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Measles elimination decision brewing, where is the fall vaccination data, and good news you might have missed
Your Local Epidemiologist · By Katelyn Jetelina ·
The Brief
- A panel of experts is meeting behind closed doors to decide whether the U.S. has lost its measles elimination status.
- The source author predicts the U.S. will lose its status, which would cause significant public attention.
- The only source is a single newsletter post; no official decision is reported in the provided material.
Why it matters
Loss of measles elimination status would signal that sustained measles transmission has been maintained in the U.S., with implications for public health reporting and vaccination policy that science readers following epidemiology should track.
Who’s affected
- public health researchers and epidemiologists
- anyone following U.S. vaccination policy
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- #public health
- #vaccination
- #elimination status
- #epidemiology
This week, a panel of experts is meeting behind closed doors to decide whether the U.S. has lost its measles elimination status. If we lose status (if I were a betting person, I would say we will), it will cause a lot of commotion. Below, I'll help you get ahead of it with what’s…
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Your Local Epidemiologist reports that an expert panel is meeting this week to decide on U.S. measles elimination status
Your Local Epidemiologist
Measles elimination decision brewing, where is the fall vaccination data, and good news you might have missed