Let’s talk about measles. Not compelling? Not convinced? Go to news.google.com and search for “measles.” You’ll get news reports about infections that official data shows are coming at a faster clip than in recent years – as well as word of the first death from the disease since 2015.

More than 200 measles cases have now been confirmed, including one confirmed fatality from the disease and a second suspected fatality, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest data,

Just 25 years ago, the disease of measles was declared to have been eliminated from the U.S. Cases were sometimes imported from overseas, from people who traveled from Europe, Africa, or Asia. But not until this year did we have a measles death on U.