Ind. Measles Outbreak, Linked to Super Bowl, Raises Vaccination Concerns

[xchrom]

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/02/measles-outbreak-in-indiana.html

The crowds and teams may have long departed Indiana after Super Bowl XLVI, but something else has lingered: an outbreak of measles.

Two days before the big game, two people infected with the virus visited the Super Bowl Village together and made stops at a coffee shop, a restaurant and the Indianapolis Colts' merchandise store in Lucas Oil Stadium.

State health officials confirmed 13 confirmed cases of measles within two neighboring counties in central Indiana last week. According to Dr. Gregory Larkin, the state's health commissioner, those cases were confined to families in the same social group. A 14th case was diagnosed Friday in one of the same counties as the previous cases.

Larkin said he's not expecting the number of cases to rise dramatically. However, given the virus' incubation period averages between 10 to 12 days and hundreds of thousands may have been exposed, Larkin said it's still possible more cases may be diagnosed. Indiana health officials have been communicating with their counterparts in New York and Massachusetts, the home states of the two Super Bowl teams, anticipating the virus could have traveled home with returning fans.

[HubertHeaver]

1. So, what terrorist organization is responsible for this biological attack?

Obviously the two infected people were "sleeper agents" sent to release the agent so its spread could be tracked.