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At least eight people have been diagnosed with measles in an outbreak that started last month in the Philadelphia area. The most recent two cases were confirmed on Monday.

The outbreak began after a child who'd recently spent time in another country was admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) with an infection, which was subsequently identified as measles. The Philadelphia Department of Public Health considers the case to be "imported" but did not say from where.

The disease then spread to three other people at CHOP, two of whom were already hospitalized there for other reasons.

Two of those infected at the hospital were a parent and child. The child had not been vaccinated and the parent was offered medication usually given to unvaccinated people that can prevent infection after exposure to measles, but refused it, the Philadelphia Inquirer first reported.

Despite quarantine instructions, the child was sent to day care on Dec. 20 and 21, the health department said.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

They believe in medicine to some degree if they were already at the hospital.

Edit: like those covidiots who only went in after the horse dewormer failed

[–] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yeah I don't understand why they would go to the hospital and then not accept the treatment. For a diagnosis? How can they trust the diagnosis if they don't trust the treatment?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In the case of COVID at least, they went because they were literally drowning in their own mucus and didn’t have a choice. They only started refusing things when they woke up enough to be delusional again.

[–] ripcord 6 points 10 months ago

Some went, only for that reasons.

Others got real scared and "repented" and cried and said it was awful and the worst thing they'd ever encountered and they hoped no one else would ever get it and they were fucking dying and sadness.

Then some died.

Some got better. Of the ones that got better, some genuinely learned something. Others, like Trump, continued to spew hateful, stupid shit despite realizing it sucked. Others learned absolutely nothing. I'm not sure which is worse.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They (either the parent or the child) were at the hospital for another reason, and caught it there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not according to the article: "The outbreak began after a child who’d recently spent time in another country was admitted to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) with an infection, which was subsequently identified as measles. "

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes according to the article:

The disease then spread to three other people at CHOP, two of whom were already hospitalized there for other reasons.
Two of those infected at the hospital were a parent and child. The child had not been vaccinated and the parent was offered medication usually given to unvaccinated people that can prevent infection after exposure to measles, but refused it, the Philadelphia Inquirer first reported.

Emphasis mine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah you're right. I was confused and thought that it was the same parent who brought the first child in that refused the medication for themselves.

[–] FlyingSquid 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not enough to not risk their child or themselves.

[–] meco03211 7 points 10 months ago

Lord Farquad energy.