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“In fact, his push to toughen vaccination requirements was spurred by a 2014-15 measles outbreak at Disneyland, which, at the time, was one of the largest and most significant epidemics to arise after the disease was supposedly eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.”

“The US is experiencing its worst measles outbreak in three decades, with almost 3,900 cases this year, while childhood vaccination rates have fallen below levels needed to prevent outbreaks in many communities.”

“Fauci added that he hoped “to be able to immunize children at a very early age like we do with measles, mumps, and rubella to protect them from the possibility of an unexpected catastrophic outbreak like we saw in the pandemics that we have experienced.””

“Some experts attributed the measles outbreaks to misinformation from officials about the safety of vaccines, which has exacerbated declining vaccination rates.”