It is spreading beyond this community, "unfortunately," Katherine Wells, director of public health for the city of Lubbock -- which is located in western Texas -- told ABC News. "West Texas is where the spread of these cases are right now, and we need to make sure that everybody in West Texas is getting vaccinated and is aware of measles and understands the precautions that we need to take."...
"In many of these areas, vaccination rates are below 90%, well below the 92-94% needed for community or “herd” immunity. That’s what has allowed this outbreak to grow to over 300 cases so quickly. We fear the number of actual cases may be much higher than reported due to confusion and delays in the outbreak response," she said...
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Just two cases have occurred in people fully vaccinated with the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine, according to the data.