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Measles outbreak prompts vaccination message from Kandiyohi County health officials


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West Central Tribune

WILLMAR — As a measles outbreak in Minnesota widens, Kandiyohi County health and emergency preparedness officials are urging parents to make sure their children are vaccinated.

As of Thursday afternoon, the Minnesota Department of Health had confirmed 28 cases in Hennepin County and one in Stearns County. All were among children under age 5, most of them unvaccinated.

"Measles is very contagious and can spread very quickly," said Denise Kragenbring, public health supervisor with Kandiyohi County Public Health.

Families should check their immunization records to make sure they are protected and to get vaccinated if they are not, she said. "The vaccine is safe and effective.":snip:

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So my first thought on seeing the article is don't they have a bunch of refugees in that area and could that be involved....

Well, About 12 paragraphs into it...

"Of the 29 cases that have been confirmed in Minnesota so far, 25 were Somali Minnesotan children.

State officials have emphasized several times that the outbreak is not about specific communities. "This is about unvaccinated children," Dr. Ed Ehlinger, Minnesota Health Commissioner, said earlier this week."

But the officials say it is not about specific communities so there is that....

 

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