Anti-vaxxers are burdening the economy, NIH doctor says as measles outbreak spreads

The agenda of anti-vaccination activists may be causing a drag on the U.S. economy as the measles outbreak forces people to stay out of work and seek medical care, the director for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said Monday. “If you wind up getting more infections and diseases that were vaccine-preventable, those are entirely avoidable burdens on the economy,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNBC. “When people get sick, they lose work, they lose their finances from work, [and] they have hospital costs.”
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