In December, an unvaccinated woman visited Disneyland (then flew home)
and spread measles to dozens of people. Now, in Disneyland's homeland of Orange County, 24 unvaccinated students have been temporarily banned from a Huntington Beach high school to prevent the outbreak
from spreading from an infected student.
Orange County has 16 confirmed cases of the viral infection, six of which are not connected to the Disneyland outbreak.
“It doesn’t worry me that much because I’ve had the vaccination,” a female student said.
Measles is highly contagious and can spread easily through the air.
“Simply being in the same room with someone who has measles is sufficient to become infected,” the Orange County Health Care Agency said in a letter to all parents in the district.
Yes, public schools require students to be vaccinated—
but parents can sign waiver forms.
This spread of measles is being fueled by a portion of parents who refused to vaccinate their children — an estimated one in 10 people today is perhaps susceptible to the virus, contends a contagious disease expert in California.
As the parent of a baby too young to be vaccinated for measles, this stuff scares the daylights out of me.