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![]() well the numbers has risen.... And on top of this sad case of the flu CA., and several other states has this to deal with.
I posted where CA. had this measles out break in the CDC Flu Thread. Yet not any responses. Which in the beginning can be mistake for the Flu. In the Disneyland Park and was spreading. Which has risen. Which I feared would happen. California links 26 measles cases to Disneyland outbreak Reuters 10 hours ago. (Reuters) - California has confirmed more cases of measles in people who visited Disneyland or its adjacent California Adventure park last month, health officials said on Monday, raising the number of infected people to 26. A total of 22 cases in California have been linked with visits to the Anaheim parks between Dec. 15 and Dec. 20, including one that arose from direct contact with an infected person, the California Department of Public Health said. Additionally, two cases have been confirmed in Utah and one case has been confirmed in both Colorado and Washington state, the department said. Four other possible measles cases are currently under investigation, the department said, adding that six of those who were sickened were eventually hospitalized. Walt Disney Parks and Resorts officials have said that the company is working with the California health department to provide information and assistance. Measles is a sometimes deadly viral disease that typically begins with fever, cough, runny nose and red eyes, and is followed by the appearance of a red rash that typically starts on the face and spreads downward. There is no specific treatment and most people recover within a few weeks. But in poor and malnourished children and people with reduced immunity, measles can cause serious complications including blindness, encephalitis, severe diarrhea, ear infection and pneumonia. In 2013, more than 70 percent of global measles deaths were in six countries - India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. (Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Nick Macfie) Yahoo!
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![]() Well to many this wasn't some thing to worry or bother with. Going by the number of hits & replies and their content.
Yet I have seen reports on Nationa,l PBS News as well as local news reports several times. And it has begun to spread to new areas including Mexico & several new states or has increased in them. And again some thing we thought was cured and gone has come back to bite some of us in the USA.. Has anyone any decent input or comments? Or other news on this topic? Disney measles outbreak spreads to more US states, Mexico AFP January 23, 2015 7:09 PM Los Angeles (AFP) - A measles outbreak centered around Disneyland in California has spread to six more US states and Mexico, and an international visitor to the theme park likely sparked the health alert, officials said Friday. Fifty-one confirmed cases of measles have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since late December, the US government agency said in a statement, most in California but others as far afield as Nebraska and Washington states. The CDC said those who had fallen ill were aged from 10 months to 57 years and only a tiny fraction were vaccinated against measles, in the face of an anti-vaccination trend that has emerged in recent years, particularly in North America. Opponents fear the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine causes autism, even though an array of studies have ruled out any link. Measles has been officially eradicated from the United States since 2000 while remaining widespread in other regions including Europe, Africa and Asia. "In addition to the US cases, one case was reported from Mexico in an unvaccinated child who visited Disneyland Resort Theme Parks on December 17 and December 20, 2014," the CDC said. While health officials have yet to isolate the source of the outbreak, "it is likely that a traveler (or more than one traveler) who was infected with measles overseas visited one or both of the Disney parks in December during their infectious period," the CDC added. An educated guess. Most -- 42 -- of the 51 cases are in California, but three more have been found in Utah, two in Washington, and one each in Oregon, Colorado, Nebraska and Arizona. Measles is highly contagious and can be spread through the air without physical contact. Infection usually begins with a fever followed by a cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis and a rash. Complications can include blindness, hearing loss, pneumonia and death. One to two children of every 1,000 infected with measles will die from it, the CDC said. Eradication means the disease is no longer native to the United States, but there were 644 measles cases in the US last year, an enormous jump from 173 cases in 2013. An analysis by the Los Angeles Times last year found that 9.5 percent of kindergarten children in an Orange County school district were exempted from vaccinations because of personal beliefs
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![]() I bet it started with all the illegal kids pouring in from Mexico and further south.
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![]() Anyone else in the dark over this? I keep thinking what is next to hit America?
