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It is highly contagious and spreading an outbreak of the measles is hitting parts of the US particularly hard so far this year the CDC has confirmed nearly 80 cases and that was just through the end of January but here are three things that you need to know if you've had the measles vaccine it's 97 percent effective at guarding against the virus most of the cases are in the Pacific Northwest and while the measles can have serious side effects it is rare for anyone to die from it these outbreaks are happening doctors say because some children are not receiving the measles vaccine the number of kids who have had at least one round of it varies widely from state to state here in Florida about 92 percent of toddlers 19 to 35 months old have had that initial shot in Washington state where there's been a large outbreak about 88 percent have had that vaccine state lawmakers there are proposing a bipartisan House bill that would require every child at every public and private school in the state and licensed daycare centers to be vaccinated for measles mumps and rubella unless they have a legitimate medical or religious exemption that is because Washington is currently one of 18 states that allow parents to reject vaccines for philosophical or even personal reasons Florida is not one of them but 10 News reporter Liz Crawford looked into vaccine exemptions here, and it turns out it's pretty easy to opt out of vaccinating your child here in Florida there are only two ways to get an exemption from required immunizations medical or religious these are the sample forms let's talk medical first you can get a temporary medical exemption or a permanent one if it's temporary an expiration date is required all medical exemptions must be signed off by a physician religious exemptions are different you get that through your County Health Department and can complete the process in one in-person visit you tell them you're looking for a religious exemption for your child, and they sign off no further questions yes that means technically you could lie about your religion and walk away with an exemption yeah, so it's a little scary there I'm a human, but I will tell you this if you get a vaccine exemption and then there are cases of a disease at your child's school the Health Department has the authority then to make your child stay at home, so there's still some control over the whole thing right but most of us really are not that familiar with the measles because it basically just disappeared for some time it's true, and it's important that we talk about it, and we know a little about it because although the disease is unlikely to kill you the side effects can still be very serious measles can cause lifelong complications in 1989 Cecilia Rodriguez was too young to be vaccinated when she contracted the German measles she spent nine months in a coma and almost died I do not want to go through that experience with my three beautiful children that I have now 30 years...