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Compliance around the world and and stamping out measles around the world, but there's still 150,000 deaths from measles around the world. here, it's starting to return because of imported cases. we travel somewhere, someone who is not vaccinated brings it back and spreads it to the community. there's a 30% complication rate with measles. including encephalitis, ear infections, pneumonia. >> there's this whole controversy, and some people say they're not getting these vaccinations. >> that's the reason why we have this problem. pockets in texas because of religious reasons. in brooklyn, there ...

Encephalitis, 100,000 people die. >> just mention one other thing, since 1963, samuel katz discovered this vaccine, we went from 500 people dying every year to practically zero. this is a safe vaccine and people should get it. >> that's in the united states he's talking about. listen, united states compliance rate is over 90%. we need to keep it that way. i would like to get it close to 100%. >> still 10% aren't getting the shot. >> the magic number is 90%. you can create that herd immunity we're talking about. here's another thing people need to know. the measles vaccination. david was talkin...

Andrew wakefield published a paper that maybe this will cause autism. since then, that paper is withdrawn. there's no proof this causes autism. everybody needs to go and get this vaccine. it's usually given between 12 and 18 months. it's fairly safe. the second booster is about 5 years old. it's extremely contagious. how do you know your child has it? >> four days of fever followed by three days of cs, cough, common cold symptoms, and then the rash is going to spread throughout the whole body and has a very typical rash. in the mouth, you're going to see some white patchy lesion, and that's a ...