State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobb is holding a press conference on Measles right now. Watch the presser below. Apparently a traveler with measles visited Hattiesburg. There were two locations were people may have been exposed. April 9 at Subway Restaurant at Circle K (Highway 11) in Hattiesburg between 2 and 4 PM and Raising Canes on Hardy Street on April 5 from 10-11 PM.
Knox News reported yesterday:
This is probably the same person who is the subject of the press conference. Dr. Dobbs said he apparently traveled through Mississippi while contagious.Officials have confirmed the first case of measles in Tennessee this year as the annual total of cases across the country continues to approach record levels.The highly contagious disease was confirmed in a resident of the eastern part of the state, the Tennessee Department of Health announced Thursday. Officials would not specify which county, nor would they release any information about the resident.The news coincides with a surge in measles cases in both the U.S. and abroad. Ninety cases were reported across the nation last week, bringing the total for the year to 555 in 20 states, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That figure — which doesn't include the Tennessee case — is the second-highest total since measles was declared "eliminated" in the U.S. in 2000.
Kingfish note: I can't believe we are actually having to have this press conference. Unbelievable.
Wow. Check out this Facebook comment on the stream:
These people make outbreaks just to profit money. I don’t see anybody getting chickenpox anymore
18 comments:
You really can’t believe this? Stupidity knows no bounds nowadays. And you’re quoting something from Facebook? Where stupid breeds more stupid?
With a general populace that even considered orange man fit for presidency, are we really surprised this is happening?
Full blown Idiocracy will be upon us soon.
Is John Popper still fronting Measles Traveler? They rocked back in the day.
LMAO Now Trump is responsible for the measles? Y'all are deranged.
Too many in our culture today seem to completely lack awareness of others. Darwin comes to mind so often when I hear news reports, one after the other, in which injury or death occurs due to lack of situational awareness. It’s like building a house next to the Mississippi and crying in dazed wonder when you get flooded.
If only someone would create some sort medicine that could prevent others from being infected by such a horrible disease.
Wow sir...don’t people know vaccines will kill you? Read the Bible, people!
What time is 4:14 supposed to be back at the asylum? I know it's Good Friday and all but rules are rules!
@5:15, it’s good that you disagree with the president’s positions on vaccines. Thinking on your own is the first step to recovery. Good luck!
Anti-vaxxers are collectively the dumbest people on all of planet earth. We need to banish them all to some vaccine-free island from which no one is ever allowed to return.
Talked to a person whose daughter is an epidemiologist working on the border. They have seen border crossers with a mutated form of measles. Some of this, maybe most, is coming from south of the border.
People that try to use the Bible for and excuse not to vaccinate are no different than the people who use the Koran for justification for killing others.
"Wow sir...don’t people know vaccines will kill you? Read the Bible, people! "
There's vaccines in the Bible? Pasteur was a plagiarist? Lead me to the fainting couch!
5:15 pm Look up what President Trump has said about vaccinations.
I don't certainly don't think he initiated the vaccination myth, but he certainly endorsed it.
I heard him do so in "real time".
I don't think he actually believes vaccinations cause autism, but he will say whatever he thinks will " sell" his product ( himself).
I strongly suspect that Trump and Kushner children were vaccinated, however. I kept hoping a reporter would ask.
Migrant children from south of the border presumably are screened by the US when they arrive here, and can receive medical treatment, quarantine, and vaccinations as needed. There is no hysterical, ignorant refusal to vaccinate in Mexico like here but there is rampant poverty which is why Hispanic children may not be vaccinated.
My issue is with US citizens, like Jews in NYC, who refuse to vaccinate their children. I don't want nasty, contaminated American children anywhere near my family and will not hesitate to call them out publicly if I know who they are and tell them to get away from us.
7:40 pm - There is no mention of vaccines in the Bible but LOTS of stories of plague and disease. Read your Bible, duh.
If you don't want to take the chance of catching measles take the shots.
Let the people make their own choice if they want to take a chance or not.
If you take the shots you should not be worried about getting measles.
11:06 - It is not just about YOU or individuals' rights to decide whether to be vaccinated. Measles damage unborn children. I have a sister born profoundly deaf because our mother was exposed to measles when she was 3 months pregnant before a vaccine was developed.
People usually stop at Stuckey's in Hattiesburg....
My issue is with US citizens, like Jews in NYC, who refuse to vaccinate their children. I don't want nasty, contaminated American children anywhere near my family and will not hesitate to call them out publicly if I know who they are and tell them to get away from us.
JJ's readership on display.
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