A top health official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said losing the country’s measles-elimination status is “just the cost of doing business with our borders being somewhat porous for global and international travel.” Ralph Abraham, the CDC’s new Principal Deputy Director, made this comment and added that some communities “choose to be unvaccinated.
That’s their personal freedom.” Public health experts are worried about this casual attitude, especially as measles cases keep rising across the country. South Carolina is now dealing with the biggest outbreak. Local officials have reported 700 infections, and the virus continues to spread fast.
