Posted on 02/09/2019 3:34:23 PM PST by jazusamo
Health officials on Saturday confirmed seven mumps cases at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Houston.
The Houston Health Department said in a press release that the cases involved seven adults who were detained during their infectious period -- meaning there was no evidence that anyone outside the facility was infected.
Since these individuals were isolated inside the facility during the period they were infectious, we do not anticipate these cases posing a threat to the community, said Dr. David Persse, Houstons local health authority and EMS medical director.
Health officials are working with the ICE facility to control the transmission of the disease and provide on-site treatment.
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Smallpox is extinct in the wild,
The wild is mighty big.
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Thanks for sharing. Umbelievable.
This is why we had Ellis Island! To keep immigrant diseases away from the native population!, People are so ignorant of history.
Are you Tammy from another site I frequent?
Acute case of chicken pox can mimic smallpox symptoms.
Yes
The mumps was one of the most painful illnesses I ever went through.
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