A sober reminder to check your vaccinations to make sure they are up to date when traveling overseas; particularly sobering is the infection of a 4-month old infant who is clearly too young to receive a vaccination for measles:
More information here: Measles outbreak tied to megachurch.
An outbreak of measles tied to a Texas megachurch where ministers have questioned vaccination has sickened at least 21 people, including a 4-month-old infant -- and it’s expected to grow, state and federal health officials said.
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All of the cases are linked to the Eagle Mountain International Church in Newark, Texas, where a visitor who’d traveled to Indonesia became infected with measles – and then returned to the U.S., spreading it to the largely unvaccinated church community, said Russell Jones, the Texas state epidemiologist.
More information here: Measles outbreak tied to megachurch.
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