Scientific meaning of Vaccination states that it is “the injection of a killed or weakened organism that produces immunity in the body against that organism”. An immunisation is the process by which a person or animal becomes protected from a disease. Measles, causing skin rashes and flu like symptoms including fever, cough and running nose. It is a highly contagious disease caused by the virus. Even though it is rare, almost 20 million cases of measles happen every year worldwide. 90% of the people who haven’t been vaccinated will catch up measles if they are near the any measles infected person. Nowadays, Measles vaccines is given in combination with mumps and rubella and the type of measles vaccines available are as follows is in the form of MMR – II (Measles mumps and rubella vaccine). MMR vaccine is a live attenuated viral vaccine used to induce immunity against measles, mumps and rubella. Giving two full doses will make sure that 99% of the people will be protected against the disease. Sometimes cases may happen that in spite of people taking vaccinations end up being infected and don’t develop immune response to the disease thus leaving them vulnerable.
The chart appropriately highlights the percentage of VAX rate, an indication of whether or not the person may end up being infected by measles. The chart also demonstrates that the states having a particular percentage of VAX rate. Finally, it shows that the vax rate should be at least 90% for an individual to be safe against measles.