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    Daycare centers are latest hit with measles outbreak

    Five infants at a suburban Chicago KinderCareLearning Center are the latest to be diagnosed with measles, part of an outbreak that has sickened more than 100 people in the past few weeks.
    Health authorities in Illinois said they anticipated more measles cases, but that there was no known link between the new cases in Palatine, Ill.,and last December's Disneyland outbreak. KinderCare has notified families nationwide that it will now require staff working with children under the age of 15 months to be vaccinated.
    The Disneyland outbreak has generated the vast majority of the USA's diagnosed cases so far this year, public health officials say, but about one in 12 can't be traced to the southern California amusement park.
    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed at least 102 measles cases in 14 states, not including newly diagnosed cases in Illinois. Of the 102, 94 were related to the Disneyland outbreak, which has sickened dozens of people. The CDC's immunization chief said that some U.S. measles cases this year were linked with travel to Indonesia, India and Dubai.

    http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...nica/22986449/
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    And we were worried about Ebola. Look what snuck up on us.
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    duct tape...where's the duct tape....

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    We've had 6 confirmed cases locally. They're actually concerned that it's adults who didn't receive a booster, basically, that pose a higher threat.

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    Granny says, "Dat's right - get yer kids vaccinated against the measles...

    Arizona Is Site of Largest Current US Measles Outbreak
    July 08, 2016 — Authorities have confirmed 22 measles cases in Arizona since late May
    Health officials in Arizona say the largest current measles outbreak in the United States is in part because some workers at a federal immigration detention center refuse to get vaccinated. Authorities have confirmed 22 measles cases in Arizona since late May. They all stem from the Eloy Detention Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility managed by the private Corrections Corporation of America. Pinal County health director Thomas Schryer said the outbreak likely began with a migrant but that detainees have since been vaccinated. Convincing employees to get vaccinated or show proof of immunity has proven much tougher, he said. "And so they're actually the ones that are passing along the measles among each other and then going out into the community," Schryer said.

    The facility includes about 350 CCA employees and an unknown number of ICE staffers, although Schryer estimates it's about 100. ICE doesn't publicly release staffing levels, nor does it require employees to be immunized. There are currently over 1,200 detainees being held at the facility. Yasmeen Pitts O'Keefe, an ICE spokeswoman, said the agency is working closely with health officials to monitor detainees and employees and that it instituted several measures to prevent the disease from spreading more, including providing immunizations, referring staffers to nearby clinics, handing out flyers and pamphlets on the dangers of measles and providing masks and gloves. CCA, the Tennessee-based corporation that operates the facility, says most of its staffers have been vaccinated or shown proof of immunity. Those who have not are required to wear surgical masks or stay home.


    A sign warns of the dangers of measles in the reception area of a pediatrician's office in Scottsdale, Arizona

    Arizona Department of Health Services Director Cara Christ says the facility has been more responsive in the past few days and that a large number of CCA employees were immunized late last week. "Once they understand how important it is and the outcomes it can have on the community, they tend to cooperate. So we hope to get a cooperative response from ICE," Christ said. Measles is highly contagious and preventable through vaccines. It was eradicated in the US in 2000. But the past couple of years have seen new cases in large part because of unfounded fears that the vaccination causes autism in children, Schryer said. The symptoms are usually mild but can be deadly in babies, who cannot be immunized until they're a year old. Officials last year said that a massive measles outbreak that sprouted at Disneyland in California and spread to several other states was largely fueled by parents refusing to vaccinate children.

    In Arizona, health officials are providing free vaccines, sending physicians to the detention center and providing educational outreach to staffers in an effort to contain the measles spread. Schryer said officials were considering asking the Arizona governor to declare a state of emergency, although Christ said that might not be necessary. Efforts to encourage immunization have been met with resistance in part because some people underestimate the danger of measles, Schryer said. One staffer spent about four days hospitalized after coming down with severe symptoms, he said. "To trigger a four-day stay in the hospitals require that you be pretty darn sick. It's not really something to play with, and maybe they just underestimated the seriousness of it," Schryer said.

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    Migrants are brings long controlled disease back into the US.
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    Along with a "thanks" button there should be a "no thanks" button or a "what a dumb thing to say" button.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Migrants are brings long controlled disease back into the US.
    yes, there's tons of migrants putting their kids into kindercare because it's so affordable

    when mine were there 20+ years ago, it was $1600/month

    this is about whackjob anti-vaxxers, not migrants

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    Quote Originally Posted by exotix View Post
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