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June 7, 2024 - Epoch Times

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Outbreak of Measles Across US, CDC Reports 100% Spike in Cases Over Just 2 Weeks

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	Seemingly, all of a sudden, we're beginning to see outbreaks of diseases that we assumed were defeated decades ago.
	Now, in a previous episode, we already discussed the rise in leprosy cases here in America, which is obviously pretty bad.
	However, what's perhaps even worse, just because it's so much more contagious, is measles.
	Measles is a highly infectious disease that manifests itself as a runny nose, cough, inflamed eyes, sore throat, fever, as well as the characteristic red blotchy skin all over the whole body.
	And suddenly, we're beginning to see pockets of outbreaks across the entirety of the U.S.
	As just one example of many, five days ago, you had local health authorities in Philadelphia issue a warning saying that a traveler who went through Philadelphia International Airport may have exposed others to the virus.
	However, before we dive into what actually happened at the airport, let me give you a brief history of measles as it manifests here in America.
	Quote, "In 1912, measles became a nationally notifiable disease in the United States, requiring U.S. healthcare providers and laboratories to report all diagnosed cases.
	In the first decade of reporting, an average of 6,000 measles-related deaths were reported each year.
	In the decade before 1963, when a vaccine became available, nearly all children got measles by the time they were 15 years of age.
	It is estimated that 3 to 4 million people in the United States were infected each year.
	Also each year, among reported cases, an estimated 400 to 500 people died, 48,000 were hospitalized, and 1,000 suffered encephalitis, the swelling of the brain, from measles.
	Measles was declared eliminated, which is the absence of continuous disease transmission for greater than 12 months, from the United States in the year 2000.
	This was thanks to a highly effective vaccination program in the United States as well as better measles control in the Americas region.
	Meaning that we went from having millions of infections and thousands of deaths per year to completely eliminating the disease altogether within the span of about a century.
	However, it is really worth noting that although measles has effectively been eliminated here in the U.S., globally, this disease, it still claims the lives of approximately 130,000 people every single year, which brings us neatly back to the Philadelphia International Airport.
	According to a statement that was released by Dr. Landris Burrus, who leads Philadelphia's Division of Disease Control, well, this measles exposure happened last Friday at around 2.50 p.m.
	local time.
	Quote, we believe there is no threat to the general public associated with this case of measles.
	We encourage people who are possibly exposed to take action if they are not protected against measles.
	And while he gave no specific indication of who the traveler was or where he was coming from, he did add the following.
	Quote, many countries, including travel destinations, are experiencing measles outbreaks.
	So the potential for travel-related measles cases and subsequent outbreaks in the United States has increased.
	People should follow the CDC's immunization schedule and get their children fully vaccinated.
	He also made a specific point to mention that this exposure is completely separate from the actual measles outbreak that was reported in Philadelphia in the month of May.
	Furthermore, it's not just Philly.
	Ohio recently saw an outbreak of measles, as did Washington State, as well as New Jersey, Kansas City, Delaware, Missouri, Georgia, as well as New York.
	Furthermore, just one month ago, the CDC made an announcement saying that the number of measles cases in the U.S.
	has nearly doubled in the span of about two weeks.
	Now, if you're a logical person, you might be asking yourself, what's going on here?
	Why is this disease, which was eliminated previously, why is it suddenly on the rise?
	Well, in the actual statements that were released by both the CDC as well as the local health authorities in these different municipalities, they all point the fingers at kids whose parents did not give them the MMR vaccine.
	For instance, included as a part of the Philadelphia Health Alert regarding the airport was this paragraph here.
	A recent measles outbreak in Ohio sickened 85 children, almost all of whom were unvaccinated.
	Notably, 36 children were hospitalized due to measles in that outbreak.
	The recent measles outbreak in Philadelphia was similar and involved nine mostly unvaccinated cases with seven individuals hospitalized.
	The MMR vaccine is safe and highly effective and is the best way to avoid serious complications of a vaccine-preventable disease.
	Now, that's all well and good.
	However, it still begs the obvious question.
	There have always been pockets of people in America who don't vaccinate their kids.
	So why is it that, recently, the number of measles outbreak has been skyrocketing?
	And does it have anything to do with the fact that over the past three years, there have been well over 8 million encounters with illegals on the U.S.
	southern border?
	Well, to examine that question, let's look at what took place over in the city of Chicago.
	Chicago, they recently had the worst measles outbreak in all of the U.S.
	And the epicenter of that outbreak was located at a migrant facility.
	Here's how the situation was described in the CDC's weekly report.
