CDC Considers Tracking Non-Measles Cases Amid Record Outbreak
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The Onion Staff
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Summary
The CDC, facing the largest measles outbreak in decades, has stated that due to overwhelming caseloads and dropping vaccination rates, it would be more practical to start tracking people who don't have measles rather than trying to track everyone who does. The agency cited data showing U.S. vaccination rates have fallen below the threshold needed to prevent community spread, making disease surveillance increasingly difficult.
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· 3 pulledAs the agency struggles to manage a measles caseload that has erupted to its largest size in decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated Monday that at this point, it would probably make more sense to start tracking people without the disease.
Citing recent data that showed U.S. vaccination rates had dropped below the level needed to stop community spread of measles, top CDC scientists confirmed the overwhelming number of outbreaks across the country was making it really hard to keep tabs on everyone who had the disease.
As a result, they concluded, it would be more practical to start tracking people without the disease.
ATLANTA—As the agency struggles to manage a measles caseload that has erupted to its largest size in decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated Monday that at this point, it would probably make more sense to start tracking people witho
