Louisiana Department of Health says it will no longer promote mass vaccination

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@mostlylong

Here I am talking in general terms, for any pathogen, measles, flu, etc.

Regardless of the specific pathogen, as mentioned above, in general vaccines are not 100%/absolute protective. They are certainly on average more protective than no vaccine - this is what is demonstrated in clinical trials with rigorous experimental design (controlled, randomized, replicated).

That’s why some people may still be at risk, but especially people with certain conditions and older people who, as we know, have weaker immune systems. For measles, my understanding is that younger people are more vulnerable, relative to the general population.

I agree. I think we just disagree on whether vaccinations should be mandatory.

Here are a couple of links on measles vaccination rates in the U.S. and current cases in the U.S. There has been an uptick in cases in the past 2 years. So the questions for me are, how much of the increase is due to lower vaccination rates? And how much of the increase should be contributed to unvaccinated people arriving from other countries?

According to the data from the CDC, measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccination rates for kindergarteners in the United States dropped from 95% in the 2019-2020 school year to approximately 93% in the 2022-2023 school year.

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Measles 2025: See map of 7 states with known measles cases