Florida Defies CDC in Measles Outbreak, Telling Parents It's Fine to Send Unvaccinated Kids to School - KFF Health News
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The state’s surgeon general grants parents permission to send unvaccinated children to school during a measles outbreak, risking their health and that of others.
  • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
    86·
    1 year ago

    Just in case you aren’t pissed off about this, measles isn’t going to stay in Florida. Every transmission and every infection is an opportunity for mutation and reproduction. Measles vaccinations help, but it isn’t 100% effective. The more people infected, the worse it’s going to get.

    • LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world
      38·
      1 year ago

      Get more pissed:

      About 1 in 5 unvaccinated people in the U.S. who get measles is hospitalized.

      Encephalitis. About 1 child out of every 1,000 who get measles will develop encephalitis (swelling of the brain) that can lead to convulsions and can leave the child deaf or with intellectual disability.

      Death. Nearly 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children who become infected with measles will die from respiratory and neurologic complications.

      And there’s more!

      https://www.cdc.gov/measles/symptoms/complications.html

    • SaltySalamander@kbin.social
      20·
      1 year ago

      NO vaccine is 100% effective. The only reason they’re effective at all is due to the fact that most everyone has that vaccination. People are too goddamn dumb to realize this.

    • Drusas@kbin.social
      19·
      1 year ago

      Also, anyone who’s ever flown to/from Orlando knows those planes have far more kids on them than the typical flight does. This outbreak is fortunately so far only in south Florida, but that doesn’t mean it will stay there. Just one infected kid going to a central Florida theme park could spread this around the country very rapidly.

      Oh, and spring break is what, a few weeks away? Good thing most colleges require proof of vaccination…