Hundreds are quarantined in #SouthCarolina as #measles spreads in 2 #US outbreaks
Measles outbreaks are growing along the #Utah - #Arizona border & in SC, where hundreds are in #quarantine.
Between Friday & Tuesday, SC #health officials confirmed 27 new measles cases in an #outbreak in & around northwestern Spartanburg County. In 2 months, 111 people have been sickened by the #vaccine #preventable #virus.
#PublicHealth #vaccines #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr
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Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •More than 250 people, including #children from 9 area elementary, middle & high schools, are in #quarantine — some for the second time since the #outbreak began in October. Most of the state’s new cases stemmed from exposures at Way of Truth Church in Inman. Church leaders have been “very helpful,” said state epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell.
#measles #SouthCarolina #PublicHealth #HealthCare #vaccines #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #SocialCleansing #eugenics
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •“We are faced with ongoing transmission that we anticipate will go on for many more weeks, at least in our state,” said Bell.
In #Arizona & #Utah, an #outbreak has ballooned since August. Mohave County, AZ has logged 172 cases & the Southwest Utah #PublicHealth Dept has logged 82 cases. The border cities of Colorado City, Arizona, & Hildale, Utah, are the heaviest hit.
#measles #SouthCarolina #vaccines #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation
Nonilex
in reply to Nonilex • • •Overall, #Utah has confirmed 115 #measles cases this year. #Arizona has confirmed 176.
Nationally, the measles case count is nearing 2,000 for a disease that has been considered eliminated in the #US since 2000, a result of routine childhood #vaccinations.
Last month, #Canada lost that designation — which applies when there is no continuous local spread of the #virus — as did the larger #health region of the #Americas.
#SouthCarolina #PublicHealth #vaccines #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr
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in reply to Nonilex • • •The #US is also at risk of losing that status. For that to happen, #measles would have to spread continuously for a year. A large #outbreak in #Texas, #NewMexico & #Oklahoma that started in Jan sickened nearly 900 & kicked off the US’ worst measles year in >3 decades.
All but 8 states have logged at least 1 measles case this year, per the CDC. The #CDC has confirmed 47 outbreaks this year, compared with 16 in 2024. 3 people, 2 of them #children, have died.
#PublicHealth #vaccines #Trump #RFKJr
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in reply to Nonilex • • •The #measles, mumps & rubella [#MMR] #vaccine is safe & provides 97% protection against the #disease after 2 doses. Most #children in the #US are required to get the shot to attend school. But #vaccination rates have declined as more parents waive the shots or have fallen behind on recommended vaccination schedules.
#PublicHealth #health #vaccines #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #SocialCleansing #eugenics
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samiamsam
in reply to Nonilex • • •it takes some despicable mental gymnastics for a parent to let their child suffer from a preventable disease instead of protecting their child with proven preventive measures
those parents are sociopaths
Peter Brown
in reply to Nonilex • • •samiamsam
in reply to Nonilex • • •not masks
not 'lock downs'
QUARANTINED
OMFG everything is so stupid right now
Walt Wooton
in reply to Nonilex • • •This is happening in my community.
Today's reporting discusses the connection to our Ukrainian community, which is the largest in South Carolina.
Of course, many non-Ukrainians use the "religious" exemption to vaccines in state law.