At least 81 kids have contracted measles in central Ohio, with more than two dozen of them hospitalized. According to data from the Ohio Public Health System, only three of the eighty-one children have received one of the two recommended vaccine doses; seventy-six of the children have not received a single dose of the measles vaccine. Dr. Mysheika Roberts, Health Commissioner for the City of Columbus, Ohio, joins Morning Joe to discuss the current outbreak and how you can protect your family.
Officials are expressing alarm over a measles outbreak in Ohio, which they say is caused by the growing hesitancy of parents to vaccinate their kids, causing higher health risks and danger.
Twenty-eight percent of all adults now say parents should be able to decide not to vaccinate their children for measles, mumps and rubella to attend public schools, up from 16% in 2019.