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YAMP: Did you know there were 3 "Disney Measles" outbreaks? I didn't.
Fascinating paragraphs from Failure to vaccinate led to outbreak in the Star Tribune:
Perhaps the most striking evidence of how the state’s measles landscape has changed is apparent in two previous Disneyland outbreaks, one in 1982 and another in 2001. Both started the same way the current outbreak likely did — someone from another country where measles is endemic visited the theme park while contagious. But there the similarities end.The 1982 outbreak resulted in 14 cases and the 2001 outbreak had just five cases. This year, California has had 132 cases of measles as of Friday, 80 of them almost definitely linked to the theme park, and most of the others likely connected, too.
Three outbreaks based on Disneyland. I didn't know that. And just look at the numbers of cases transmitted!
Perhaps the most striking evidence of how the state’s measles landscape has changed is apparent in two previous Disneyland outbreaks, one in 1982 and another in 2001. Both started the same way the current outbreak likely did — someone from another country where measles is endemic visited the theme park while contagious. But there the similarities end.The 1982 outbreak resulted in 14 cases and the 2001 outbreak had just five cases. This year, California has had 132 cases of measles as of Friday, 80 of them almost definitely linked to the theme park, and most of the others likely connected, too.
Three outbreaks based on Disneyland. I didn't know that. And just look at the numbers of cases transmitted!
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