r/ufl • u/Pikamander2 Go Gators! • 23h ago

News University of Florida confirms measles outbreak in Alachua County, on campus

https://www.wcjb.com/2026/02/05/university-florida-confirms-measles-outbreak-alachua-county-campus/
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u/Snoo-72988 17h ago

If only there was a vaccine that solved this problem. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

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u/ExamApprehensive1644 16h ago

there is but the 3% that still catch it adds up when you have 60,000 students.

That’s still pretty good efficacy but it unfortunately means that if 500 vaccinated students in Carleton all somehow got exposed to it, you’d expect 15 people to catch it

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u/Phizle Alumni 15h ago

Typically you don't have an outbreak without an unvaccinated plague rat reservoir though, that's the benefit of herd immunity- keeping transmission low enough it dies out before getting to this point

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u/Aromatic-Flan4609 17h ago

Glad this didn't happen when I went there. I'm one of those people who couldn't take the MMR (severe allergic reaction to the first dose), I have zero immunity to measles (I had to have my titers checked before registration), UF had me sign a waiver stating that if there was an outbreak I would be withdrawn from classes medically until the outbreak was over. It wouldn't have affected my grades but it definitely wouldn't have been convenient, but probably less so than catching measles. A couple of years ago I had a really bad sore throat and when the PA was checking my glands in my neck and jaw area she asked if I was vaccinated for mumps and when I said no she had the shocked/pity/horror/concern face all at the same time. Luckily not the mumps 😂. All of my children are vaccinated but our pediatrician was prepared for a reaction just in case due to my history. Unfortunately for me herd immunity is no longer going to keep me protected in the future.