BY: STAFF REPORT | BocaNewsNow.com
BROWARD COUNTY, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — There is a case of measles officially diagnosed in a Broward County Elementary School. The school district issued this statement to BocaNewsNow.com Friday afternoon:
“The health, safety and welfare of our students and staff are always our priorities. The District is working closely with the Florida Department of Health in Broward County regarding the case of measles at Manatee Bay Elementary School. The school’s leadership is also in communication with families regarding the situation and taking all necessary precautions in conjunction with the health department’s guidance.”
There is no belief at this time that measles has spread into the Palm Beach County School District, but it is a reminder that students must be vaccinated to attend schools in the region. Manatee Bay Elementary is in Weston.
The Centers for Disease Control says this: “Measles isn’t just a little rash. Measles can be dangerous, especially for babies and young children. Measles typically begins with high fever (may spike to more than 104°), cough, runny nose (coryza), and red, watery eyes (conjunctivitis).
2-3 days after symptoms begin: Koplik spots Tiny white spots (Koplik spots) may appear inside the mouth two to three days after symptoms begin. Skin of a patient after 3 days of measles infection. 3-5 days after symptoms begin: measles rash Three to five days after symptoms begin, a rash breaks out. It usually begins as flat red spots that appear on the face at the hairline and spread downward to the neck, trunk, arms, legs, and feet. Small raised bumps may also appear on top of the flat red spots. The spots may become joined together as they spread from the head to the rest of the body. When the rash appears, a person’s fever may spike to more than 104° Fahrenheit.”
Anyone believing their child has been exposed to the measles is instructed to contact a doctor immediately.
The antivax MAGA morons are to blame.
Sure Jan. You mean like how the last measles outbreak in this country was caused by Somalis in Minnesota, who don’t get vaccinated because their religious beliefs?
Partially agree. Both Orthodox Jews and Evangelical Christians think vaccines are evil. Religion is the source of anti-science disinformation and racial prejudice. The Bible is a fairytale.
Nice try, but southwest Broward County is a bastion of the Democratic Party. Also, wasn’t it your beloved Vice President who said she wouldn’t take the COVID-19 vaccine because it was developed on Trump’s watch?
How in this day with vaccinations given to all children that enter school or before school could we be having a muscle outbreak? I think I know the answer immigrants come here from other countries that aren’t vaccinated and they are putting out these illnesses that are potential killers I don’t think it’s going to get better because we cannot control who is coming in. Perhaps they should start re-vaccinations in grade schools to ensure that all children, even those that were vaccinated get vaccinated again.
I have an idea. No vaccines = no admission into public schools. None of these BS religious exemptions.
“Religion is the source of anti-science disinformation and racial prejudice.”
Yet in this modern era, the worst genocide has been perpetrated by religious skeptics and atheists.
Concerned Citizen, you are delusional. Religion causes schisms that create tribal hatred toward the “other.” God is a lazy construct of cult worshippers.
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