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David Kroman Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>More measles in Washington</h1>
                <h2><p>According to the Peninsula Daily News, a 5-year-old girl from north Olympic Peninsula has measles. She's the second person from the Olympic Peninsula to come down with the once eradicated disease and the fourth in Washington State. While the report made no mention of her vaccination history, the</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/david-kroman/">David Kroman</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p><a href="http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150213/NEWS/302139961/second-case-of-measles-in-port-angeles-confirmed-in-5-year-old-girl?ref=cascadepbs.org">According to the Peninsula Daily News</a>, a 5-year-old girl from north Olympic Peninsula has measles. She's the second person from the Olympic Peninsula to come down with the once eradicated disease and the fourth in Washington State. While the report made no mention of her vaccination history, the recurrence of measles in Washington brings the vaccination debate home.</p><p>Thursday, <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/health-care-inc/2015/02/how-anti-vaxxers-could-weaken-the-seattle-area.html?page=all&ref=cascadepbs.org">the Puget Sound Business Journal reported</a> on a 2010 study of a measles outbreak in San Diego in 2008. The sudy found that each case cost the public $10,376 in missed days at work, school closures and other disease-related slowdowns. Point being: A measles uptick is very much a <em>public</em> health problem.</p><p>So how at risk are <em>you</em>? King County has mapped the number of residents who've been granted vaccine exemptions, so you can see where your neighborhood ranks in terms of immunity.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe frameborder="0" height="425px" scrolling="no" src="https://data.kingcounty.gov/w/xs83-3zit/shwn-npxw?cur=CIPEvK_ArRG&amp;from=root" title="Vaccination Exemptions in King County" width="500px"><a href="https://data.kingcounty.gov/dataset/Vaccination-Exemptions-in-King-County/xs83-3zit?ref=cascadepbs.org" target="_blank" title="Vaccination Exemptions in King County">Vaccination Exemptions in King County</a></iframe></figure>
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According to the Peninsula Daily News, a 5-year-old girl from north Olympic Peninsula has measles. She's the second person from the Olympic Peninsula to come down with the once eradicated disease and the fourth in Washington State. While the report made no mention of her vaccination history, the recurrence of measles in Washington brings the vaccination debate home.

Thursday, the Puget Sound Business Journal reported on a 2010 study of a measles outbreak in San Diego in 2008. The sudy found that each case cost the public $10,376 in missed days at work, school closures and other disease-related slowdowns. Point being: A measles uptick is very much a public health problem.

So how at risk are you? King County has mapped the number of residents who've been granted vaccine exemptions, so you can see where your neighborhood ranks in terms of immunity.

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David Kroman

By David Kroman

David Kroman is formerly a reporter at Crosscut, where he covered city politics. In addition to Crosscut, his work has appeared in The Seattle Times, CityLab, High Country News, Seattle Magazine and e

David Kroman is formerly a reporter at Crosscut, where he covered city politics. In addition to Crosscut, his work has appeared in The Seattle Times, CityLab, High Country News, Seattle Magazine and e