In California, Thousands Exposed to Measles

NBC News ^ | February 13 20124 | By JoNel Aleccia

[CorporateStepsister]

Thousands of San Francisco Bay Area residents may have been exposed to measles last week when an unvaccinated student at the Unversity of California, Berkeley, attended classes and rode the area's BART transit system.

Public health officials in Contra Costa County, outside of San Francisco, said anyone riding BART from Feb. 4 to Feb. 7 during the morning or late evening commutes could have been exposed to the highly contagious respiratory virus. The young man in his 20s lives in the county and was confirmed to have measles on Wednesday. He was likely infected while traveling recently in Asia, health officials said.

[CorporateStepsister]

I hope this does not balloon into an epidemic.

[Talisker]

Thousands of San Francisco Bay Area residents may have been exposed to measles last week when an unvaccinated student at the Unversity of California, Berkeley, attended classes and rode the area's BART transit system.

Dear Lord, what does being unvaccinated have to do with anything other than this student's potential ability to avoid measles - maybe. Do people think that just because some percentage of the population is vaccinated, that the measles virus doesn't exist around us?

This is sheer scare tactics based on raw ignorance as an advertisement for vaccination. It's absurd.

[bigheadfred]

i hope it does because all of the effing people who dint get the shot would effing DIE

[CorporateStepsister]

Do people still get vaccinated for this disease?

[I got the rope]

Ok...so let’s follow the logic. Why are vaccinated people worried?

[CorporateStepsister]

Are a bunch of people dying in pain appealing to you for some reason?

[CorporateStepsister]

Makes me wonder if people have shirked getting their shots.

[I got the rope]

I agree. Complete nonsense.

[bigheadfred]

words of wisdom from the irony lung

[bigheadfred]

pain is subjective

we are ALL going to die

[Black Agnes]

http://www.examiner.com/article/whistleblowing-virologists-sue-merck-for-alleged-falsification-of-mumps-data

[Marcella]

Pain is not the major problem. If an adult man gets the measles, he may become sterile. That is the problem with men and measles.

[Secret Agent Man]

it’s a slam piece on those who aren’t sheeple vaccine takers b/c govt knows what’s best for us.

[ltc8k6]

Are the illegal aliens vaccinated?

[Secret Agent Man]

the answer to thisquestion exposes the fallacies of vaccines.

[alexander_busek]

Pain is not the major problem. If an adult man gets the measles, he may become sterile. That is the problem with men and measles.

No, you're confusing that with the Mumps.

Regards,

[Secret Agent Man]

you’d think the population control, mankind is destroying the planet, libtards, would love this.

[goodnesswins]

YES.....MMR....Measles, Mumps, Rubella...or some variation

[alexander_busek]

i hope it does because all of the effing people who dint get the shot would effing DIE

Since when is measles 100% lethal? And since when are you a sadist?

Regards,

[I got the rope]

From what I have seen and heard...Mexicans have a very aggressive vaccination program.