Katie Drummond: got it. Very good. We are in the middle of this outbreak, about which we talked to the top. what happens now? Once the outbreak of measles goes out, it is spreading between a community, how do you have something like this? What would be the next steps to really under the United States to bring this outbreak under control?
Emily Mulin: Yes. Well, this is a great question. We have seen the outbreak of measles first. You may remember that in 2019 there was a major measles outbreak which was focused in conservative Jewish communities in New York. It actually took this strategic shoes on the ground effort to enter the community, fought the wrong information, provided culturally sensitive information about the benefits of MMR vaccine to achieve rates there. Because again, there is no effective treatment for measles. This isolation takes vaccination because to be clear, we are looking at these measles because due to the decline in nationwide vaccination rates. People are not yet relying on vaccines. For measles, the vaccination rate in a community requires too much, 95 percent, so that outbreaks can be prevented as it is so contagious. In Gens County, Texas, which currently contain most cases, the kindergarten measles vaccination rate is 82 percent.
Katie Drummond: Very good.
Emily Mulin: This is why we are seeing such a huge concentration of cases there. But in New Mexico, in Lee County where most of New Mexico cases are happening, measles vaccination rate is quite high, about 94 percent. But then, it is a very infectious virus. We really need those rates that are up to 95 percent. This is what epidemics say that it is actually necessary for the protection of a community.
Katie Drummond: Just last to outline it. MMR vaccine, how effective is the vaccine preventing measles in a given person?
Emily Mulin: A dose of vaccine is 93 percent effective against measles, and two doses are 97 percent effective. The first dose is usually recommended for children between the ages of 12 to 15 months. The second dose is then usually given when a child is between four and six years old.
Katie Drummond: got it. We are also, again, only a community, infants, the weakest people in young children, in terms of risk for measles. Certainly it seems that vaccines are a better option than cod liver oil, if I can say so. We are going to take a short break. Thanks, Emily. When we come back, you need to read what you need today. Welcome to return Anaini valleyY I am the Global Editorial Director of Wi Drummond, Wired. I am associated with Emily Mulin of Wired. Now, Emily, before I let you go, I really want to pitch you and our listeners on a story, which everyone should read on Wire.com today, in this case, other than the excellent stories we have mentioned in this episode. This is a feature that we have today published by Wired contributor Lauren Smiley. Lauren is an incredible journalist, an incredible story writer. He put a deep-bowl in Boeing. If you are not already afraid of air travel, everything going on with FAA has been given and everything that has happened to Boeing in the last several years is everything, this story will not make you feel better. I say that as someone who takes too much Xanax before flying. This story will make you more nervous about the safety of air travel. But this is the story told through the eyes of a person, which actually worked in Boeing for many years, there were a lot of concerns about the safety of Boeing manufacturing facilities, safety within the safety of aircraft, and often the alarm played inside the company. By the time he finally left the company, and began to look at terrible aircraft accidents only, serious events with Boeing aircraft that he was really responsible for construction and construction. It is about his journey as a whistleblower, and how he is since he left Boeing and becoming a whistleblower, he has actually become this focal point for families of those who lost their lives in the Boeing Plain Crash. It has become a focal point for other whistleblowers that have come forward with harmful information about what is going on inside the company. This is actually the story of a man, his name is Ed Pearson, and his mission continues through today, to reveal what he describes as a serious misconception and rape from Boeing that affects all our safety when coming on an aircraft. This is an Incredible story. Then, it will not make you feel good, but it has read a lot, very well. I strongly advise everyone to see it. Emily, I think you really said that you read this story earlier today, so I suspect that you agree with me.
