Hawaii confirms travel-related measles case in child under 5 [View all]
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser
The Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed its first measles case this year in an unvaccinated child on Oahu under the age of 5.
Gov. Josh Green made the announcement during a press conference this morning, in which he urged everyone to get vaccinated for measles, mumps and rubella.
The case was confirmed Monday night, Green said, in a child that recently returned from international travel. The child developed a fever, runny nose and cough shortly after returning to Hawaii, and sought medical care at Queen's Island Urgent Care Kapahulu after breaking out in a rash.
DOH said the child is now recovering at home on Oahu, and a household member with similar symptoms is being evaluated for possible measles infection. "I don't want anyone to panic," said Green. "There is no reason to panic, and our Department of Health is on it. We've been talking through the morning and night about what we do."
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More at the link. Our governor is a doc. He looks absolutely exhausted.
The Hawaiian community and very local community on the Leeward side is at risk because of their vaccine aversion (not all, but too many.) This case is on the Windward side. There is a constant drumbeat of "government bad , modern healthcare bad, science bad" here that has been cultivated by many sources, including a group of Russian young men that work at a moving company. They come right out of the Russian army and move to Waiʻanae. Personally know this for a fact, have met them twice. Who is them who told me that one of their group just got off the airplane yesterday from Russia, just got out of the Russian army.
Anyway, prayers, deep breaths, meditations, any kind of love to that little kid and everybody around him or her and everybody around them, etc. Get your MMR shots people.
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