Georgia Mamas: Measles PSA

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www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/09/measles-infant-georgia_n_6646978.html

ATLANTA, Feb 9 (Reuters) - An infant in Georgia has been diagnosed with measles, marking the state's first reported case of the disease since 2012, health officials said on Monday.

The Georgia case is unrelated to a California outbreak that originated with a person from outside the United States who visited the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim in late December, Georgia health officials said on Monday.

Some 121 people in California and 16 other states have been diagnosed with measles this year as of Friday, with 85 percent of the cases linked to the Disneyland outbreak, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

In the Georgia case, the patient arrived in Atlanta from outside the United States and is being treated at a local hospital, health officials said.

State health officials are working with the CDC to identify anyone who may have been exposed to measles from the infant, the Georgia Department of Public Health said.

Since 2002, there have been a total of 11 measles cases in Georgia, all of them to originating abroad or linked to overseas cases, health officials said. (Editing by Jonathan Kaminsky; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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Here is a better article with info on where the child is being treated..

www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/first-measles-case-reported-georgia/nj7KL/

[ksyknelvr73]

Saw that today. I'm not concerned at this point, but hopefully this case stays completely isolated.

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Feb 9, 2015 18:52:50 GMT -5 ksyknelvr73 said:

Saw that today. I'm not concerned at this point, but hopefully this case stays completely isolated.

I trust CHOA and for now I'm just going to stay cautious until they release anymore info. Hoping too that it stays isolated but hoping that it might help push for better vaccination rates in Georgia now.. 

[ksyknelvr73]

Feb 9, 2015 19:03:37 GMT -5 @bunannie said:

Feb 9, 2015 18:52:50 GMT -5 ksyknelvr73 said:

Saw that today. I'm not concerned at this point, but hopefully this case stays completely isolated.

I trust CHOA and for now I'm just going to stay cautious until they release anymore info. Hoping too that it stays isolated but hoping that it might help push for better vaccination rates in Georgia now.. 

I admit that I haven't researches vaccination rates here...I don't know if I should, I have a feeling I would be really disappointed. I'm just glad our daycare requires vaccinations, but I know that doesn't completely protect them.

[SpinsOffResonance]

Here's the latest from the cdc. They update it every Monday
www.cdc.gov/measles/cases-outbreaks.html

[lecky11]

Feb 9, 2015 20:06:07 GMT -5 ksyknelvr73 said:

Feb 9, 2015 19:03:37 GMT -5 @bunannie said:

I trust CHOA and for now I'm just going to stay cautious until they release anymore info. Hoping too that it stays isolated but hoping that it might help push for better vaccination rates in Georgia now.. 

I admit that I haven't researches vaccination rates here...I don't know if I should, I have a feeling I would be really disappointed. I'm just glad our daycare requires vaccinations, but I know that doesn't completely protect them.

Thankfully our county is at 99%.

[ksyknelvr73]

Feb 9, 2015 23:27:30 GMT -5 lecky11 said:

Feb 9, 2015 20:06:07 GMT -5 ksyknelvr73 said:

I admit that I haven't researches vaccination rates here...I don't know if I should, I have a feeling I would be really disappointed. I'm just glad our daycare requires vaccinations, but I know that doesn't completely protect them.

Thankfully our county is at 99%.

Where can you look this info up?

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ksyknelvr73, click here and scroll to the bottom, select by county instead of school:

www.myajc.com/news/local-education/georgia-school-vaccination-rates-2014/

[ksyknelvr73]

So all the public schools in my county have a 97% vaccination rate or higher, whereas the Montessori school has a 75% rate. Interesting.

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Feb 10, 2015 9:22:05 GMT -5 ksyknelvr73 said:

So all the public schools in my county have a 97% vaccination rate or higher, whereas the Montessori school has a 75% rate. Interesting.

This doesn't surprise me that much.. someone who may be of a religion that does not agree with vaccinations may also not agree with traditional schooling? 

I do know that all the schools still fall under the same vacc regulations but I was reading that Georgia is also pretty bad currently about following through with vaccination checks and violations.. I just wonder if the alternative schools aren't a priority there. 

[microworm]

Sounds like an isolated incident and I really hope it stays that way for all you GA mommies! We're still dealing with the outbreak at the daycare here in IL. Just read that 2 more cases have been diagnosed - one infant and one adult.

Side note - in my local mom's group on FB/Meetup, we have been discussing the IL outbreak. One mom said that a "doctor" told her that all the Disney cases were vaccinated and the strain is different than what they vaccinate for. But what she said is simply not true, and she is scaring the other moms. I think she is drinking the anti-vax juice. The measles vaccine should be effective against all strains of the virus because there is one serotype. Plus, another mom said she read that all cases were unvaccinated, when the vaccination status was known.

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Feb 10, 2015 9:30:50 GMT -5 microworm said:

Sounds like an isolated incident and I really hope it stays that way for all you GA mommies! We're still dealing with the outbreak at the daycare here in IL. Just read that 2 more cases have been diagnosed - one infant and one adult.

Side note - in my local mom's group on FB/Meetup, we have been discussing the IL outbreak. One mom said that a "doctor" told her that all the Disney cases were vaccinated and the strain is different than what they vaccinate for. But what she said is simply not true, and she is scaring the other moms. I think she is drinking the anti-vax juice. The measles vaccine should be effective against all strains of the virus because there is one serotype. Plus, another mom said she read that all cases were unvaccinated, when the vaccination status was known.

Yeah that just sounds like bs. She might also be mixing up w/ the polio-like illness that has come in and out of the news the past year. 

Also, it is true that measles vaccination is not 100% guarantee.. but with how many have been infected, the likelihood that any of them had been vaccinated is quite slim unless they were an infant, since it has a pretty high efficacy rate after the booster.

Edit: mis-typed 

[microworm]

Feb 10, 2015 9:36:51 GMT -5 @bunannie said:

Feb 10, 2015 9:30:50 GMT -5 microworm said:

Sounds like an isolated incident and I really hope it stays that way for all you GA mommies! We're still dealing with the outbreak at the daycare here in IL. Just read that 2 more cases have been diagnosed - one infant and one adult.

Side note - in my local mom's group on FB/Meetup, we have been discussing the IL outbreak. One mom said that a "doctor" told her that all the Disney cases were vaccinated and the strain is different than what they vaccinate for. But what she said is simply not true, and she is scaring the other moms. I think she is drinking the anti-vax juice. The measles vaccine should be effective against all strains of the virus because there is one serotype. Plus, another mom said she read that all cases were unvaccinated, when the vaccination status was known.

Yeah that just sounds like bs. She might also be mixing up w/ the polio-like illness that has come in and out of the news the past year. 

Also, it is true that measles vaccination is not 100% guarantee.. but with how many have been infected, the likelihood that any of them had been vaccinated is quite slim unless they were an infant, since it has a pretty high efficacy rate after the booster.

Edit: mis-typed 

Exactly. All vaccines are not 100% effective but the measles vaccine is much closer than say, the flu vaccine. I informed her that the measles vaccine does not change year to year to reflect the strains circulating like the flu, as she was implying. Bleh, she said something about how her sources are really good. I didn't have the energy to get into that debate.

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www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/first-measles-case-reported-georgia/nj7KL/

Updates.. and oddly the pediatrician sound byte is my pedi.

There are some concerns about exposure from children who were at CHOA the day the infant was brought there.. and they took two different flights, one to Chicago and then from Chicago to Atl..