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A new CNN/ORC poll showed that eight out of ten Americans believed that parents must undergo vaccination for healthy children to fight against the common diseases such as mumps, polio, rubella and measles, according to CNN.
Children who were not vaccinated must not be allowed to attend public day care centers or public schools. The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reports that there are a total of 154 measles cases across the country from the Jan. 1 up to Feb. 20. A new poll was held from Feb. 12 to 15 and it was found out that 78 percent of respondents agreed that parents or guardians need to vaccinate their children to prevent these preventable diseases.
The measles vaccine was administered in Los Angeles, California at Venice Family Clinic last Feb. 5, International Business Times reported. Majority of Americans said that measles vaccines must be mandatory, which was also stated by the new poll.
The site added that parents who have forbidden their kids from being vaccinated might contribute to a measles outbreak. The outbreak originated in California, specifically at Disneyland as reported by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are parents who are hesitant to have their children immunized for they are afraid that these vaccinations may lead to other disorders such as autism.
As of Feb. 20, a total of 154 cases of measles were reported in the seventeen different states based from the current CDC statistics. Serious outbreaks were reported in Illinois and Nevada, the agency added.
Measles was virtually non-existent in the country because of immunizations. However, there has been a case uptick due to anti-vaccination movements. In 2014, 383 measles cases were reported; most of them came from the Amish communities in Ohio.
