Original sentence: A major epidemic was averted due to high rates of vaccination in the surrounding communities.Nine percent were hospitalized, and the cost of containing the outbreak was estimated at $167,685.Of the 66 cases of measles reported in the U.This individual returned to a community in which many parents had declined to vaccinate their children due to concerns over vaccine adverse events; in the resulting outbreak, thirty-four people, virtually all of whom were unvaccinated, contracted measles.While adverse events occur, declining vaccination carries its own risks for the individual and the community, which were illustrated in an measles outbreak in the U.in 2005.in 2005, half were attributable to one unvaccinated individual who acquired measles during a visit to Romania