Measles and other contagious diseases
My question on reading this article was "Why are they so concerned? Hasn't everybody been vaccinated? Or maybe vaccination doesn't work, or this is a mutated strain... Hundreds Of Thousands Could Have Been Exposed To Measles At Super Bowl VillageFebruary 8, 2012 2:00 PM
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (CBS Cleveland) — Hundreds of thousands of people at the Super Bowl Village in Indianapolis could have been exposed to the measles.
The Indiana State Department of Health confirms that a person infected with the highly contagious disease went to the Super Bowl Village in downtown Indianapolis on Feb. 3, but did not say what time the person was there.
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Indiana is currently working with health officials in New York and Massachusetts to warn them of a potential measles outbreak. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has also been notified.
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