Minnesota’s Hennepin County is currently experiencing an outbreak of measles cases. Most of the cases (46 out of 48) are 10 years of age or younger and 41 are Somali-American children. Forty-five of the cases are confirmed to be unvaccinated; vaccination status of the remaining cases has not yet been determined. The local Somali community has been targeted for years with misinformation about a connection between vaccination and autism. For more information see http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/08/health/measles-minnesota-somali-anti-vaccine-bn/index.html

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