Maimuna S. Majumder, MPH, Emily L. Cohn, MPH; Sumiko R. Mekaru, DVM, PhD, Jane E. Huston, MPH, and John S. Brownstein, PhD, assess vaccination-hesitant people in the population and its effect on infection.
“Our study estimates that MMR vaccination rates among the exposed population in which secondary cases have occurred might be as low as 50 percent and likely no higher than 86 percent,” said the study according to the Long Beach Press Telegram. The study also notes that a vaccination rate between 96 to 99 percent of the population is necessary for herd immunity and the prevention of future outbreaks.
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