Op-Ed: Vaccines protect you, your family, and your community

Pockets of our country are experiencing a significant uptick in the number of measles cases.

Measles is not a harmless childhood illness. It is actually a highly contagious, dangerous disease that can even be deadly. But measles is also easily preventable with a vaccine.

There's a lot of misinformation swirling around, so let me provide the facts: vaccines save lives. Vaccines protect our chil...