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groundloop

(11,537 posts) Wed Jan 23, 2019, 11:05 PM Jan 2019

Public health emergency declared over measles in anti-vax hotspot near Portland, Oregon

Source: CBS News

A public health emergency has been declared in Clark County, Washington, as a result of an ongoing measles outbreak. According to the latest update from the county's Department of Health, 23 cases of measles have been confirmed and health officials are investigating two more suspected cases.

The majority of cases are in children aged 1 to 10. Four cases are in children and teens aged 11 to 18, and one person aged 19 to 29 has been infected.

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Measles is so contagious, in fact, that if one person has it, 90 percent of the people close to that person who are not immune will also become infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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"Once it sets into a community, the likelihood of it getting beyond that community or more widespread within that community is high, especially when vaccination rates are low," Mou told CBS affiliate KOIN-TV.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/measles-outbreak-public-health-emergency-declared-in-anti-vax-hotspot-near-portland-oregon-clark-county-washington/

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Public health emergency declared over measles in anti-vax hotspot near Portland, Oregon (Original Post) groundloop Jan 2019 OP

communities that don't vacinate should be quarantine nt elmac Jan 2019 #1

Bring back mandatory vaccinations for ALL school children. Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2019 #2

Actually, the reverse is true greymattermom Jan 2019 #4

Only exception.. cannabis_flower Jan 2019 #5

Darwinism In Action! DoctorJoJo Jan 2019 #3

Clark County's a weird place Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 #6

elmac

(4,642 posts)

1. communities that don't vacinate should be quarantine nt

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2019, 11:41 PM

Jan 2019

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)

2. Bring back mandatory vaccinations for ALL school children.

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 12:03 AM

Jan 2019

I am sick and tired of these anti-vaxxers putting entire communities at risk because of their willful stupidity and intransigence. Over 1000 medical research papers have been published the world over in the last 20 years refuting that vaccinations cause autism, mental retardation, homosexuality, etc. Enough. Put teeth in public health laws (Some communities have done this.) and either vaccinate your children or stop sending them to public schools. No one has the right to endanger anyone else with their pseudo-, psycho-babble BS.

greymattermom

(5,754 posts)

4. Actually, the reverse is true

Reply to Haggis for Breakfast (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 08:20 AM

Jan 2019

Measles during pregnancy can cause a lot of serious issues. I know of a child with cancer, who had been vaccinated, who was exposed to measles in the emergency room. Vaccines don't work if your immune system is compromised. He was ok and is fine now, but that was scary.