Eight percent of Leelanau County students are not vaccinated for measles.
“Our goal is to have 95% of our school-age kids vaccinated,” said Michelle Klein, personal health director of the Benzie-Leelanau District Health Department. “Anything less than 90% and those exposed will get it.”
Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000. This was thanks to a very high percentage of people receiving the safe and effective measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. In recent years, however, according to the Centers for Disease Control:
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