Measles, which began in Texas, began in Texas before expanding to 355 other states on Friday. Officials say that signs are not slow.
“I’m worried that I will worsen,” said Katherine Wells, director of public health director LubBock.
Many did not have tested on measles, and efforts to increase vaccinations in the affected areas have received lukewarm reactions.
Wells thought it could be a year until the onset was controlled.
The outbreak, which began in West Texas at the end of January, has now infected 309 people at 14 County Texas. “All of this county is related to each other,” said Wells.
Measles are doing what measles do. We look for infected people and everyone without being vaccinated for the virus.
Almost everyone who became sick was a child, and the teens were not vaccinated against the virus. At least 40 patients were hospitalized.
neighbor New Mexico reported 42 cases. Friday. Twenty people in New Mexico were 18 years old and eight were over 4 years old. And on Tuesday, Oklahoma confirmed four cases. It is related to the onset. All of them were unclear whether they had not been vaccinated or they were shot.
Texas’s six -year -old girl and two saints in New Mexico died. Texas of Gainz County, the epicenter of this onset, is almost 18%, one of the highest vaccine exemptions in the state. Health data.
Wells said the vaccine clinic was founded in County, but absorption was not powerful. Many families in the area are firmly firmly controversial that vaccines cause autism, she said.
WELLS said that during the briefing on Tuesday, the Ministry of Health and Health is a time to increase the vaccination rate.
She said, “Measles will find a person’s pocket that has not been vaccinated, and there is a risk of entering a pocket that is not vaccinated anywhere in the United States because it has the number and ability to travel.
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Cases that are not related to the onset However, international travel has been reported in Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Road Island, Texas, Vermont and Washington.
Dr. Brian Borah, the medical officer of the Chicago Public Health Bureau, said, “Measles will continue to send until the lack of sensitivity population.
Dr. SIMBO IgE, a commissioner of the Chicago Public Health Bureau, said that the only thing that could prevent the outbreak of the country on Tuesday briefing is that it is a big effort to find people who have not been vaccinated as soon as possible and to set the gun as soon as possible.
IGE said, “The development period depends on the ability to identify and expose vulnerable people and determine how quickly the vaccination begins.
Last year, the IGE team faced 64 people involved in the Chicago Housing Shelter.
The Health Bureau has entered community health personnel and other reliable members in the same region, such as politicians and faith leaders, to encourage vaccinations, Borah said.
“We have people in shelters that we know that we are a messenger we know.” Almost everyone who was not vaccinated was shot.
Within 2 months The outbreak is over.
How the virus develops and causes symptoms
Measles are one of the most infectious viruses in the world. When an infected person coughs, sneezes or breathes, a small virus particles are thrown through the air and float for hours.
Dr. Ronald Cook, the chief health manager of Texas Tech University Science Center in LubBock, said, “I sit in the office and talk.” “If my door is open, the virus can leave my office and go out to the hallway. Anyone who climbs up and down the corridor can be infected.”
When a person is infected, the virus does not cause symptoms and is quietly in the body for about 7 to 14 days. This is called incubation period.
About 10 or 11 days, the immune system of the body is overwhelming, cough, runny nose, high heat of 103 degrees and 104 degrees, and symptoms include red eyes. Cook said, “I think of a pink child, but it’s worse.”
Then a small white point called koplik spots appears in the mouth, spreading into the lungs, causing inflammation. That’s why babies and children are especially risk of breathing. Their small prayers cannot afford a lot of inflammation. At this point, the virus can cause bacterial pneumonia.
A few days later, a characteristic measles starts.
Until then, the patient was already infected with vulnerable people. A person who is infected spreads the virus four days before the rash appears. Cook said that it was a mistake.
Measles of measles vaccination guidelines
Measles of two doses, fallen, and rubella (MMR) vaccines have 97% effects in preventing infection. Disease Control and Prevention Center. The first dose offers about 93%of protection around 1 year old, but the second is not about 5 years old when children enter kindergarten. As a result, children are slightly vulnerable between doses for several years.
However, general rules are changed during the onset.
The doctor can provide an early dose early if the child is exposed to the virus. The pediatrician can give a vaccine to a baby for more than six months, the doctor says. But when they are older, they still say that they will still need two standard doses.
