Measles was considered to be eradicated in the U.S. in 2000. 19 years later, the disease is back and spreading quickly throughout the country. Here's how the outbreak affects the U.S. population and economy.
The agenda of anti-vaccination activists may be causing a drag on the economy, says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
"When people get sick, they lose work, they lose their finances from work, [and] they have hospital costs," he says.07:28The agenda of anti-vaccination activists may be causing a drag on the U.S. economy as the measles outbreak forces people to stay out of work and seek medical care, the director for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Monday.
"If you wind up getting more infections and diseases that were vaccine-preventable, those are entirely avoidable burdens on the economy," Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNBC. "When people get sick, they lose work, they lose their finances from work, [and] they have hospital costs." There's no official data yet on how this year's measles outbreak — now the worst in the U.S. since the disease was declared eradicated in 2000 — may impact the economy in the near term.a person hospitalized
with measles can run up a hospital bill ranging from $4,032 to $46,060. Additionally, a University of North Carolina study showed vaccine-preventable diseases among adults cost the economy nearly $9 billion in 2015, with unvaccinated individuals responsible for 80% of those costs. The study was funded by
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