Vaccine resistance in America has frequently coincided with periods of great angst and resentment toward a government that seems bent on micromanaging citizens’ lives.
As the country faces the largest outbreak of measles since the disease was deemed eliminated in 2000, epidemiologists and medical ethicists say they are not surprised to see an us-versus-them mentality fueling the rise of vaccine opponents once again.
An infection is never an individualistic affair. The virus that causes measles is more contagious than Ebola or Zika, and it remains suspended in the air for two hours after an infected person has coughed or sneezed. To prevent a single case from ballooning into an outbreak, between 90% and 95% of the population must be immunized.Gil F. Chavez
There have always been pockets of vaccine resistance. But today they can be found on both ends of the political spectrum. measles cases and counting in that outbreak, the conservative community bristles at the government’s attempt to interfere in their lives.A sign explains the local state of emergency at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y., after a measles outbreak.
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