Americans are up in arms about the recent measles outbreak, and plenty of fingers are being pointed at Anti-Vaxxers for refusing to vaccinate their children here. Indeed, vaccination rates have fallen recently due to anti-vaccine hysteria.

While the UK isn’t entirely innocent on the matter either (Dr. Andrew Wakefield, the controversial figure who published a paper linking autism to vaccines in the medical journal The Lancet in 1998, was from England), this BBC episode offers a bit more of an outsider’s view on the current debate occurring in the U.S.

After 15 years of being pretty much a complete measles-free zone, America is currently battling a growing measles outbreak that began at Disneyland in California last year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2014 saw over 600 cases — a shocking amount compared to the low rates since vaccination became widespread in the early 2000s. Just in the first month of 2015, there have been 102 cases reported in 14 different states — more than the total amount of cases in just one year from 2002-2007. Pretty much everyone who got measles was unvaccinated due to the vaccine scare.

“This latest measles outbreak started here at Disneyland California at the end of December, probably brought here by a visitor from another country,” BBC reporter Alistair Leithead says in the video. “It’s now spread to dozens of cases across seven states and Mexico, but the worst affected is California, despite having a comprehensive vaccine program for many years.” Leithead points out that, interestingly enough, the rates of vaccination in the more well-off parts of town are the lowest.

He speaks to some mothers to better understand why and is met with a wide range of opinions. One mother notes that she did “a lot of research” on the topic and believes that autism is caused by the measles vaccine — although Wakefield’s study has long been retracted and debunked by copious amounts of research.

Just today, five babies at a daycare in suburban Chicago were reportedly infected with measles. The virus is most likely to infect vulnerable children, and while it may not seem like a big deal, it can be fatal. If you’re still questioning vaccines, read this heart-breaking letter Roald Dahl wrote to encourage other parents to vaccinate their kids — after he lost his 7-year-old daughter to the virus.