Health Editor’s Note: According to this article at least 30 or the 34 confirmed cases of measles were in children who had not been vaccinated. The vaccination status of the other four cases has not been determined. There is no beating the odds if you are a child, are not vaccinated against measles and then come in contact with the measles virus. The measles virus will win every time…..Carol
Measles Outbreak Prompts State of Emergency in Washington
By Gaby Galvin who is a staff writer at U.S. News & World Report
WASHINGTON HAS DECLARED a state of emergency over a measles outbreak that’s occurred primarily among unvaccinated children in a southwestern county.
In Clark County, health officials have identified 34 confirmed cases of measles since Jan. 1. At least 30 patients had not been vaccinated against the highly contagious viral infection. The immunization status for four cases was not verified, and another nine cases are suspected.
Twenty-four of the confirmed cases were among children 10 or younger, while just one case was among a patient older than 18. One child was hospitalized, and a Seattle man who had visited the county also contracted measles, local health officials said.
“The measles outbreak and its effects impact the life and health of our people, as well as the economy of Washington State, and is a public disaster that affects life, health, property or the public peace,” Gov. Jay Inslee said in a proclamation declaring the statewide emergency.
Clark County – home to about 475,000 people and situated outside Portland, Oregon – declared a local emergency Jan. 18. Low vaccination rates make the Portland area a “hot spot” for outbreaks, Peter Hotez, a professor and dean at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, told The Seattle Times.
State data show only about 77 percent of Clark County kindergarteners had completed their vaccinations for the 2017-2018 school year, down from 91.4 percent in 2004-2005. Health experts say roughly 95 percent of people should be vaccinated to create “herd immunity” against a contagious disease like measles.
“This is something I’ve predicted for a while now,” Hotez told The Seattle Times. “It’s really awful and really tragic and totally preventable.”
The spread of measles in Clark County “creates an extreme public health risk that may quickly spread to other counties,” the governor’s proclamation said.
The virus is so contagious that nearly everyone who comes into contact with it and isn’t immune will become infected, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In rare cases, measles can be deadly.
The virus can linger in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves the area. Measles can be spread through coughing or sneezing and cause fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a rash.
In 2018, 26 states and the District of Columbia – including Oregon and Washington – reported a total of 349 measles cases, the second-highest annual count since measles was declared eliminated from the U.S. in 2000, according to the CDC.
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.
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The late Fred Klenner, M.D. (1907-1984) cured all viral diseases up to polio with high dose vitamin C given mainly by needle. No one should attempt this on their own and of course the criminals in Big Pharma have made is almost impossible to purchase safe ampules for injection as they and their cronies in the FDA have obstructed his work for decades.
http://orthomolecular.org/library/jom/1991/pdf/1991-v06n02-p099.pdf
http://www.doctoryourself.com/klennerpaper.html
The Wikipedia is totally false on this and ignores this information long before the vaccine was developed. Some folks don’t like vaccines. This provides a safe alternative but the criminals in the FDA have obstructed it too. Even Carol Duff does not appear to acknowledge this seminal work by Frederick R. Klenner, M.D. before 1949. Have you read these articles?
It is always good medicine to have alternative ways of solving any problem. If folks don’t like vaccines, this provides the alternative. Many doctors have confirmed Klenner’s seminal results. This is all about a five letter obscene word MONEY. The criminals in the FDA are owned by the Pharmaceutical companies. Vitamin C is much much more than a vitamin; it is a medicine. Most higher animals make it themselves; hence they don’t get sick and die very often since most wild animals are not seen by a Vet. Humans do not. This is why high dose vitamin C is so vital to human health but has been criminally obstructed by the despicable criminals running our totally corrupt government today.
Vitamin C is simple, safe and cheap. The FDA criminals should all be sitting in a jail cell for life.
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