CDC developed mathematical models that showed the actions taken by the Chicago Department of Public Health substantially reduced the likelihood of a large measles outbreak in Chicago. Without rapidly implementing a mass vaccination campaign and screening people for measles symptoms, there would have been a 69% chance that more than 100 people would have become infected with measles.
The Chicago Department of Public Health confirmed a case of measles in a child living in a temporary shelter for new arrivals that housed more than 2,000 people, many of whom were at risk for measles.
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