Arizona is experiencing a decline in MMR vaccination rates, particularly among kindergarteners, raising concerns about potential measles outbreaks. The increase in "personal belief" exemptions, alongside misinformation about vaccines,

a woman from Sun City West named Carol Lee wrote a letter to the editor of The Arizona Republic that read: “I cannot understand why any parent would decide not to vaccinate their child. “In the mid-1960s a measles pandemic caught me. I was a school ...

Measles can cause seizures, blindness and death, and children under the age of 5 are particularly vulnerable to complications.

The epicenter of the current measles outbreak is Gaines County, Texas, and the latest MMR vaccination rate among kindergarten students there is just shy of 82%. Here in Arizona, there are four counties with an even lower vaccination rate.