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Public health warns of measles risk, reports two product recalls; kindergarten immunization exemption rate above state average
Summary
Public health told the advisory board that Union County has not yet recorded measles cases but should prepare as national spread continues; staff also described two local product recalls that environmental health inspected and removed from facilities.
Public health staff told the advisory board Union County has not recorded local measles cases but warned the county should expect cases given national spread, detailed ongoing preparedness steps, and reported two product recalls that environmental health staff traced to local facilities.
"People that are around somebody with measles who are not immune because of vaccination or previous infection, about 90 percent of those people will be infected," the public health communicable-disease presenter said, summarizing the virus’s contagiousness and the need for vigilance. Staff emphasized vaccination as the primary protection: with two MMR doses, vaccine effectiveness is…
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