Source: http://www.independent.com/news/2016...arbara-county/
Measles Breaks Out in SoCal; Santa Barbara Case Confirmed
Disease Confirmed at Goleta Valley Hospital
Friday, December 30, 2016
By Kelsey Brugger (Contact)
In the first time in recent memory, Santa Barbara County Public Health officials announced a confirmed case of measles. On Tuesday at about 7:30 p.m., a Santa Barbara man was admitted to Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital. He felt ill soon after returning from Los Angeles...
...Klein-Rothschild declined to reveal specifics about the man?s prior whereabouts or immunization history, but she noted there is currently an outbreak in Los Angeles. Twelve people are believed to have contracted the airborne disease. ?It is highly, highly contagious,? she stressed. Of the 12, just one was fully vaccinated, she added. Protection against measles requires two doses of the MMR vaccine, she said, noting it is 97 percent effective...
Measles Breaks Out in SoCal; Santa Barbara Case Confirmed
Disease Confirmed at Goleta Valley Hospital
Friday, December 30, 2016
By Kelsey Brugger (Contact)
In the first time in recent memory, Santa Barbara County Public Health officials announced a confirmed case of measles. On Tuesday at about 7:30 p.m., a Santa Barbara man was admitted to Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital. He felt ill soon after returning from Los Angeles...
...Klein-Rothschild declined to reveal specifics about the man?s prior whereabouts or immunization history, but she noted there is currently an outbreak in Los Angeles. Twelve people are believed to have contracted the airborne disease. ?It is highly, highly contagious,? she stressed. Of the 12, just one was fully vaccinated, she added. Protection against measles requires two doses of the MMR vaccine, she said, noting it is 97 percent effective...
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