After confirming ten cases of measles in the center of Israel in the past four months, Health Ministry officials are spreading the word to the medical community, reminding healthcare professionals of the signs and symptoms of measles. Doctors are instructed to isolate confirmed cases and to step up prophylactic measures.
The ten confirmed cases were in Ramat HaSharon, Herzliya, Holon and Bat Yam. The patients range in age from 1 to 52-years-old. In one case, a mom infected her three-year-old who was not vaccinated. In another case a 40-year-old Ramat HaSharon resident infected his 44-year-old brother. Another victim contracted the illness after returning from the USA and he infected a brother as well despite the fact the brother was vaccinated in the past. A 4-year-old girl was treated in Wolfson Hospital in Holon and two infants who were in contact with her in the emergency room contracted the illness too.
Professor Itamar Gruto, who heads the ministry’s Public Health unit explains the measles is easy to spread, even more so than the flu and that is the reason for concern.
According to the ministry’s epidemiological unit, there were 51 diagnosed cases of measles in 2013 and 7 in 2014. The last outbreak of the illness occurred in 2007-2008.
Wikipedia:
Measles, also known as morbilli, rubeola, or red measles, is a highly contagious infection caused by the measles virus. Initial signs and symptoms typically include fever, often greater than 40 °C (104.0 °F), cough, runny nose, and red eyes. Two or three days after the start of symptoms small white spots may form inside the mouth, known as Koplik’s spots. A red, flat rash which usually starts on the face and then spreads to the rest of the body typically begins three to five days after the start of symptoms. Symptoms usually develop 10–12 days after exposure to an infected person and last 7–10 days. Complications occur in about 30% and may include diarrhea, blindness, inflammation of the brain, and pneumonia among others. Rubella (German measles) and roseola are different diseases.
Measles is an airborne disease which spreads easily through the coughs and sneezes of those infected. It may also be spread through contact with saliva or nasal secretions. Nine out of ten people who are not immune who share living space with an infected person will catch it. People are infectious to others from four days before to four days after the start of the rash. People usually only get the disease at most once. Testing for the virus in suspected cases is important for public health efforts.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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This is a chilul HaShem. Elsewhere in the world, it is Muslim Jihadis who treat ignorant violent murderous religious fanatics as medical experts, and irresponsible well-off Americans who treat women who become famous for taking off their clothes in front of a camera as medical experts, who aren’t vaccinating. Not to vaccinate is following in the ways of these stupid goyim!!!