William Moss
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“As long as there’s measles virus circulating somewhere in the world, there’s always going to be these importations,”
William Moss · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-14
William Moss explained why imported measles cases will persist as long as the virus circulates globally.
“It’s just a matter of if and when an infectious individual enters one of those communities and kind of invites an outbreak.”
William Moss · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-14
William Moss explained how measles outbreaks can occur when an infected person enters undervaccinated communities.
“It would be very hard to maintain measles elimination status if every time someone brought it in and there was another case, you would lose it.”
William Moss · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-14
William Moss explained the rationale behind the criteria for maintaining measles elimination status.
“If it lands in a wet area, you’re not going to have an outbreak if there’s high vaccine coverage. But if it enters an area with really low vaccine coverage, you could have another really large outbreak,”
William Moss · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-14
William Moss contrasted the risk of measles outbreaks in areas with high versus low vaccine coverage.
“really sweat about this.”
William Moss · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-14
William Moss suggested it is too early in the year to worry excessively about losing elimination status.