The festering anti-vaccination movement in the United States is giving doctors and health officials a headache, but things are even worse on the island nation of Samoa. As of last week, over 2,600 confirmed cases of measles had been recorded, and 33 people had died, most of them being young children. Things have somehow gotten even worse in the days since.
As CNN reports, the government of Samoa will actually shut down later this week in an effort to focus all available resources on the epidemic ravaging the isolated island nation. The death toll currently stands at 53, and 48 of the victims were children under the age of 4.
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Measles outbreak forces government shutdown in Samoa as death toll rises originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 2 Dec 2019 at 15:10:37 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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