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After years of being the target of anti-vaccine groups, a vulnerable Somali immigrant community in Minnesota is now fighting a raging measles outbreak. It’s the worst outbreak in the state in nearly 30 years, and this year’s totals now exceed the total number of measles cases reported in the entire country in 2016….Health experts already estimate that 8,250 people have been exposed in daycares, hospitals, and schools.
The report goes on to update vaccination trends in Minnesota, including among the Somali community.
In encouraging signs, vaccination rates have rebounded amid the outbreak. Statewide, the rate of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine jumped from about 2,700 per week to as many as 9,700. In the Somali community, child vaccination rates went from about 30 a week to as high as 500 between April and May.
Good news.