Amid measles fears, more than 200 students and staff at L.A. universities are quarantined

A UCLA student is among those diagnosed with measles in L.A. County this year. Health officials have ordered that students and staff exposed to measles who cannot show they have been vaccinated be quarantined until further notice.

The announcement comes on the same day California health officials said 38 people had been infected with measles so far this year in the state, an increase of 15 from the previous week. Measles has been spiking nationwide this year, with 695 cases in 22 states reported so far, the most in the U.S. since 2000.in the northern part of the state, health officials also declared outbreaks in Los Angeles and in Sacramento County this week.

Measles is one of the most contagious viruses in the world, spread by coughing and sneezing. Even after a sick person leaves a room, the virus can linger in the air for as long as two hours, able to infect an unsuspecting victim. At Cal State L.A., 156 library employees — both students and staff — who may have been around the infected student earlier this month, also could not provide their immunization records, according to a statement from the university.

Thanks to the internet and technology used on campus most of these people can still lecture or attend classes online.

They can thank their Democratic Politicians for all the diseases flowing into their state!!!

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Potential measles exposure sites include UCLA, LAX, health officials sayAn announcement about the cases was made because the chance of being exposed to measles has increased, given the sudden jump in local reports of the virus, along with widespread outbreaks in the U.S. — including in New York, Washington state, New Jersey and Michigan — and internationally. A student at UCLA, who is is also taking a class at Cal State, and likes to travel and enjoys both tacos and El Pollo Loco, has been spreading the measles in Los Angeles. Very cool. Love having to deal with this in 2019 because of anti vax dipshits. Please vaccinate if you don’t have medical contraindications.
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