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El Paso’s recent measles scare showed that federal agencies and local hospitals aren't talking to each other well enough. This communication gap delayed our response, putting the whole community at risk longer than we should have been.
At a glance
Declining — being discussed less frequently. 0 mentions in the last 30 days, 1 the 60 before.
Slow responses lead to longer outbreaks, which end up costing the city and local hospitals way more in emergency containment and treatment.
The entire community benefits if the city fixes these communication gaps to ensure faster, safer responses to future health threats.
Local families and vulnerable residents were put at unnecessary risk because the system failed to act quickly.
Texas requires six vaccines for students entering kindergarten. The post Bucking Texas decline in vaccination, El Paso public schools record high immunization rates appeared first on El Paso Matters.
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How measles reporting gaps by ICE, hospital delayed El Paso’s response to outbreak El Paso Matters