	Quote, Since August of 2022, about 41,000 migrants have arrived in Chicago from the southern U.S.
	border, 88% of them from Venezuela, which has seen a decline in routine childhood vaccinations, including the measles vaccine.
	On February 22nd of 2024, about 12,000 people were staying in 27 temporary migrant shelters run by the city of Chicago.
	On that date, the largest of them, the affected shelter called Shelter A in the report, was housing roughly 2,100 people with 500 or more staying in some rooms.
	In addition to congregate sleeping areas, the migrants shared a dining area and bathrooms.
	So, just to pause for a quick moment, you have a situation where you have these recently arrived, unvaccinated people from South America congregated into small, confined spaces.
	What could go wrong?
	Quote, "The first case of the outbreak was identified in a one-year-old boy living at the shelter.
	He developed a rash on February 26 and was hospitalized the next day for suspected measles.
	The boy had arrived in the United States more than five months earlier and had received one dose of the MMR vaccine five weeks before symptoms onset.
	He had not traveled recently or had a known exposure to measles.
	Now, again, just to pause here, I don't know what they mean by he had not traveled recently, given the fact that they also wrote that he had recently arrived into the country just a few months back.
	But regardless, within just the span of a few months, the measles spread.
	Quote, By May 13, a total of 57 confirmed measles cases associated with residing in or having contact with persons from Shelter A have been reported.
	Although at this point you might be thinking that the CDC is overblowing this whole thing.
	I mean, after all, just 57 cases is not a lot.
	And that is technically true.
	However, it appears that with measles, well, you really have to look at the trajectory.
	And what I mean by that can really be illustrated by looking at Western Europe.
	Just like America, Western Europe had pretty much eradicated measles.
	However, coinciding with millions of third world migrants arriving on their shores, well, the disease began to spring up once again.
	Quote, in 2022, there were 941 reported cases of measles in the World Health Organization's European region.
	Over just the first 10 months of last year, according to an alarming bulletin from the WHO issued in mid-December, there were more than 30,000.
	This is the kind of spike, a 3,000% increase that looks implausible in headlines.
	Then, in regard to the most recent complete year, 2023, quote, but as the year drew to a close, the European measles outbreak kept growing.
	Through December, case numbers in the region eventually reached over 42,000.
	And then this article went on to break down just one small area within the UK.
	the UK.
	Quote, there is a vicious surge in Britain, which may look plausibly to us as the canary in a coal mine.
	There, in just one of England's nine regions, the West Midlands, 260 cases have been confirmed and dozens more suspected, in a country which as a whole recorded just two cases as recently as 2021.
	And just as a fun fact, the West Midlands area is where the city of Birmingham is located, and that city's population is 44% of migrant origin.
	And so this is all to say that it is the exponential growth potential of measles that makes having 57 cases in Chicago an actual big problem.
	But fear not, because the CDC swooped in and they began a mass vaccination campaign, which within the span of just several months, got the MMR vaccine into about 93% of the illegal migrants within the Chicago shelter system, which they claim helped to end the outbreak.
	And then of course, in the implications section over on their website, the CDC did not mention anything about allowing millions of people to stream into the country, contributing to measles, but only that vaccination is the key to fighting it.
	Quote, ensuring high measles vaccination coverage during an outbreak can control measles spread and prevent wider transmission.
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	Furthermore, along that same vein, the New York Times recently published an article saying that the cause of this uptick in measles cases throughout the U.S.
	is not unfettered immigration, but rather, it's American kids not getting their shot.
	Here's an excerpt from that article.
	Quote, between the 2019 to 2020 and 2021 to 2022 school years, the CDC found that the share of American kindergartners up to date on MMR vaccines fell from 95% to 94% and then to 93%.
	These declines are not insignificant.
	7% unvaccinated means perhaps 60,000 more vulnerable kindergartners than 5% unvaccinated.
	But in a country of more than 3 million kindergartners, it also isn't a landscape-shifting cliff drop.
	For 2021 to 2022, only 9 states exhibited declines of 2% or larger.
	And so you kind of have mixed messages even in that article.
	Although, to be fair, there really is a lack of solid evidence pointing to illegal immigration driving the overall increase in measles cases nationwide.
	I mean, using common sense, if you do have a bunch of people coming in from countries where measles is still a problem, well, they will probably bring the measles with them, and it'll probably overwhelmingly affect those who are unvaccinated.
	However, I will mention that as of right now, there are no clear peer-reviewed studies that really connect the individual cases to illegal immigrants outside of the migrant shelters.
	If you happen to know of any actual studies, please link them down in the comment section below.
	I'd love to see them.
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