Measles case is reported in San Diego County

An unvaccinated toddler who traveled to England brought measles back home to San Diego County, health officials said.

The 20-month-old boy is being quarantined at his home in Solana Beach, about 20 miles north of San Diego.

County public health officer Wilma Wooten warned that members of the public may have been exposed to the measles virus, and listed five locations in San Diego County where people were at risk for infection Aug. 4-6, including a CVS Pharmacy and stationery store in Solana Beach, a Costco in Carlsbad and parks in Del Mar and Rancho Bernardo.

Those at highest risk include babies too young to be vaccinated. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that babies get their first measles immunization at 12 months of age, followed by a booster between the ages of 4 and 6.

Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus and is spread easily by coughing. Complications of the illness include ear infection, diarrhea and pneumonia, and one out of 1,000 people with the disease will develop brain inflammation, which in very rare cases can cause death.

More information can be found at the San Diego County’s immunization branch website.
 
Cases of measles have long been on the rise in England for years, ever since the publication of a report suggesting a link between the measles vaccine and autism, which has since been discredited.

-- Rong-Gong Lin II

Comments

[Christie]

This is news? We lived in So. California until 1988. Our son was born in 1981 and was exposed to measles by unvaccinated children in our neighborhood. He was 11 months old.
I called our doctor at UCLA, because our son was also a high risk preemie. He said, "Kids don't get measles anymore!" I let him know, he had a fever and rash and I was SURE it was measles. We agreed to meet at the emergency room at Harbor UCLA..... and sure enough, he had a full fledge case of the measles. Our doctor had never really seen them, so they brought in groups of doctors to see our son, and take pictures. He did recover, but it was VERY scary!

[IvanG]

I hope this will prompt more parents to have their children immunized.

[Brian]

Once again, I must congratulate Jenny McCarthy on her tireless efforts to scare mothers into thinking that vaccination is somehow harmful and leads to autism. Which, by the way, study after study show there is no statistical significance between vaccination and rates of autism.

Jenny, I am sorry your son has autism, it must be tough. BUT STOP PUTTING MILLIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES IN HARM'S WAY because you cannot, as a mother, accept the randomness of disease.

I would like to say once again, to be clear, there is NO scientific evidence for this and it has been completely debunked (except in Jenny McCarthy's world).

So now I have to worry about Measles, and Pertussis, and who knows what else will come back because of your efforts. Bravo Jenny!.

You are a health hazard, Ms. McCarthy, and should be thrown in jail.

[Neo Con]

Solana Beach? These people were, at a minimum, upper middle class. I'm sure they are some lefty anti-vaccine people. REAL smart if you're travelling abroad.

[Carla]

It only takes one to infect hundreds/thousands. Nothing ever goes completely away and people's ability to travel makes it easy to come into contact with anything. There are too many undeveloped and poor countries who do not have the benefit of life saving vaccines. I don't think anybody really knows what causes autism, but we do know that immunizations do not cause autism. Maybe it is a rogue gene, maybe a missing amino acid, or maybe it was birthcontrol pills, or smoking pot, or having a pigeon fly over your head. Who knows? Shame on England for not getting a handle on their problem.