Two Major Airports Exposed To Measles Outbreak

We need to crack down on allowing people vaccine exemptions based on their "feelings," and not legitimate medical reasons. Measles is a very serious disease we'd pretty much wiped out, and yet here we are again, with outbreaks popping up all over the country. Via the New York Post:

Health officials in the nation’s capital are warning of a possible measles exposure Tuesday after a person with a “confirmed case” traveled through two of the busiest airports in the region while returning home from an international trip.

DC Health says the potential exposure occurred in the international arrivals area of the main terminal at Dulles International Airport between 4 and 8 p.m. on Jan. 3, then at terminal A at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport the following day from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m.

“DC Health has been notified of a confirmed case of measles in a person who traveled through DC area airports when returning from international travel,” the agency said in a statement. “While the threat of transmission is low, DC Health is notifying District residents who were at these locations about their possible exposure.”

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