Measles outbreak jumps to 7 Ohio daycares, 1 school--all with unvaccinated kids

[douglas9]

A measles outbreak in Ohio has swiftly expanded, spreading to seven childcare facilities and one school, all with unvaccinated children, according to local health officials. The outbreak highlights the risk of the highly contagious but vaccine-preventable disease mushrooming amid slipping vaccination rates.

On November 9, the health departments of the city of Columbus and Franklin County, which encompasses Columbus, announced an outbreak at one childcare facility, which had sickened four unvaccinated children. Officials reportedly expected that more cases would follow.
As of Wednesday morning, there have been 18 confirmed cases from seven childcare facilities and one school. All of the cases are in unvaccinated children, and at least 15 cases are in children under the age of 4. At least six have required hospitalization, Kelli Newman, spokesperson for Columbus Public Health, told Ars.

Health officials are now working to curb the outbreak, including conducting contact tracing at affected facilities, coordinating with local health care providers on measles awareness efforts, and reaching out to families to educate them about and encourage vaccination with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.

"MMR vaccines are very safe and highly effective at preventing measles," Newman told Ars in an email. "We offer walk-in MMR vaccines at Columbus Public Health Monday through Friday every week. We have not seen an uptick here on MMR vaccinations yet from what we usually do, but that is not indicative of uptake overall since we do not know what is being given by providers in the community."

Ars has reached out to Ohio's health department, which keeps records of vaccination rates around the state, but the numbers for the city of Columbus and Franklin County were not readily available. We will update this story if they are provided.


https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/measles-outbreak-jumps-to-7-ohio-daycares-1-school-all-with-unvaccinated-kids/

[Lovie777]

1. That's miserable.....

[Alexander Of Assyria]

2. This is child abuse, state sanctioned. But ofc politics trumps science. Christian nationalism

is killing and sickening children but it’s ok in the name of freedom! Silly liberals, it’s necessary as as God, and Fox, intended.

[NQAS]

3. According to the cdc...

More than 134000 people die worldwide from measles.

So what if a growing number of those might be in the US? Freedom.

[Firestorm49]

4. I've been reading for years how the level of education in the USA has been in decline.

Well unfortunately, it’s quite apparent in adults who are too stupid to vaccinate their very own children against known and curable diseases. To me, the thought of willfully exposing a child from discomfort to possibly death is beyond comprehension.

But in the larger picture, I’ve lost a lot of faith in humanity in general. Never in my life, as a reasonably intelligent person, could I ever have imagined how adults, many in positions of responsibility, spew such garbage (lies) and actually believe it. Lies. Unproven claims. All I can do is scratch my head and question in which direction we, as the human race, are headed.

Am I biased, or do I not hear verbal vomit coming from the mouths of democrats? Why is it that one party seems to be so off the rails. Proof! That’s all we need and all that we want, yet the term is illusive if not relegated to the dust bin of humanity.

I have digressed. Apologies. Have a nice day.

[ratchiweenie]

5. Knuckle draggers killing their own children. I guess it's a way of

thinning the herd.

[Probatim]

6. When you have 8-9 kids, losing one isn't so bad.