Dr. Jeff Pothof, UW Health Chief Quality Officer and emergency medicine doctor, says the cases should serve as a wake-up call to people who are unvaccinated. “We have a lot of risk here in Wisconsin for a lot of people to get sick from measles,” said Pothof.

The Department of Health Services reports an outbreak of measles in Oconto County. However, the risk to the public is believed to be low. Nine cases have been confirmed, all of whom were exposed to a common source through out-of-state travel.