I’m really scratching my head about this.
I had the measles as a kid. The only one who was affected was my mom, who had to take off work and stay at home with me until they were over.
How in the world can 65 kids with measles cost over $1m ?
Especially when the death rate is nearly zero. In 2014, there were 667 cases of measles in the US. Zero people died. Zero.
The death rate from measles in the last 20 years has been 11 in 2,571 cases (0.4%).
Washington is spending $1m on what? People who choose not to be immunized. Who are they “hurting”? Themselves. If you’ve been immunized, then you’re immune.
#FollowTheMoney
OLYMPIA — The cost of Washington’s measles outbreak has surpassed $1 million as more than 200 health-department staffers from the state and Clark County focus their efforts on the disease.
As of Saturday, there were 65 confirmed cases of measles in Clark County, 45 of which were in children younger than 10 years old, according to the county’s public health department, which is also investigating one suspected case. There is also a single case reported in King County, bringing the statewide total to 66, according to the state Department of Health.
The state agency has spent approximately $614,000 on staff and supplies as of Tuesday, in addition to about $115,000 in other non-budgeted expenditures, according to state epidemiologist Dr. Scott Lindquist, who expects the total response to eventually cost the state “well over a million dollars.”
Meanwhile, Clark County Public Health has spent about $500,000 responding to the measles outbreak, bringing the statewide total over $1 million, said Dr. Alan Melnick, the county’s public health director.
Officials say Washington’s measles outbreak has cost more than $1 million so far
OLYMPIA – The cost of Washington’s measles outbreak has surpassed $1 million as more than 200 health-department staffers from the state and Clark County focus their efforts on the disease. As of Saturday, there were 65 confirmed cases of measles in Clark County, 45 of which were in children younger than 10 years old, according to the county’s public health department, which is also investigating one suspected case.