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Measles Reported in Central Iowa
Iowa Dep't of Health ^ | 5/24/11 | Ia Dep't Public Health

Posted on 05/24/2011 1:37:10 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa

A confirmed case of measles has occurred in a Dallas County resident. This situation is being treated as a public health emergency because measles spreads easily and can cause serious illness and death.

Local public health officials in Dallas and Polk counties are working with the Iowa Dept. of Public Health (IDPH) to determine who this individual may have exposed to measles and are at risk of becoming ill.

Any individuals who visited the following locations at the listed times should check to make sure they have received two MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccines. Those older than their mid-50s and know that they had measles as a child do not need to be vaccinated. If you have been at these places during these times and have not received two doses of MMR (or are not sure if you have received two MMRs), you should contact your county health department or health care provider to be vaccinated.

May 11

American Airlines Flight AA3965

Departed Chicago O’Hare: 11:55 a.m.

Arrived Des Moines International Airport: 1:05 p.m.

Des Moines International Airport - main terminal and baggage area

1:00 to 3:45 p.m.

May 14

Mercy Central Pediatric Clinic

330 Laurel St, Ste 2100, Des Moines Iowa

10:00 a.m. to close (offices closed at 2:00 p.m.)

Mercy Medical Center - Main Entrance, including waiting room, registration, outpatient testing and blood draw station areas

1111 6th Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa

Noon to 3:00 p.m.

The symptoms of measles include any or all of the following: fever, cough, red/pink eyes, runny nose and a rash. Anyone, regardless of age, who has not had measles or has not adequately responded to two doses of MMR (less than one percent), can get measles if exposed. Measles can cause serious illness, pneumonia, deafness, and brain inflammation. Two to three people out of 1,000 who get measles die from the disease. It is easily spread through the air and there is no treatment for the illness, so prevention is critical.

If you were at the places during the times listed above and have any symptoms consistent with measles, call your health care provider immediately and arrange to be seen safely. Do not go to the doctor’s office, ER, local public health agency, or a walk-in clinic until arrangements are made to be seen by your health care provider in a place and manner that will not potentially expose others to measles. Until arrangements are made, stay home; do not go into any public places.

“All Iowans should check their personal and family immunization records to make sure their measles vaccinations are up-to-date,” said IDPH Medical Director, Dr. Patricia Quinlisk. “To be fully vaccinated, an individual should have had two doses of the measles vaccine, or have had measles in the past.”


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: cdc; codename; diseasecontrol; illegalimmigration; measles; obama; quarantine; villageidiot
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To: Choose Ye This Day

Most children are robust enough to fully recover from it, but for adults, especially older people or those in poor health, it can be deadly.


21 posted on 05/24/2011 2:20:55 PM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Tories in- mission accomplished)
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To: tiki

Getting Chickenpox is hardly like lying down on a freeway.

You sound as if you are scared of living.


22 posted on 05/24/2011 2:22:40 PM PDT by colorcountry (Comforting lies are not your friends. Painful truths are not your enemies.)
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To: tiki

I had both versions of the measles in the ‘60s as a kid and it wasn’t serious. I got chicken pox when I was in my 40’s and was sick as a dog and felt like I was going to die. That was serious.


23 posted on 05/24/2011 2:27:49 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: Choose Ye This Day

Remember the AVIAN FLU or some such scare? Or was it Swine Flu they scared the crap out of everyone with? No one is allowed in school without two MMR vacs so this is strange.
Illegal aliens that just got here maybe?


24 posted on 05/24/2011 2:27:59 PM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: colorcountry

You don’t have a clue. I’ve done more adventurous things than most people but I also don’t expose myself to guaranteed misfortune. I don’t put my hand into running motors, I don’t hold loaded guns to my head, or any number of stupid things...and I avoid preventable illnesses any time I can. I don’t have time to be sick because I want to spend my life living it.

I think that it is totally irresponsible for people to neglect to vaccinate their children, especially now that we know the Autism connection was totally faked.

If all these diseases are just run of the normal diseases then let’s just bring back Smallpox and Polio.


25 posted on 05/24/2011 2:30:12 PM PDT by tiki
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To: tiki

I disagree with you. Making laws that require people to immunize children against innocuous diseases like Chicken Pox has led to adults who were never exposed, thus opening them up to a more devastating disease in adulthood.

These enforced inoculations were the beginning of the citizens of the US giving away our freedoms over our own bodies, and our own health and healthcare. Welcome to Obamaworld.


