New York – The number of confirmed cases of measles in the United States this year jumped by nearly 20 percent in the week ended April 11 in the country’s second-worst outbreak in nearly two decades, federal health officials reported on Monday.
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As of April 11, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recorded 555 cases of the disease since the beginning of the year, up from 465 cases confirmed by April 4. The cases were found in 20 states spanning the country.
The measles virus is highly contagious and can lead to deadly complications, particularly in children. The CDC report did not say whether there have been any fatalities.
The U.S. outbreak is part of a worldwide rise. The World Health Organization reported on Monday that global cases had risen nearly four-fold in the first quarter of 2019 to 112,163 compared with the same period last year.
A growing and vocal fringe of parents in the United States oppose measles vaccines believing, contrary to scientific evidence, that ingredients in the vaccines can cause autism or other disorders.
The United States declared that measles had been eliminated from the country in 2000, meaning the virus is no longer present year-round. But outbreaks still happen each year, typically when unvaccinated people travel to the country from parts of the world where the disease is still common.
New York City has recorded at least 285 cases of measles since October, according to local health officials, the large majority among members of the Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn.
Mayor Bill de Blasio declared the outbreak a public health emergency last week and ordered unvaccinated people in the affected parts of Brooklyn to get the vaccine or face a fine. It is the worst outbreak seen in the city since 1991, the mayor said.
Most of the Brooklyn cases are among children. Several people had to be hospitalized but no fatalities had been reported as of last week.
New York health officials said the Brooklyn outbreak was caused by an unvaccinated child returning from a trip to Israel, which is also grappling with an outbreak.
Health officials say they have seen anti-vaccination pamphlets containing misinformation being distributed in the affected parts of Brooklyn.
Another outbreak has hit Orthodox Jewish families in New York’s Rockland County. Officials there banned children not vaccinated against measles from public spaces last month.
That order was overturned by a state judge, a decision being appealed by Rockland officials.
CONGRESS Labeled vaccines as unavoidably unsafe.
MERCK states in the MMR vaccine insert that the MMR may cause death.
VAERS paid out more than 4 billion and counting in vaccine injury damage.
According to the CDC no one in the USA died of measles between 2004 and 2014, yet according to VAERS 108 people died of the MMR shot.
THE OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE found in a 2011 study that 1 out of 168 babies that received the MMR shot had to be hospitalized between 4 to 12 days from their shot. In this study, several of the hospitalized babies died.
Please stop posting the antivaxxer false information propaganda. These are cult members who spew misinformation and change the wording and conclusion of scientific data. They are actively harming those in our community who are most susceptible.They need to be excluded from the 99% of people who vehemently disagree wit them. Let them do their own thing but not in our schools and not in our shuls. They are a clear and present danger to us all.
ICAN vs. HHS- lawsuit was settled with HHS admitting that there was no data on the safety and effectiveness of childhood vaccines.
US gov’t is suing Merck for fraud regarding Merck’s effectiveness claims for the MMR vaccine since 2010.
US gov’t DID pay out $4 billion in compensation for vaccine injuries. This is a public record. US gov’t recently paid out $101 million dollars to the family of a child who was injured by the MMR vaccine.
There are numerous studies on NIH’s database of measles outbreaks in fully vaccinated populations.
One of the most famous was “Measles Mary”, a fully vaccinated person in NYC who, in 2011 transmitted measles to 88 fully vaccinated people. Measles Mary was NOT quarantined because until recently, it was believed that atypical measles (measles symptoms after vaccination) are not contagious.
You can look up these cases and studies yourself and make informed decisions for your family.