Measles alert: Chicago Midway Airport passengers warned they may have been exposed

[yortsed snacilbuper]

A Chicago Midway International Airport passenger might have exposed people to measles there and at a Chicago-area hospital in the past week, Illinois health officials said, as physicians across the globe contend with a surge of measles cases.

The passenger -- an Illinois resident whom officials aren't naming -- had the disease and was infectious when he or she was at the airport on the night of February 22, the Illinois Department of Public Health said.

The infected person was on a flight that arrived at the airport's Concourse B. Officials didn't say where the flight originated.

The person then sought treatment at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in the Chicago suburb of Geneva, health officials said

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/measles-alert-chicago-midway-airport-passengers-warned-they-may-have-been-exposed/ar-BBUf9Dx?ocid=spartanntp

[CottonBear]

1. THIS is a national & international public health emergency. 🚨 n/t

[RobinA]

5. Oh,

for heaven's sake. Not even close.

[CottonBear]

9. 12,736 measles cases & 203 deaths in Philippines this year from 1/1-2/23

https://reliefweb.int/report/philippines/unicef-who-philippines-measles-outbreak-situation-report-3-26-february-2019


UNICEF-WHO Philippines: Measles Outbreak, Situation Report 3, 26 February 2019

REPORTfrom World Health Organization, UN Children's Fund Published on 26 Feb 2019
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Current Situation

Between 1 January and 23 February 2019, 12,736 measles cases including 203 deaths were officially reported through the routine surveillance system from the Philippines Department of Health (DoH): a significant increase compared to 2,789 cases and 25 deaths reported in the same time period in 2018 (see Table 1).

With a median age of 2 years old, 57% of measles cases are under 5 years of age. Data from 2018 shows that 10% of cases are between 6 and 15 years of age, whereas 15% are between 16 and 30 years of age. The majority of measles cases are male (53%).

As of 23 February 2019, 63% of cases are not vaccinated.

[CottonBear]

10. Chicago's O'Hare airport is busiest airport in the US. (OP is about Midway airport)

AIDS and Ebola were spread to Europe and the US by transportation: long distance, international air travel.

Measles is incredibly contagious and is airborne.

Chicago is home if the world’s 4th busiest airport. (O’Hare)

[CottonBear]

11. Vaccination drive ongoing to protect children from deadly measles outbreak in Ukraine

https://www.unicef.org/eca/stories/vaccination-drive-ongoing-protect-children-deadly-measles-outbreak-ukraine

Vaccination drive ongoing to protect children from deadly measles outbreak in Ukraine

01 March 2019
Uliana Dziuba, 36, is holding the hands of her two young children as they wait to receive their vaccination against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR). Unlike her brother Volodia, nine-year-old Maryana is anxious, but Uliana knows how important today is.

“I used to refuse to vaccinate the children against measles,” she says. “Once, I refused because they were sick at the time. Another time, there was a very powerful anti-vaccination campaign on social media. But Maryana got measles at age three and now I’m very worried that my son will get sick. I am vaccinating both of them for the first time today.”

The pair are among thousands of children now being vaccinated in Lviv region, Ukraine, after the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF launched an immunization drive. It is using a combined approach: teams of mobile doctors are working to reach school-age children while local clinics are increasing their ability to vaccinate more children.

The drive is happening as UNICEF warns that global cases of measles have surged to alarmingly high levels – including in countries that had previously been declared measles free – eroding progress against this highly preventable, but potentially deadly disease.

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[Javaman]

2. it won't be a superbug or some "gov't engineered biobug" that will do us in...

it will be the anti-vaxx idiots that will make sure everyone gets diseases that could have been eradicated.

[Initech]

3. Fuck you, anti vaxxers!

[benld74]

4. These news items remind me of

B movie news items
That appear in contagious disease movies


But they’re real

[MagickMuffin]

6. The information the Feds released is useless

"Officials didn't say where the flight originated."

So everyone that passed through the airport should be worried.

However, what about the people on the flight from wherever to Chicago???

[Hekate]

7. Since the air is recirculated & the virus is just looking for lungs, they are all thoroughly exposed

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases on the planet.

Back when the MMR vaccine was being used but chicken pox was still rampant, our pediatrics clinic had a special door on the side of the building just for kids with active cases of chicken pox to go straight into an exam room and avoid the waiting room. It really was not that long ago that parents as well as doctors understood that kids could get really sick from "childhood" diseases.

[lame54]

8. 12 Monkeys