Vaccine-refusing community drove outbreak that cost $395K, sickened babies

Vaccine-refusing community drove outbreak that cost $395K, sickened babies

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https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/07/vaccine-refusing-community-drove-outbreak-that-cost-395k-sickened-babies/

A 2013 measles outbreak rooted in a vaccine-refusing community in Brooklyn, New York cost the city’s health department an estimated $394,448, requiring 87 employees to collectively spend more than 10,000 hours on outbreak response and control, according to an analysis published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.