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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSouth Carolina measles outbreak 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/national-international/south-carolina-measles-outbreak-quarantine/6428796/South Carolina measles outbreak accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine
Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.
The measles outbreak in South Carolina is accelerating with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials said Wednesday.
As of Wednesday, 111 measles cases had been reported in whats known as upstate South Carolina an area in the northwest of the state that includes Greenville and Spartanburg.
We are faced with ongoing transmission that we anticipate will go on for many more weeks, Dr. Linda Bell, state epidemiologist for the South Carolina Department of Public Health, said during a news briefing Wednesday.
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South Carolina measles outbreak 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine (Original Post)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
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33taw
(3,277 posts)1. If only there was something available to prevent the measles?
theyre is sumpin owt thair and it iz nown az ivermeckten. the librulls r keepin us frum noing abowt it cuz it kin git rid of all dizeezes even them that cawz lernin problums. iffn yew tak it ever day yew wont even need to go to skool. i kwit skool after won yeer wen i beegan yewsin it.
AllyCat
(18,441 posts)2. Whole hundreds? Just like Covid, these people won't
Distance, isolate, mask, or vaccinate.
They love their orange Fuhrer more than they love their kids.
DFW
(59,627 posts)4. Great. Two weeks before we head to South Carolina.
Thanks, Bobby. Youve been a great help.
JustAnotherGen
(37,457 posts)5. These people
Did it to themselves .
Where is the
outrage over schools being shut down? I seem to recollect that anti vaxers believe in "herd immunity".