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Related: About this forum'It will take off like a wildfire': The unique dangers of the Washington state measles outbreak
By Lena H. Sun and Maureen O'Hagan February 6 at 8:42 PM
VANCOUVER, Wash. Amber Gorrow is afraid to leave her house with her infant son because she lives at the epicenter of Washington states worst measles outbreak in more than two decades. Born eight weeks ago, Leon is too young to get his first measles shot, putting him at risk for the highly contagious respiratory virus, which can be fatal in small children.
Gorrow also lives in a community where she said being anti-vaccine is as acceptable as being vegan or going gluten free. Almost a quarter of kids in Clark County, Wash., a suburb of Portland, Ore., go to school without measles, mumps and rubella immunizations, and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) recently declared a state of emergency amid concern that things could rapidly spin out of control.
The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the nations most vocal and organized anti-vaccination activists. That movement has helped drive down child immunizations in Washington, as well as in neighboring Oregon and Idaho, to some of the lowest rates in the country, with as many as 10.5 percent of kindergartners statewide in Idaho unvaccinated for measles. That is almost double the median rate nationally.
You know what keeps me up at night? said Clark County Public Health Director Alan Melnick. Measles is exquisitely contagious. If you have an under-vaccinated population, and you introduce a measles case into that population, it will take off like a wildfire.
Gorrow also lives in a community where she said being anti-vaccine is as acceptable as being vegan or going gluten free. Almost a quarter of kids in Clark County, Wash., a suburb of Portland, Ore., go to school without measles, mumps and rubella immunizations, and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) recently declared a state of emergency amid concern that things could rapidly spin out of control.
The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the nations most vocal and organized anti-vaccination activists. That movement has helped drive down child immunizations in Washington, as well as in neighboring Oregon and Idaho, to some of the lowest rates in the country, with as many as 10.5 percent of kindergartners statewide in Idaho unvaccinated for measles. That is almost double the median rate nationally.
You know what keeps me up at night? said Clark County Public Health Director Alan Melnick. Measles is exquisitely contagious. If you have an under-vaccinated population, and you introduce a measles case into that population, it will take off like a wildfire.
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'It will take off like a wildfire': The unique dangers of the Washington state measles outbreak (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Feb 2019
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murielm99
(30,730 posts)1. These stupid, stupid people.
RainCaster
(10,857 posts)2. I want to see the doctors held accountable
They are the ones who sign those forms for the anti - vaxer parents. Simply because they object. All for a modest fee. They need to be held accountable because they knew better.
ck4829
(35,042 posts)3. K&R