INVESTIGATION IS GOING ON INTO HOW THE LITTLE GIRL DIED. AN AUTOPSY IS SCHEDULED
TOMORROW MORNING AT 9 AM.
WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON
THIS TRAGIC CASE.
BACK TO YOU.
>>> THANK YOU.
>>> THE MEASLES OUTBREAK
PROMPTS A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
ALL UNVACCINATED CHILDREN'S ARE
BANNED FROM PUBLIC SPACES.
>> 314 CASES OF THE MEASLES IN
15 STATES.
THE OUTBREAK, THE SIXTH-LARGEST
ACROSS UNITED STATES.
WE'RE LIVE THIS MORNING.
RUBY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
PEOPLE DON'T THINK ABOUT.
WHEN YOU DON'T VACCINATE, THIS
COULD HAPPEN.
COULD THIS HAPPEN IN CHARLIE?>>
Reporter: YES.
I TALKED TO TWO THE HEALTH
OFFICIALS YESTERDAY AND THEY
TOLD ME THERE ARE NO
RESTRICTIONS RIGHT NOW BUT THEY
ARE TAKING PRECAUTIONS.
THERE WARNING PARENTS TO HAVE
AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS.
>> NEW YORK STATE, ROCKLAND
COUNTY, STATE OF EMERGENCY
AFTER 153 MEASLES CASES SINCE
OCTOBER.
A BAND NOW IS IN PLACE.
>> ANYONE UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE
AND UNVACCINATED ARE BARRED
FROM PUBLIC PLACES UNTIL THE
DECLARATION EXPIRES OR UNTIL
THEY RECEIVE AT LEAST THEIR
FIRST SHOT OF MMR.
>>> PLUMMETING VACCINATION
RATES COULD BE THE ROOT OF THE
PROBLEM.
UNVACCINATED CHILDREN ARE THE
MOST VULNERABLE.
>> THEY GET A HIGH FEVER.
OFTEN A COUGH, RUNNY NOSE AND
CONJUNCTIVITIS.
THAT COUGH AND RUNNY NOSE ARE
FULL OF THE MEASLES VIRUS.
>> MECKLENBURG COUNTY IS NOT
FACING ANY CURRENT
RESTRICTIONS.
DATA SHOWS THAT IN NORTH
CAROLINA THE NUMBER OF PARENTS
+@
DATA SHOWS THAT IN NORTH CAROLINA THE NUMBER OF PARENTS CHOOSING NOT TO VACCINATE HAS
DOUBLED SINCE 2012.
LAW MAKES IT EASY FOR PARENTS
TO OPT OUT WITH A MEDICAL
EXEMPTION SIGNED BY A DOCTOR OR
A RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION LEAVING
MANY TO QUESTION IF TIGHTER
RESTRICTIONS ARE NEEDED.
>>> EXPERTS SAY TAKING ONE DOSE
OF THE MMR VACCINE IS 93%