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A Costco location in Gilroy, California is one of the latest sites exposed to the measles outbreak that began at Disneyland in mid-December. A measles-infected shopper visited the store while contagious, according to a Santa Clara County health official and NBC News Bay Area.
Warning flyers were posted at the Costco and a nearby Walmart that the shopper reportedly visited on January 18. The shopper may also have visited a nearby restaurant, according to NBC Bay Area; however, the name of the restaurant has not been released.
originally posted by: misskat1
Is this a special form of Measles? Cause, I had the measles, and all my kids had the measles and wow, we all lived and are just fine. I even had the "german measles" and Im fine. In the old days, you would actually get your kids "exposed" just to make sure they had the measles while they were young.
originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: TrueBrit
Some theories suggest the problem is because many people from other nations don't get vaccinated where they're from.
Can somebody confirm whether or not the children and adults recently in the U.S. got vaccinations after they were taken into custody and released?
Vaccination status is documented for 34 of the 59 cases. Of these 34, 28 were unvaccinated, one had received one dose and five had received two or more doses of MMR vaccine.
Most of the cases that were brought to the U.S. in 2011 came from France
Many of the cases in the U.S. in 2014 were associated with cases brought in from the Philippines.
Four children in a Florida family were diagnosed with measles in January 2013. None of the four were vaccinated against measles, and none had traveled outside of Orange County, Florida, during the periods when they likely had been exposed...
And now was acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all.
originally posted by: misskat1
Is this a special form of Measles? Cause, I had the measles, and all my kids had the measles and wow, we all lived and are just fine. I even had the "german measles" and Im fine. In the old days, you would actually get your kids "exposed" just to make sure they had the measles while they were young.
originally posted by: Pardon?
originally posted by: misskat1
Is this a special form of Measles? Cause, I had the measles, and all my kids had the measles and wow, we all lived and are just fine. I even had the "german measles" and Im fine. In the old days, you would actually get your kids "exposed" just to make sure they had the measles while they were young.
Congratulations to you and yours!
It unfortunate though that those who did die or were permanently physically and/or mentally disabled probably won't be able to post on here.
According to data collected in the 1990s by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
About 8% of cases get diarrhea, leading to dehydration.
Another 7% get an ear infection, which can lead to deafness.
About 6% come down with pneumonia, a lung infection, making it hard to breathe. When people die of measles, it’s usually from pneumonia.
About 0.6% — 1 in 167 — will get seizures.
About 0.1% — that’s 1 in 1,000 — will get acute encephalitis, or swelling of the brain, which can lead to headaches, vomiting, a stiff neck, convulsions, and coma. About 15% of these people die.
The skin sloughs like that of a burn victim.
For every 100,000 cases of measles, about 7 will eventually get subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE).
SSPE is a severe brain inflammation that happens 7 to 10 years after recovering from measles. It leads to muscle spasms, seizures, dementia, personality changes, and death.
“It’s a death sentence,” Offit said. “If you have that, you’re going to die.”
In a few children, for example, measles has triggered facial gangrene.
The general public is not advised to wear masks or avoid public transportation, Maricopa County Public Health Director Bob England said.