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ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn The anti-vax movement can be expensive for society writ large, a study finds. • 6 min read Measles is a viral disease that is extremely contagious.Lindsey Wasson/Reuters, FILE Measles, a disease long thought eliminated from the Western Hemisphere, re-emerged in Washington state in early 2019 72 people were infected, 61 of whom were unvaccinated. A new analysis just published in The American Academy of Pediatrics finds that the outbreak was not only harmful to the individual health of dozens, it cost society an estimated $3.4 million. A disease like measles is so serious because it is so contagious. Some of the greatest costs come from the public health response and contact-tracing efforts, Dr. Blythe Adamson, an infectious disease epidemiologist and economist and affiliate professor at University of Washington, told ABC News.

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