Now". >> I'm Steven Potter signatures
or address on their cases of Covid have been increasing since
August and are expected to keep rising as cold weather brings
people indoors. >> This as overall vaccine
uptake continues to decline. State health officials are
encouraging people to get the newest Covid and flu vaccines,
but as for required vaccinations, more K-12 students
are getting personal conviction waivers a matter of concern as
the vaccine rate for measles continues to fall well below
what's needed to prevent an outbreak.
>> 2024 has shown a number of measles outbreaks in the US,
most notably are our neighbors of Minnesota, are currently
experiencing a measles outbreak. I think they have about 49 cases
with at least 11 of them having been hospitalized and the
majority of these cases are occurring in unvaccinated
children. So we do know that we've got pockets in our
communities and in our schools that have much lower rates and