Two for One: Visitor to Ark Encounter could have exposed others to measles, Kentucky public health officials warn

[RandySF]

Kentucky health officials have identified potential measles exposures in Grant County involving an unvaccinated traveler from another state who visited the Ark Encounter in Williamstown on Dec. 29 and stayed at the Holiday Inn & Suites in Dry Ridge Dec. 28-30.

People who were present at those locations at those times should take appropriate steps to protect their health and stop the spread of measles, advises the Kentucky Department of Public Health, including checking their vaccination status, staying home and avoiding large gatherings, monitoring symptoms for 21 days and contacting a health care provider with any questions.

Measles is a highly contagious respiratory virus that can cause serious health complications, especially in young children. Vaccination is the best protection against measles, says the Department of Public Health.. Immunization against measles comes through the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.



https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/visitor-ark-encounter-could-have-exposed-others-measles-kentucky-public-health-officials

[Vinca]

1. Guess it's God's will . . . or at least Brainworm Boy's.

[Captain Zero]

3. Oh Lord, keep me lucky, keep me out of Kentucky.

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[Blue Full Moon]

10. To die in Kentucky was really unlucky.

[Conjuay]

2. I thought that was shuttered already.

I guess I was wrong...

[Girard442]

4. Gee, one wonders how the measles virus survived all that time on the Ark with such a tiny handful of hosts.

Ask Ken Ham.

[dedl67]

6. Supposedly, measles diverged from the cattle disease rinderpest in the first millenium BC

So it may have emerged some time after the Ark. But then, of course, how the rinderpest virus survived on the Ark becomes the question.

[Girard442]

9. You got me to reading about rinderpest.

I was born in 1951 and my family had beef and dairy cattle up until 1980. Curiously, I missed learning about rinderpest until now.

[RockRaven]

5. Going to places where nutters hang out is, unsurprisingly, a dangerous past time.

[Ms. Toad]

7. Ugh . . . the people who would have been visiting this would have been anti-vaxxers.

From their web page:

Were dinosaurs on the ark?
Yes! Dinosaurs would have been included in the land-dwelling, air-breathing animals taken aboard the ark. Visit deck one of the Ark to learn why this wouldn’t have been a problem.

[Iris]

12. That makes no sense at all

[ret5hd]

8. Pray It Away!!!

[Coventina]

11. Time to watch Darwinism in real time!!!