Two faculty members of UTMB's Sealy Center for Vaccine Development are alerting the community to take precautions when visiting Disneyland. Richard Rupp, a pediatrician and professor, and Bridget Hawkins, an assistant professor of anesthesiology at UTMB, have authored a commentary in which they discuss the measles outbreak, which began last holiday season in California and has since spread throughout the country. The disease has already affected 1,000 people, from which 200 are children who are thought to have visited Disneyland. The authors highlighted the need for vaccination and the danger associated with the recent anti-vaccination movement. “It is a sad fact that some people refuse to believe scientific data, using discredited or pseudo-science to back their claims about the dangers of vaccines,” they state.