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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNational March For Forced Birth, Uh, Life May Have Been A Measles Superspreader, Per DC Health Department
Health officials are warning that confirmed cases of measles may have spread at this year's National March for Life rally and concert in Washington, D.C. Thousands of anti-abortion demonstrators converged upon the National Mall and other locations in the nation's capital for the annual event at the end of January. The DC Department of Health says it's working to identify people who are at risk.
"DC Health was notified of multiple confirmed cases of measles whose carriers visited multiple locations in the District while contagious," the agency said in a press release on Sunday. "DC Health is informing people who were at these locations that they may have been exposed."
Potential exposure sites from Jan. 21 to Feb. 2 include major transit such as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Union Station, an Amtrak Northeast Regional train and D.C.'s subway system, according to DC Health. The agency says infected individuals also visited the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and Catholic University.
Children's National Hospital issued a public health notice concerning potential exposure in its Emergency Department. The notice said a Virginia resident, who was confirmed to have measles, visited the department while contagious on Feb. 2.
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https://www.npr.org/2026/02/08/nx-s1-5705972/measles-march-for-life-dc-reagan-national-union-station-metro
2naSalit
(101,041 posts)Our 'health czar' doesn't seem to recognize that measles exist or some sideways bullshit.
hatrack
(64,527 posts)2naSalit
(101,041 posts)Initech
(108,018 posts)God damn I want the adults back in charge and to kick Fox News out of the White House for good.
2naSalit
(101,041 posts)Should be shut down completely and banished from all airwaves, cable and internet.
Initech
(108,018 posts)They are everywhere - Congress, the Senate, SCOTUS, most of our governor's offices, city councils, school boards...
Maru Kitteh
(31,431 posts)Cant stop marching till we are all enslaved.
yardwork
(69,109 posts)Imagine living in a country with good public health policies and considering coming to the U.S., where you or your unborn child might catch measles and other potentially fatal diseases because the U.S. decided to turn its back on modern medicine.
