CDC reports 90 new measles cases as outbreak approaches record

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The U.S. total is now 555 after the third consecutive week of increases, approaching a record since the disease was 'eliminated' in 2000.

A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine. By Lena H. Sun Lena H. Sun National reporter focusing on health Email Bio Follow April 15 at 10:34 AM For the third week in a row, U.S. health officials have added dozens of new reports to the year’s list of confirmed measles cases, bringing the total to 555 — already the highest number in the past five years.

The states that have reported cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas and Washington. The total so far is the second-greatest number of cases reported since 2000.

In 2014, the United States reported a record 667 cases, including one large outbreak primarily among unvaccinated Amish communities in Ohio that accounted for more than half of the cases.

 

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We need a license to have children.

somedays, i just want to sit on my perch and watch as the world around me fall apart. is it really our duty to save the stupid? unfortunately, these 'dodos' are endangering the rest of us. maybe one day they'll go extinct as well.

thin the herd of the stupid

Life is not a Dungeons and Dragons game - healing crystals won’t help you here

Ohh nooo, not measles!!! Maybe if we scare people about measles, people will actually pay attention to us again? You’d be surprised what your spirit alone could overcome. Go spend some time in nature, would you...

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All because people are too stupid to trust science and credible Health Care Professionals, so they are risking their and our children's lives.

Special thanks to all the morons who think they know better than the entire medical community and refusing to vaccinate their fucking kids. Way to go 👍

There are a lot of people who obviously should not reproduce. What kind of parent would be so careless as to endanger their own child and others.

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