Matt Ferrari
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“Those are communities that have been at risk for years,”
Matt Ferrari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-22
Ferrari said certain communities have been at risk for years due to low vaccination rates.
“But higher rates of vaccination in the communities surrounding them offered a barrier.”
Matt Ferrari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-22
Ferrari noted that higher vaccination rates in surrounding communities previously offered a protective barrier for at-risk groups.
“It’s been a long time, and for many of us in the United States, and in fact, throughout the Western Hemisphere, we have been able to forget how nasty measles is,”
Matt Ferrari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-22
Ferrari told Al Jazeera that people in the US and Western Hemisphere have been able to forget how nasty measles is.
“the luxury to forget”
Matt Ferrari · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-22
Ferrari said the US was so successful at wiping out measles that it had the luxury to forget it was a serious problem.