DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF/WRGT) - More than 700 cases of the measles have been reported across the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control, making it the worst outbreak in 25 years.
So far there have not been any cases in Ohio and doctors at Dayton Children's Hospital hope to keep it that way. "The message is, we should all be vaccinated," said Dr. Sherman J. Alter, Chief of Infectious Disease at Dayton Children's.
Alter said measles had essentially been eliminated, meaning it was not spreading in the country. But he said with the growing trend of skepticism about vaccines, the highly contagious disease is making a comeback, "measles is one of the diseases that we dread because of its contagious ability," he said. Doctor Alter advised parents to look at the risk versus the benefit of vaccines, "measles can have serious consequences," he said, including in some cases, death.
Alter said he is hopeful that Ohio has a high enough "sustained immunization," meaning enough people who have been vaccinated, to prevent an outbreak from happening here.
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