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Well, the measles outbreak has now spread to Chicagoland. Not sure how it got here yet. These babies are all under the age of one, too young for the vaccines:
Public health officials are investigating a cluster of measles at a KinderCare Learning Center in northwest suburban Chicago.
According to the Cook County Department of Public Heath, five infants at the Palatine day care may have measles. Diagnoses for two children were confirmed and test results for three remaining cases are pending, though those cases were diagnosed based on clinical and epidemiological criteria, officials said.
Health officials said the five children are all under the age of one.
All students, staff and faculty were notified of the diagnoses and anyone who has not received a measles vaccination has been told to stay at home and away from unvaccinated people for the next 21 days.
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NBC Chicago Link
My Good Babushka
(2,710 posts)If we had sensible maternity and paternity leave, unvaccinated children wouldn't have to be exposed to the public so much, and so early. It's a recipe for a pandemic.
dilby
(2,273 posts)And if parents can afford the tuition they can probably afford to have a single income home, they would just need to downsize.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)It's nearly as expensive as living in the better neighborhoods in the city and can be more expensive than most city neighborhoods. Palatine is a fairly expensive suburb.
My Good Babushka
(2,710 posts)or being in a very public place, not about it's ownership.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)like Grandma.
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)seeing as how they referenced maternity/paternity leave..
Theory being that parents don't have to go back to work within a few weeks (or less) of birth.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Thanks a bunch anti-vaxxers.
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MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)she has seen some of these cases. I'm from MN.
salin
(48,955 posts)Almost as many cases in one month of this year as the total for 2001.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)lynne
(3,118 posts)DC case was discovered in February. Not sure if it's related to the others.
http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2015/02/03/measles-case-confirmed-in-dc/
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)And I am just north of the border now.
Awful.
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...from my hair salon, where I was just this morning. I could hear several of the customers discussing this. My stylist, who is the owner, knows I am a pediatric nurse practitioner. She wanted to know if this could affect them. I told her it certainly could if someone who is in the pre-symptomatic contagious stage happens to go for takeout at the pizza place or sushi shop in the strip mall where the salon is located, and coughs or sneezes while they are in there.
My stylist does not have kids. She had no idea that you can get measles pneumonia or measles encephalitis.