- A bat found near Enfield Park in Plano on Monday has tested positive for rabies. Plano officials say there were no reports of it biting anyone. Infected wild animals such as bats, foxes, skunks, coyotes, and raccoons can spread the deadly virus to humans and pets through bites.
- Measles outbreak in West Texas: Twenty-four cases of the highly contagious respiratory illness have been confirmed in Gaines County, all of them in individuals who have not received the vaccine that protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Twenty-two cases are children under age 18, and six are children under age 5, Texas Department of State Health Services said Tuesday.
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RESURGENCE OF A DEADLY PREVENTABLE DISEASE
according to a recent paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, Globally, more than 20 million people still get measles each year; about 122,000 of them die.
Troublingly, The number of people unvaccinated for "non-medical" reasons is creeping up.
The non-vaccination folks are causing a resurgence of measles in US.
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases humanity has ever seen. While each case of Ebola, for example, leads to about 1-2 additional cases, a single case of measles can cause up to 18 secondary infections.
PARENTS – Think hard. Don’t BLINDLY subscribe to the Conspiracy theory on vaccines. Vaccinate.
Source: BI, NEJM, NPR