Local pediatricians face ‘sobering’ challenge amid vaccine hesitancy

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Pilar Bradshaw, a doctor at Eugene Pediatric Associates, has never seen a case of measles in her long career. She expects that to change.

“We will see measles here, I’m sure,” Bradshaw said.

She and practitioners at clinics throughout the region are preparing for cases amid record-high vaccine exemptions in Lane County, where young children have fallen below the herd immunity threshold — the community protection that helps contain viruses to manageable levels…

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