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Dr. Hotez: ‘MMR Vaccine for Measles, Mumps & Rubella Is One of the Most Effective and Safest Vaccines There Is’
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CNN
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The Situation Room (CNN)
Name: The Situation Room (CNN)
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Wolf Blitzer
, Peter Hotez
Name: Wolf Blitzer
Employment: CNN
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Name: Peter Hotez
Employment: Baylor College of Medicine
Position: Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine
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03/12/2025 10:56 am
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Alex (staff)
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BLITZER New this morning ░░░░░░░░ measles outbreak that started ░░░░░░░░ west Texas is growing ░░░░░░░░ has now spread to ░░░░░░░░ least three states with ░░░░░░░░ than 250 confirmed cases ░░░░░░░░ say these numbers are ░░░░░░░░ a severe undercount Joining ░░░░░░░░ now Dr Peter Hotez ░░░░░░░░ director of the Texas ░░░░░░░░ s Hospital Center for ░░░░░░░░ Development He s also ░░░░░░░░ and Dean of tropical ░░░░░░░░ at Baylor College of ░░░░░░░░ Dr Hotez as usual ░░░░░░░░ so much for joining ░░░░░░░░ Do you expect the ░░░░░░░░ to continue to grow ░░░░░░░░ Yeah Wolf because every ░░░░░░░░ and Friday we get ░░░░░░░░ and the numbers are ░░░░░░░░ going up And remember ░░░░░░░░ incubation period the time ░░░░░░░░ when you re infected ░░░░░░░░ the virus to you ░░░░░░░░ symptoms is just under ░░░░░░░░ weeks So anytime the ░░░░░░░░ goes up you know ░░░░░░░░ this epidemic keeps ever ░░░░░░░░ meaning it ll continue ░░░░░░░░ rise for at least ░░░░░░░░ two weeks So this ░░░░░░░░ certainly last the minimum ░░░░░░░░ the end of this ░░░░░░░░ and likely well into ░░░░░░░░ spring unfortunately BLITZER What ░░░░░░░░ you say to those ░░░░░░░░ who are reluctant to ░░░░░░░░ a vaccine to deal ░░░░░░░░ the measles Hotez Well ░░░░░░░░ know this is a ░░░░░░░░ virus illness 20 percent ░░░░░░░░ kids typically require hospitalization ░░░░░░░░ because of measles pneumonia ░░░░░░░░ neurological symptoms including encephalitis ░░░░░░░░ deafness ocular involvement dehydration ░░░░░░░░ to severe diarrhea Measles ░░░░░░░░ a bad actor And ░░░░░░░░ until a few years ░░░░░░░░ measles was the single ░░░░░░░░ killer of children globally ░░░░░░░░ it causes severe illness ░░░░░░░░ adults Adults don t ░░░░░░░░ well with measles particularly ░░░░░░░░ women So that s ░░░░░░░░ word to get out ░░░░░░░░ how awful awful this ░░░░░░░░ disease is And yet ░░░░░░░░ MMR vaccine for Measles ░░░░░░░░ and Rubella is one ░░░░░░░░ the most effective and ░░░░░░░░ vaccines there is.”
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