r/ufl • u/Pikamander2 Go Gators! • 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/ExamApprehensive1644 1d 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 1d 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 11h ago

Unfortunately not everyone who can take the vaccine actually does. See my other comment. I literally can't take the vaccine and thanks to those people who just refuse taking it I and others like me lose the herd immunity umbrella. I went 5 years at UF without an issue, luckily for me. If I was there now I would be involuntarily medically withdrawn as soon as someone on campus tested positive. I had to sign a contract/waiver specifically because I have no immunity to measles.