Los Angeles County is one of the most vulnerable places in America when it comes to measles, largely because of the thousands of travelers arriving every day from countries with massive outbreaks, a new study says.
The Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport. Los Angeles County is considered vulnerable to a measles outbreak because of the high volume of foreign travelers who arrive daily.
Accordingly, researchers looked at vaccination rates in each county as well as the numbers of international travelers flying into each county from places experiencing major measles outbreaks, such asand Ukraine. Thus far this year, according to the World Health Organization, 112,000 people have been diagnosed with measles outside the United States.
“The places, in particular in California — and also Cook County, which is where Chicago O’Hare is — are really high on the list mainly because of the sheer volume of travelers,” Gardner said. “It’s not just the fact that there are big airports, but those airports have a lot of incoming routes from countries having ongoing measles outbreaks.”one through Long Beach AirportAnd so far, the researchers’ rankings have matched up with reality.
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