--- title: Poll: 92% of Doctors Say Measles Outbreak Due to Anti-Vax Parents description: Poll finds doctors overwhelmingly agree that people who don't vaccinate their kids are to blame for disease's resurgence canonical: https://time.com/3692152/measles-doctors-poll-parent-vaccination/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-02T16:12:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:04:05.427Z article:section: Health og:title: Poll: 92% of Doctors Say Measles Outbreak Due to Anti-Vax Parents og:description: Poll finds doctors overwhelmingly agree that people who don't vaccinate their kids are to blame for disease's resurgence og:url: https://time.com/3692152/measles-doctors-poll-parent-vaccination/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95f3155a08781391/69877d2c0b72e3b1776dd786/159615997-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5600 og:image:height: 3150 og:image:alt: 159615997 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Poll: 92% of Doctors Say Measles Outbreak Due to Anti-Vax Parents twitter:description: Poll finds doctors overwhelmingly agree that people who don't vaccinate their kids are to blame for disease's resurgence twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95f3155a08781391/69877d2c0b72e3b1776dd786/159615997-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 92% of Doctors Say Measles Outbreak Due to Parents Not Vaccinating > Sponsored content. 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Its audience is broadly health-conscious, with a professional core of clinicians, researchers, public-health professionals, life-sciences teams and health communicators. by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Feb 2, 2015 4:12 PM UTC  Row of blue syringes Row of blue syringes Getty Images by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Feb 2, 2015 4:12 PM UTC Nine out of ten doctors agree the current outbreak of measles is directly attributable to parents who do not vaccinate their kids, [according to a recent poll](http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/92-of-doctors-say-measles-outbreak-is-directly-attributable-to-parents-who-do-not-vaccinate-children-300029075.html). The physician social networking company SERMO, which has 300,000 medical members, polled over 3,000 doctors and found that the vast majority think the current measles outbreak—which has infected over 80 people—is from unvaccinated kids. Over two-thirds (72%) of those surveyed believe that kids who are unvaccinated should not be allowed in public schools. The current outbreak is believed to have originated from a group of people, many unvaccinated, visiting Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California. Some physicians in the SERMO poll said they do not allow people who do not vaccinate their kids to be part of their practice, while others say they try to educate anti-vaxxers when they see them. The measles vaccine is called MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) and is nearly 100% effective at preventing measles, which is highly contagious. 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