Vaccine exemption rate drops in San Diego County

SAN DIEGO COUNTY – The measles outbreak that started in Disneyland wound up sickening nearly 150 people in seven states, including 14 in San Diego County.

Some children who got sick were too young to be immunized, but most of the people infected were unvaccinated by choice. This outbreak could likely have been prevented if people who were exposed to the highly contagious respiratory disease had been immunized.

So, the County Health and Human Services Agency is urging parents to make sure their children are fully immunized against measles and the 13 other childhood diseases that can be prevente...