TB, small pox or some new virus or a man made one? Heck America wasn't ready for Katerina and it still isn't. What is a major cause of this outbreak is something placed online years ago. A paper saying these vaccinations can lead to Autism. Which isn't true. So many mother have avoided getting their children the proper vaccinations for so long now. And these papers are still on the net, even after the Society of Autism has stated it is not true. Like so much else we Americans are our own worst enemies at times. Disneyland Measles Outbreak Isn't Largest In Recent Memory — This Is The Associated Press February 5, 2015. (Photo: AP/Tom E. Puskar) The largest U.S. measles outbreak in recent history isn’t the one that started in December at Disneyland. It happened months earlier in Ohio’s Amish country, where 383 people fell ill after unvaccinated Amish missionaries traveled to the Philippines and returned with the virus. The Ohio episode drew far less attention, even though the number of cases was almost four times that of the Southern California outbreak, because it seemed to pose little threat outside close-knit religious communities. The Disneyland outbreak has already spread well beyond the theme parks that attract tens of thousands of visitors from around the globe, who could then return home with the virus. Disease investigators for weeks raced to identify measles-stricken patients, track down potential contacts and quarantine them if necessary. Related: Measles Cases This Year Show Sign Of Disturbing Trend Public health experts say success at containing the outbreak will largely depend on how many unvaccinated people get the measles shot. "This was a wake-up call," said Dr. James Cherry, a pediatric infectious disease expert at the University of California, Los Angeles. "It could continue to smolder" if not enough people get vaccinated. The latest outbreak began when an infected person spread the illness to more than three dozen people at Disneyland who then exposed many others. Most were unvaccinated, according to state health officials. In contrast, the Ohio outbreak “stayed contained within those communities, and outside people said, `Well, it doesn’t really affect me.’ What’s different with this one is more people can relate to Disneyland,” said Dr. Gregory Wallace of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ............................................ CONTINUED AT ....................................... https://www.yahoo.com/health/disneyl...164821372.html
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![]() Just lovely... This is news to me. I was sure as a child I got the measles shot. Now I find this... Which has plenty to read from this bit of new to each link in bold.
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Just one of the few other news stories at this site. Germ Watch Your Subway Seat Mate: Bubonic Plague, Anthrax & Mysterious DNA Jenna Birch
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![]() Man I read the last book of the Bible and today's news and they match up...
This is slowly spreading... ![]() Measles outbreak at 149 cases in eight states, Canada and Mexico Los Angeles Times Rosanna Xia 7 hrs ago.. The number of cases in the California-centered measles outbreak rose to at least 149 patients across eight states, Canada and Mexico. The 123 cases in California span 12 counties. At least 39 of the state cases have been directly linked to visitors or employees at Disneyland during the year-end holidays; 28 were family members or people who came in close contact with someone who had the measles. And at least eight caught the measles by being in a public area such as an emergency room where a confirmed case was known to be present, officials said. Two of the latest patients were infants less than one year old, according to the California Department of Public Health. That brings to 16 the number of infants diagnosed with measles in the outbreak. Federal recommendations call for the first dose of measles vaccination, known as MMR, to be given at 12 to 15 months of age, with a second dose between ages 4 and 6. California law requires two doses of the measles vaccination before kindergartners can enroll, but parents may obtain exemptions for the vaccines if they say the inoculations conflict with their personal beliefs. Cases connected to the California-centered outbreak also have been confirmed in at least seven other states: Arizona (five), Utah (three), Washington (two), Michigan (one), Oregon (one), Colorado (one) and Nebraska (one) - as well as Canada (10) and Mexico (two). Twelve counties in California have confirmed measles cases: Alameda, Contra Costa, Los Angeles, Marin, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano and Ventura. Orange County has 35 confirmed cases. Los Angeles County follows with 30 cases, San Diego County with 13 and Ventura County with 12. About 56% of the measles cases were adults 20 years or older. "For those individuals for whom we have vaccination status, the majority are unvaccinated," state health officials said. Of the cases in California, about one in five has had to be hospitalized, officials said. ............................................... SKIPPED SOME State officials Friday said two measles patients have been diagnosed with a new strain, D8, which is different from the outbreak strain. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, D8 has also circulated in patients in France, Belgium, Chile, Canada, India, Singapore and Vietnam. The CDC has issued measles travel advisories for both the Philippines and Vietnam. Vietnam has recorded more than 18,000 measles cases in 2014, and the Philippines more than 58,000 illnesses and 110 deaths. .............................................. CONTINUED AT ...................................... Measles outbreak at 149 cases in eight states, Canada and Mexico
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