Public Health England are urging young people who plan on attending festivals to get vaccinated after numerous outbreaks of measles.
According to Public Health England, young people should have had two shots of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine (MMR). Individuals who did not receive the (MMR) vaccine when they were children are at great risk because their parents may have believed discredited researcher Andrew Wakefield, who claimed there was a correlation between autism and the vaccine.
This year had already seen a rise in measles outbreaks. Public Health England claim there have been 234 confirmed cases between January and June.
Festivals may have played a role to the increase of measles because between January and July there has been 36 suspected measles cases concerning young people who went to these events. Out of all the festivals Glastonbury had the highest amount of measles cases with 16 cases. Nass festival had 7 cases , meanwhile the Triplicity Festival had 6 cases.
Its believed those measles outbreaks occurred because people decided to attend these festivals despite having measles symptoms.
Public Health England are desperately trying to prevent thousands from going to festivals and passing measles onto each other.
Measales are dangerous because it can cause diarrhorea , vomiting, which can lead to conjunctivitis , earaches , dehydration and fits caused by fever and pneumonia. In rare cases serious eye disorders and brain difficulties can occur from measles.