continues into late January, it will mean the U.S. has seen a year of continuous transmission, which could lead to a loss of the country's elimination status. Measles would once again be considered endemic or constantly circulating.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-risk-losing-measles-elimination-110214466.html

Brain worm is hoping for herd immunity.

[RockRaven]

1. Reminder that for every 1000 infected children, there will be 2-3 deaths and

1 disability due to permanent brain damage.

That death and disability is almost completely avoidable. These antivaxxers are moral monsters.