World may be “post-herd immunity” to measles, top US scientist says

Source: The Guardian [UK]

“A leading immunologist warned of a ‘post-herd-immunity world,’ as measles outbreaks affect communities with low vaccination rates in the American south-west, Mexico and Canada. The US is enduring the largest measles outbreak in a quarter-century. Centered in west Texas, the measles outbreak has killed two unvaccinated children and one adult and spread to neighboring states including New Mexico and Oklahoma. ‘We’re living in a post-herd-immunity world. I think the measles outbreak proves that,’ said Dr Paul Offit, an expert on infectious disease and immunology and director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.” (05/03/25)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/03/measles-post-herd-immunity