26 posted on 05/24/2011 2:35:13 PM PDT by colorcountry (Comforting lies are not your friends. Painful truths are not your enemies.)
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To: Keith in Iowa

I didn’t even know that Measles was thinking of running in 2012. I expect Measles is against ObamaCare and any other health plan for that matter. Probably only has spotty support so far but still testing the waters in Iowa.


27 posted on 05/24/2011 2:35:46 PM PDT by dblshot (Insanity - electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
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To: dblshot

Feeble attempt at humor noted. FAIL.


28 posted on 05/24/2011 2:38:58 PM PDT by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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To: colorcountry

Good post, and a GREAT tagline.


29 posted on 05/24/2011 2:39:19 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (If Obama is Irish...or American for that matter...I'm Kenyan.)
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To: colorcountry

I don’t know how old you are but do you remember people who had polio and what happened to them? Do you remember the children who died of Diptheria? Do you remember the women who miscarried or had children with birth defects because of exposure to Measles?

I understand choice but if your choice is to expose me and mine to deadly diseases, I wouldn’t give you that choice. If I wasn’t already immune to Measles and you gave them to me, I would consider suing you because it is totally preventable. If I was pregnant and it caused me to have a child with birth defects, I would hold you responsible. There is no need for children to suffer and die. If these diseases weren’t communicable you could do your thing.

I don’t like government control either but there have to be some laws to protect people. There are laws against theft and murder and I bet you don’t object to them. I bet you wouldn’t like being deliberately exposed to AIDS either.

These childhood diseases are no different and when they kill you they do it much faster than AIDS would and when they maim and cripple you, you get to live with a lifetime with that disability.


30 posted on 05/24/2011 3:08:42 PM PDT by tiki
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To: tiki

I am a grandmother. I had five children and raised them to adulthood without government health intervention. My mother came from a family of 12 children. Surprise, surprise! They made it too.

So sue me. :D


31 posted on 05/24/2011 3:15:30 PM PDT by colorcountry (Comforting lies are not your friends. Painful truths are not your enemies.)
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To: RnMomof7
Measles is associated closely with retinal detachment and blindness later in life.

Getting that vaccination is a good way to avoid that.

32 posted on 05/24/2011 3:16:17 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: calex59

Most of the blindness occurs in the adult years.


33 posted on 05/24/2011 3:17:36 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: colorcountry
You have no right to be a vector for a disease that is responsible for a substantial percentage of damaged retinas ~ and blindness in adults.

The virus has NO civil rights so it's alright to use your immune system (which you kind of share with your species) to kill it.

34 posted on 05/24/2011 3:21:13 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: colorcountry
When they went around the countryside shedding viruses they were making others blind, and killing some.

Not at all the sort of guilt trip anyone needs, but there you have it.

35 posted on 05/24/2011 3:24:27 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

I do have a right. There is no law that requires me to be disease free or immunized for your protection. ....yet.

By the way, be sure to wear your helmet and your seat belt. Don’t eat too much sugar or fat, keep your weight in check, and don’t smoke, exercise regularly and have a good life. ;)


36 posted on 05/24/2011 3:27:28 PM PDT by colorcountry (Comforting lies are not your friends. Painful truths are not your enemies.)
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To: muawiyah

Did your mom let you out to play? It must have been so dangerous!


37 posted on 05/24/2011 3:30:14 PM PDT by colorcountry (Comforting lies are not your friends. Painful truths are not your enemies.)
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To: colorcountry
There's basic morality ~ THOU SHALT NOT MURDER.

How about THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.

You infect someone due to your conscious negligence and they die that's murder. If they survive and develop blindness later in life you stole their eyesight.

There are probably some other commandments equally applicable.

On the other hand there are REAL LAWS ~ check out the word QUARANTINE. You can have your disease but you gotta' be isolated from the rest of us. The law does not allow you to go around and infect people with disease.

Why do I get the feeling you think you do not need to payy income taxes either.

38 posted on 05/24/2011 3:37:03 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: muawiyah

And you call yourself a conservative? Amazing!


39 posted on 05/24/2011 3:39:35 PM PDT by colorcountry (Comforting lies are not your friends. Painful truths are not your enemies.)
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To: colorcountry

Conservatives, in general, do not concur in your proposition that it’s OK to murder the innocent ~ far from it in fact.


40 posted on 05/24/2011 3:41:18 PM PDT by muawiyah
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