--- In [email protected], "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Brigante posted: > > Today's Fairfield Ledger http://www.ffledger.com : > > > > "one student flew back to Iowa during his > > infectious period. > > Two other people were subsequently infected. > > State and county health departments and hospitals > > worked for about two months to contain the disease." > > When I read these stories I never understand how > the disease spreads, given that most people have > been vaccinated. Do the inoculations not work? Are > the infected people among others who have not been > vaccinated? > > - Patrick Gillam
************* Is measles still a problem in the United States? We still see measles among visitors to the U.S. and among U.S. travelers returning from other countries. The measles viruses these travelers bring into our country sometimes causes outbreaks. However, because most people in the U.S. have been vaccinated, these outbreaks are usually small. Measles vaccination in the U.S. has decreased the number of cases to the lowest point ever reported. Widespread use of the measles vaccine has led to a greater than 99% reduction in measles compared with the pre-vaccine era when approximately 450,000 cases and 450 deaths were reported each year. http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/measles/faqs.htm To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
