Mumps sickens hundreds of ICE detainees in 19 states

[Tanuki]

https://apnews.com/1684ee01b6754c44bf728f2bb1b22fac?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=APHealthScience

"Mumps has swept through 57 immigration detention facilities in 19 states since September, according to the first U.S. government report on the outbreaks in the overloaded immigration system.

The virus sickened 898 adult migrants and 33 detention center staffers, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its report Thursday.

New cases continue as migrants are taken into custody or transferred between facilities, the report said. As of last week, outbreaks were happening in 15 facilities in seven states.
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The CDC report said more than 80% of patients were exposed while in custody. Mumps is a contagious virus that causes swollen glands, puffy cheeks, fever, headaches and, in severe cases, hearing loss and meningitis."....(more)

[bobbieinok]

1. Mumps make men sterile, right?! Like giving diseased blankets to Indians, right?

Way to destroy a perceived threat!

[Tanuki]

3. Yep, genocide.

[Newest Reality]

2. Now,

So now the Dump MisAdminstration is guilty of creating vectors for the spreading of diseases that the general public will be exposed to. This is not happening in some sort of Andromeda Strain isolation bunker.

A growing health hazard!!! We have another egregious error, (or intent) on the huge list of this tragic spectacle.

I would go so far to say that this is similar to biological warfare by way of omission.

[shanti]

4. And they wonder why

everyone is so upset about the plan to not vaccinate immigrants.

[Maven]

5. Crimes against humanity. nt

[Igel]

6. "Since September"

sounds like not as much time as "in the last 12 months."

It's likely that the cause is the guards--possible, but unlikely. Mumps, like measles, isn't that uncommon in some countries. Given the overcrowding, large numbers, and countries of origin, those who infected detainees would likely have been infectious if they'd blended in with communities in the US. Like measles, many (if not most) mumps cases start outside the 48 lower contiguous US states.