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Measles Exposure Warning Issued for Four New York Counties

posted by takyon on Monday May 07 2018, @06:20PM   Printer-friendly

harsh writes:

Measles exposure warning issued for four New York counties

A traveler from Europe may have exposed people to measles in Chemung, Genesee, Livingston and Niagara counties, the New York state Department of Health warned Saturday. The traveler, who has a confirmed case of measles, visited multiple sites in upstate New York on April 30, and May 1-2. Anyone who visited the following locations on these dates and times could have been exposed:

  • Old Country Buffet, 821 Country Route 64, Elmira, between 1 and 4 p.m. April 30.
  • Ontario Travel Plaza on the New York state Thruway in Le Roy, between 4 and 6:30 p.m. April 30.
  • Sheraton Niagara Falls, 300 3rd Street, Niagara Falls, from 5:30 p.m. April 30 to 9:30 a.m. on May 2.
  • Niagara Falls Urgent Care, 3117 Military Road. Suite 2, Niagara Falls, between 3 and 6 p.m. May 1.
  • Exit 5 on Interstate 390 in Dansville, from 9:30 a.m. to noon May 2.

The times reflect the period that the infected person was in these areas and a two-hour period after the individual left the area. The virus remains alive in the air and on surfaces for up to two hours.

takyon: Measles outbreaks have been reported in Okinawa, Pennsylvania, and Missouri recently.

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  • (Score: 2) by zocalo on Monday May 07 2018, @10:24PM (1 child)

    by zocalo (302) on Monday May 07 2018, @10:24PM (#676814)
    Fine with uMatrix too. Anyway, 5/10 is too good for them - an average 1.5/5 from 25 reviews, almost all of which are for 1/5 with words like "dirty" and "disgusting" featuring quite heavily (14 further one star ones are hidden on top of the seven displayed). Sounds positively delightful. I guess if the measles doesn't get you, then you'll also have a chance of e-coli, salmonella, and all the other lovely things that come with poor food hygiene instead.
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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Monday May 07 2018, @10:34PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Monday May 07 2018, @10:34PM (#676816) Journal

    I use a combination of uMatrix, Privacy Badger, and Adblock Plus that tends to kill off certain advertising-extremist sites.

    The "Old Country Buffet" restaurant genre is a warning sign that health problems may ensue. Got food poisoning from one of those once.

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