[flutters]

Here is a link to the article posted about Iowa:

Iowa experiencing mumps epidemic

And this from Scotland:

Fears measles outbreak will spread

[CrawDaddyCA]

These diseases were eradicated in the US long ago...I wonder where they are coming from?

Illegal aliens, maybe?

[SandRat]

AAARRRRRG it's already crossed species

We're Doomed!

[backhoe]

FYI, FWIW:

Mumps Strikes 245, Puzzling Iowa Officials--From our state epidemiologist, as quoted in the article:But she added, "Our law does not allow us to identify entities associated with outbreaks."Read that statement very carefully...as she is trying to tell you something. This woman ONCE, at the beginning of Iowa's five year (so far) whooping cough epidemic (which is so severe as to cause total shutdowns of entire high schools), actually said in the DM Register that it was caused by un-vaccinated illegals. She is honest; she knows the problem; but is not allowed to directly communicate it for political reasons