Measles in NC

[CarolinaFever]

Shoppers in Wake, Durham could be exposed to measles. Here are the locations

In Wake County, someone infected with measles visited five locations in Raleigh on Feb. 5. In Durham, those exposures came at three known locations on Feb. 6. And someone came to the emergency room Feb. 7 in Johnston County with measles.

www.wral.com

 

[finesse]

Thank you, anti-vaxxers. At least my grandkids got theirs before this nonsense got any worse.

 

[CarolinaFever]

Now there's a case in Orange County.

 

[aGDevil2k]

Are these unvaxxed adults or are we all susceptible ?

 

[superrific]

Are these unvaxxed adults or are we all susceptible ?

I'm no MD and I might get corrected, but I think the answer is a little of both, though probably more of the first.

I would be surprised if everyone who had a measles vaccine retains immunity well into adulthood. Probably most do, but there are few universals in medicine

 

[Paine]

Are these unvaxxed adults or are we all susceptible ?

From the article:

“All but two of the known cases in North Carolina this winter were in people younger than the age of 18. State data shows 72% of them had not been vaccinated. The state has a website that tracks the vaccination rates at school districts and individual school within that district.”

 

[UNCRx85]

Definitely gonna skew younger with these cases because, you know.... eyeroll.gif

 

[gregh1]

#parentFail

 

[whatntarnation]

Epicenter is down the mountain in the Greenville Spartanburg area. The highway patrol needs to close the border at Caesar's Head to contain all those upstate anti-vaxxers.

 

[korgguy1971]

 

[gtyellowjacket]

That's hilarious.

I'm wondering how many people on here get this joke. I had a t-shirt that referenced something pretty similar and wore it to a party. About half the people thought it was great and half the people had no idea what it was talking about. I think maybe some school systems bought it and some school systems didn't.

So if you don't get this meme, let us know

 

[altmin]

Anyone born after 1970 should get a second shot at some point in their lives (no time like the present if you haven't). Basically the second dose wasn't recommended till 1996 so people born between 1970 and 1996 are most at risk next to the unvaccinated.

 

[finesse]

Anyone born after 1970 should get a second shot at some point in their lives (no time like the present if you haven't). Basically the second dose wasn't recommended till 1996 so people born between 1970 and 1996 are most at risk next to the unvaccinated.

I did it the old fashioned way and had them. That's generally permanent.