{"id":234956,"date":"2026-07-03T20:35:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/234956\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T20:35:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:35:07","slug":"chester-county-reports-2-measles-cases-in-pa-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/234956\/","title":{"rendered":"Chester County reports 2 measles cases in Pa. outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next step, Franklin said, is to increase access to vaccines in communities. Two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfid.org\/resource\/frequently-asked-questions-about-measles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> are 97% effective<\/a> in preventing measles infection and illness, research shows.\n<\/p>\n<p>Infants are eligible to get<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/content\/dam\/copapwp-pagov\/en\/health\/documents\/topics\/documents\/diseases-and-conditions\/Early%20Measles%20Vaccine%20-%20Dose%20Zero.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> one early dose<\/a> of the vaccine if they live or are visiting areas with outbreaks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, we have it available, but let\u2019s make sure we can get it available in different ways,\u201d Franklin said. \u201cWe may consider a pop up, we may consider in-home [services], we may consider expanding our hours in our<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chesco.org\/5859\/Health-Services\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> regular facility<\/a>. All of that is being researched now, but we want to be thoughtful. What makes sense and what will draw people in?\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>County health officials say they\u2019re already seeing people come in for measles shots, for themselves or their children, who had not been previously vaccinated.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had plenty of people who chose not to before, come in as families and say, \u2018It\u2019s time,\u2019\u201d Franklin said. \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The county is also continuing a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChesterCountyHealthDepartment\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> campaign on social media<\/a> with the goal of increasing awareness about measles infections, travel precautions and vaccination options.\n<\/p>\n<p>Part of that messaging includes thanking people who\u2019ve chosen to vaccinate themselves and commending their action to protect others in the community. The campaign also highlights steps people can take to limit the spread of disease, whether they\u2019re vaccinated or not.\n<\/p>\n<p>That can involve staying home and isolating if potentially exposed to measles, and participating in county contact tracing, Franklin said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re being asked for information because you\u2019ve been exposed, please cooperate so other families have an equal chance to make a decision,\u201d she said. \u201cIf another family doesn\u2019t know [about their exposure risk], then they can\u2019t decide whether to change their mind to vaccinate, whether to get tested, etc. And that, to me, just seems unfair.\u201d\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next step, Franklin said, is to increase access to vaccines in communities. Two doses of the measles,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1557,99116,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-234956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-chester-county","tag-measles-outbreak","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}