Measles outbreak: Why do some parents choose not to vaccinate?
Why do some parents choose not to vaccinate?
It's a question that's being asked with increased intensity— and often hostility—lately, in the wake of a measles outbreak at Disneyland in California. Calls have increased for an end to the granting of exemptions that allow parents in some states to deviate from the prescribed Centers for Disease Control immunization schedule.
According to the latest CDC statistics, there were 102 confirmed measles cases last month—about twice as many cases as in all of 2012, and a stark contrast with 2000, when the disease was officially declared eliminated in the United States.
