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Measles Outbreak Spreads in America To 15 States - Overseas Travelers Might Be The Source
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| 07/10/08
| EmpowHer - Her Health News
Posted on 07/10/2008 2:02:48 PM PDT by AZ Righty
With the total number of sick people now at 127, this is the most since 138 people in 1997 and 508 in 1996, the CDC said.
The last serious U.S. outbreak occurred from 1989 to 1991, when 55,000 people got measles and 123 died.
No deaths have been reported in the current outbreak.
States with cases, the CDC said, include Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin and Washington state, as well as Washington, D.C.
Travelers got measles in Switzerland, Israel, Belgium, Italy, India, Germany, China, Pakistan, Russia and the Philippines, the CDC said.
Measles remains a leading cause of death among children in poor countries, killing about 250,000 people a year globally.
The disease causes fever, cough, redness and irritation of the eyes and a rash. Serious complications include encephalitis and pneumonia that can be fatal.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: health; measles; measlesoutbreak; muchkneejerking; postfirstreadlater
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:02:48 PM PDT
by
AZ Righty
To: AZ Righty
When did Mexico become overseas?
2
posted on
07/10/2008 2:06:12 PM PDT
by
null and void
(With Nobama it will be 9/10 through 9/17 every week. - Coffee200AM)
To: AZ Righty
Looking forward to hearing about this on the Michael Savage show today.
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:06:16 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
To: AZ Righty
Overseas my ass !!
They simple waltz right on in across our southern border.
To: null and void
Across river is more like it.
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:06:59 PM PDT
by
Hoffer Rand
(0bambi: the audacity of hype)
To: null and void
"When did Mexico become overseas?" With the building of the border fence, they will be forced to come into the U.S. by boats now.
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:08:15 PM PDT
by
TommyDale
(I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
To: null and void
LOL....I was SOOOO thinking the same thing!
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:09:59 PM PDT
by
NordP
To: AZ Righty
Thanks for posting, but that could very well be the lamest external link ever.
8
posted on
07/10/2008 2:12:22 PM PDT
by
jra
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
To: TigersEye
10
posted on
07/10/2008 2:12:59 PM PDT
by
pandoraou812
(Don't play leapfrog with a unicorn! ...........^............)
To: metmom
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:13:51 PM PDT
by
pandoraou812
(Don't play leapfrog with a unicorn! ...........^............)
To: AZ Righty
The measles outbreak in Tucson has been traced to a traveler from SWITZERLAND. Not Mexico. I doubt that traveler was the slightest bit Mexican. As far as the spreading of the infection, it could be that some nonimmunized immigrants were the ones to contract the disease here after exposure. Not sure about that either.
To: AZ Righty
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:16:15 PM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: null and void
Of the 1st 64 cases, none were from Mexico. See #13.
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:17:17 PM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: AZ Righty
I added the body of your thread to avoid “confusion.”
To: pandoraou812
No. I avoid stories like this.
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:22:50 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Berlin '36 Olympics for murdering regimes Beijing '08)
To: null and void
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:22:53 PM PDT
by
Amelia
To: savedbygrace
Thanks!
The race isn’t always to the swift, but that’s the way to bet...
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:23:17 PM PDT
by
null and void
(With Nobama it will be 9/10 through 9/17 every week. - Coffee200AM)
To: AZ Righty
For everyone assuming this is from Mexico, before you knee jerk, they have the same vaccination and incidence rate as the US.
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:25:43 PM PDT
by
mnehring
To: TexasCajun
Spreading the viruses that Americans won’t spread?
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posted on
07/10/2008 2:26:43 PM PDT
by
GOPmember
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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