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Wisconsin is experiencing one of

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the largest measles outbreaks

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in several years.

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With childhood vaccination rates

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including for measles

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sitting at about 85%

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for incoming kindergartners

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in Wisconsin

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was it just a matter of time

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before this outbreak happened?

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I think

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the answer is yes to that.

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We've been concerned about

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the level of

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childhood vaccinations

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being too low.

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Measles, as you said

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is probably

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our most contagious virus.

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The classical teaching

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in public health school is

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that you really need to have

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a community with

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95% vaccine coverage

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or greater to

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prevent an outbreak

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if there is a case that comes

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into the community

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through travel, for example.

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So we have many communities

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that are below 90%

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and below 85%.

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And so

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for the past year and a half

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where there have been

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measles outbreaks occurring in

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different places of the country

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we've kind of been anticipating:

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When is it going to

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come to Wisconsin?

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The benefit of that is

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that we were ready

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and we're making

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the right resources available

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to our southwestern counties.

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Hopefully we'll take this

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what is now

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a medium-sized outbreak

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and keep it that small

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and prevent it from

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getting to be a large one

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like we've seen in

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some other states.