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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 HiThere on Monday May 07 2018, @10:55PM

    by HiThere (866) Subscriber Badge on Monday May 07 2018, @10:55PM (#676822) Journal

    Well, people did die of measles, though admittedly it was relatively uncommon. Permanent neural damage was more common. And mumps is a disease that one can catch several times if all the susceptible glands don't become infected the first time. If you don't get it in your genitals until you're adolescent, then it can cause permanent sterility.

    So in a way you're correct. The mortality was quite low among those of European ancestry. (And probably Asian.) Others hadn't had their ancestors repeatedly killed off.

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