Guest column: Declining vaccination rates have opened the door for measles to return
“Keeping kids vaccinated keeps them healthy, protects those around them, and ensures that measles remains a disease of the past, not the present,” say two local pediatricians. (Mary Conlon/AP Photo file)
Jason Yaun
Dr. Jason Yaun is clinical director of University Tennessee-Le Bonheur general pediatrics and associate professor at University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Nick Hysmith
Nick Hysmith is a local pediatrician and associate professor of pediatrics in the division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.
The reality is stark — when vaccine rates fall, measles comes back, putting our most vulnerable, including infants and immunocompromised children (such as those undergoing chemotherapy), in danger.
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