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Mason County health officer briefs board on national measles rise and school vaccine rules
Summary
Health Officer Steve Greager told the Mason County Board of Health that measles cases are up nationally and emphasized MMR vaccination for school-age children; public-health immunization events were announced.
Steve Greager, Mason County health officer, told the Board of Health on a county health briefing that measles cases in the United States are higher this year than in most of the past 15 years and that local public health is monitoring outbreaks elsewhere in the country.
“Measles is extremely contagious,” Greager said, explaining that one infected person in a susceptible population can infect 12 to 18 others and that the virus can linger in the air for up to two hours after an infectious person leaves a room. He said complications include…
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