Scarlet fever outbreak is worst for nearly 40 years

The Telegraph ^ | August 5, 2018 | Telegraph Reporters

[The_Media_never_lie]

Parents are being warned to look out for signs of scarlet fever in their children, with more cases of the illness reported this year than since 1982, health officials said.

The highly contagious infection mainly affects young children and is not usually serious if treated.

[The_Media_never_lie]

We may never know why this disease is making a comeback.

[Yaelle]

Vitamin d3 every day for breastfeeding or bottlefeeding. The drops where one drop is 1000 IU. Put one drop on the nipple. The baby will get a less strong case if he gets it at all.

[RetiredTexasVet]

Really? Probably the same reason whooping cough, TB, measles, mumps, etc...they’re coming across the border.

[the OlLine Rebel]

This is England, not USA.

[BBell]

There coming across the channel.

[Darksheare]

Only a matter of time.

[BBell]

oops. Their coming across the channel.

[BBell]

oops oops. They'recoming across the channel.

Not enough sleep.

[shanover]

Absolutely, we can only speculate. /sarc

[Kipp]

The same streptococcus bacteria that causes strep throat causes scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, and other diseases. I wonder if the incidence rate of the other strep diseases are also up.

[Rembrandt]

“We may never know why this disease is making a comeback.”

Here’s a hint. There is most likely not a federal immunization program in the countries from which your illegal “visitors” originated.

[Frank_2001]

There! Coming across the channel! It’s...THEM!!!;)

[Mears]

There,there,there——you’ll be okay !

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[Fiji Hill]

We may never know why this disease is making a comeback.

I think something that happened in Washington, DC in 1965--perpetrated, in large pert, by a guy later to be known as the Hero of Chappaquiddick--has a lot to do with it.

[Secret Agent Man]

Muslims.

[sockmonkey]

*** The highly contagious infection mainly affects young children and is not usually serious if treated. ***

Yeah, tell that to The Velveteen Rabbit.

[Bob434]

pffft- we don’t have to worry about scarlet fever- tuberculosis will kill us before we get the scarlet fever

[Campion]

There’s no vaccine against strep, which is what causes scarlet fever.

[ro_dreaming]

While in the Navy, living in the BEQ at NAB Coronado I was diagnosed with scarlatina. That’s right, back in 1990, I somehow got it in the US. Very strange. I was confined to barracks for a week.

[5th MEB]

Well: you import filthy, disease ridden ILLEGAL ALIENS and you get——FILTHY DISEASES.