On Feb. 24, the Kentucky Department for Public Health identified a confirmed case of measles in an unvaccinated individual with a history of recent international travel, the CDC said.
While infected, the individual attended a large religious gathering on Feb. 17–18, with an estimated 20,000 people there from other states and countries, the national agency said.
Measles is one of the most contagious human viruses and is almost entirely preventable through vaccination. However, it requires 95% vaccine coverage to prevent outbreaks among populations.
grim-and-worse-news: the revival was evangelical, and led by gen-z students at a christian school, so doing the napkin math that's right about when antivax started.
You'd think after the second plague the right-evangelicals would get the message.