A disease that was once essentially eradicated from the nation is making a very scary come back. Measles is a highly infectious disease. It infects pretty much anyone that it comes in contact with. It is able to do this because the virus particles are especially small and travel in droplets like spit and mucus through the air. If is so infectious that if someone who is infected with it sneezes in a room anyone walking into the room within the coming hours will very likely contract measles. There is an outbreak currently in oregon and washington that is very concerning just because measles is so contagious and there is a large population of people who haven’t been vaccinated against measles in that area. The government is trying to track the cases of people with measles and measles has made it’s way into a lot places. For example an infected person went to a Portland trail blazers game exposing thousands of people in a relatively confined area. An infected person has visited the airport infecting thousands more. This is a really scary virus and many people have now been exposed. The number of sick people is currently around 45 which is way higher than the normal 1 to 2. This virus was effectively eliminated from the United States but now due to anti-vaxxers and unprotected world travelers it has made it’s way back and will definitely cause a lot of harm to those infected.
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