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Fort McCoy hit by case of measles amid Afghan refugee resettlement effort
Fox News ^ | Sep 7, 2021 | By Adam Shaw , Jennifer Griffin

Posted on 09/07/2021 9:28:06 PM PDT by conservative98

The CDC says Afghanistan has the 7th highest number of measles cases in the world

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Fort McCoy Army Base in Wisconsin identified a case of the measles this week as it brings in thousands of Afghan refugees as part of the mass evacuation effort in the wake of the Taliban takeover of Kabul.

An internal government email, viewed by Fox News, said that the base confirmed a case of the measles on Sunday.

"All those who had been in contact with the infected person at base have been isolated, and post-exposure prophylaxis and inoculations are in process," the notice said.

Separately, a senior U.S. government official confirmed to Fox News that officials identified a single measles case as part of what they called a robust health screening process.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) describes measles as a "highly contagious" virus that can be spread by coughing, sneezing, and by people breathing contaminated air or touching infected surfaces and then their faces.

It says that the virus is so contagious that if one person has it, up to 90% of the people close to that person who are not immune will also be infected, and that the virus can live for up to two hours in an airspace even after an infected person leaves the area.

According to the CDC, Afghanistan has the seventh highest number of measles cases in the world.

The document said that due to the disease's contagious nature, Fort McCoy was not receiving evacuees "at this time" and was working to procure the necessary vaccines. However, a spokesperson for Task Force McCoy said that the base was still accepting Afghans, of which it can support 13,000.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; biden; disease; drjillbiden; fortmccoy; immigration; joebiden; measles; pineappleexpress; refugees; vaccine

1 posted on 09/07/2021 9:28:06 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Horrific.
2 posted on 09/07/2021 9:30:35 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

See, see! Trump’s racist and homophobic tweets again!!


3 posted on 09/07/2021 9:32:24 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: conservative98

Guess what else they’re going to blame on the unvaccinated!


4 posted on 09/07/2021 9:33:24 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: conservative98

They should vaccinated.


5 posted on 09/07/2021 9:36:20 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Trillian

Unvaccinated Americans will be blamed.


6 posted on 09/07/2021 9:37:34 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

More to come America. More to come.

Let’s go get about 10-20000’more. Maybe the Pineapple Express can get together again and bring a few more thousand in. And so many on here can talk about how great they are and what patriotic Americans they are. Doing the job CornPop won’t.

But when the dust settles and there’s another CornPop-fire to capture our attention, all those applauding better hope these savages don’t end up in their neighborhoods, their kids schools, and won’t complain about their taxes going through the roof to pay for it all.


7 posted on 09/07/2021 9:38:43 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: conservative98

I sure hope that they are all getting the standard vaccines required before entering the US
(should have gotten them at Ramstein for that matter):
https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/laws-regs/vaccination-immigration/revised-vaccination-immigration-faq.html#whatvaccines


8 posted on 09/07/2021 9:47:05 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: conservative98
Measles, then smallpox combined with the common cold, courtesy of Whuan. Remember Joe Biden warned us of a "Dark Winter"

https://www.offgridweb.com/preparation/operation-dark-winter-weaponized-smallpox/

9 posted on 09/07/2021 9:52:25 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: conservative98

Oh, that’s just grand! Now, the military will need to be quaranteened and kept away from their families for a while.
I think with the measles, you have to get rid of any clothing that may have come in direct contact with the sick person.


10 posted on 09/07/2021 10:00:08 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: conservative98

So will these afghan super spreaders be quarenteened or would that violate THEIR civil rights?


11 posted on 09/07/2021 10:01:23 PM PDT by patriot torch (Ashlie Babbitt-say her name)
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To: conservative98

Just great. That’s Dulles Airport.


12 posted on 09/08/2021 12:40:49 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: conservative98

Destroying the health of decent Americans is a small price to pay for the cause of multicultural diversity and inclusion politics.


13 posted on 09/08/2021 3:28:58 AM PDT by LouAvul (Lying headlines from fake news articles written by imposters masquerading as journalists.)
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To: conservative98
Translating drug resistant tuberculosis treatment guidelines to reality in war-torn Kandahar, Afghanistan: A retrospective cohort study

Wonder how many have TB...?

14 posted on 09/08/2021 3:46:08 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Captainpaintball

Just wait for the other more fun diseases from the southern border break out like Polio


15 posted on 09/08/2021 3:58:00 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: conservative98

Their masking-up techniques match what I see among the US public...


16 posted on 09/08/2021 4:56:22 AM PDT by Does so (USA is run from 2446 Belmont Rd, NW, DC, (Kalorama). Why else the 9/11 deadline for Afghanistan?)
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To: conservative98

I remember obama and Biden allowing people south of the border and all kinds of diseases we no had showed up and was killing Americans.

Biden is repeating this murder.


17 posted on 09/08/2021 11:17:50 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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