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AI6YR Ben 2d ago

LA County Public Health: June 24, 2026
Public Health Confirms Measles Case in LA County - Public Advised to Take Preventive Steps and Ensure Measles Protection

"...The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating a confirmed case of measles in a traveler who was infectious while traveling through Los Angeles County. People may have been exposed to measles at the Hollywood Burbank Airport (BUR) and at least one other location in Los Angeles County. Potential exposure dates and times are listed below. This is the seventh case of measles reported by Public Health in 2026.

This traveler arrived on Southwest Airlines Flight 4245 at Gate A4 on June 17, 2026...."

http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/public/media/mediapubhpdetail.cfm?prid=5366

#BUR #KBUR #aviation #measles #publichealth #LosAngelesCounty

LISTING OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH PRESS RELEASES

Aha, this one from Phoenix. Curious if there will be a measles alert in Arizona, too. (not always) #measles

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

H/T to the public health folks in LA County who didn't just cookie cutter "blame international travelers" wording in this one.

"...As measles outbreaks continue to occur both in the United States and internationally, Public Health urges everyone in LA County to ensure they are fully protected from measles before traveling and take recommended precautions.

The most effective way to protect yourself and your family is with the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine. Children 12 months and older are considered fully protected against measles after receiving two doses of the MMR vaccine. Infants who are older than 6 months and are traveling internationally or to domestic areas with ongoing measles outbreaks can get an early dose...."

#measles #publichealth

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

Maricopa County (AZ) Public Health

Maricopa County Reports 16th Measles Case of 2026, with Public Exposure

"...Maricopa County Department of Public Health (MCDPH) has confirmed one new measles case in a Maricopa County resident.

The total number of confirmed measles cases in Maricopa County this year has now reached 16, just under halfway through the year. This is significantly higher than the annual average of one case per year for the last 30 years. The continued spread of measles highlights the ongoing risk of local transmission during this outbreak, and the importance of vaccination and early symptom recognition...."

Public Exposure Site: "Sky Harbor Airport Terminal 4 Wednesday, June 17 6:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m"

https://www.maricopa.gov/m/newsflash/Home/Detail/3726

#PHX #measles #publichealth #aviation #KPHX

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

Oooh, wow, the LAST release about measles in Maricopa County was a doozy. It's like a TOUR DE MEASLES

Locations:

Arizona Athletic Grounds
Pecan Lake Entertainment
Club Dance Recital
Hobby Lobby
Walgreens
In-N-Out Burger
Star Dance Competition
Chick-fil-A
Chili's Grill & Bar
Boba CuCue Bubble Tea House
Target
V's Barbershop
Fry's Food Store
Menchie's Frozen Yogurt

https://www.maricopa.gov/m/newsflash/Home/Detail/3675

#measles #arizona #publichealth

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

Meanwhile, in Utah, some health departments are not listing exposure sites to avoid embarrassing businesses. 🙄 (MAJOR outbreak in Utah right now)

Salt Lake Tribune: In Utah, here’s why some measles exposure sites never appear in public alerts

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/06/22/heres-why-not-every-utah-measles/

#measles #publichealth

In Utah, here’s why some measles exposure sites never appear in public alerts

A person who doesn’t know they are infected with measles may enter a business in Utah and unknowingly expose people they pass by or sit near — yet that business may never appear in public health alerts.

The Salt Lake Tribune

Jim Hubbell 2d ago

@ai6yr
Just assume all of utah is an exposure site and act accordingly.

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

@ai6yr measles is like the most contagious virus there is, isn't it?

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

@kimlockhartga Pretty much

NilaJones 2d ago

@ai6yr @kimlockhartga

Not anymore. It used to be, until covid. Source in my pinned toots

Muro deGrizeco 2d ago

Somewhere I have a graph of different infectious diseases' CFR vs Rt. Where is that?

CFR is "if you get it, do you die?" Common cold, usually not. Ebola, often you do.

Rt is the replication rate. Some diseases do not spread easily, so don't take off. Leprosy.

Some jump from person to person easily, large Rt, spread fast. Measles in the unvaccinated.

Graph is map of what dangers we face.

Probably we should talk more about it.

@kimlockhartga @ai6yr COVID shot past it, but measles r-nought used to be the reference point. Whooping Cough is in the same range.

For every infection, it creates ~15 more.

@Laukidh @ai6yr Can you imagine if Pertussis spread? Man. That would be devastating. The 100 day cough.

glasspshr 2d ago

@kimlockhartga @ai6yr tell me about it. Got it when I was 29

@glasspusher @ai6yr oh no! That must have been awful.

glasspshr 2d ago

@kimlockhartga @ai6yr it was…unpleasant

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

@glasspusher @kimlockhartga Yikes!

@ai6yr glad to see they have their priorities straight 🙄

Kevin Russell 2d ago

Highly contagious.

Joel VanderWerf 1d ago

@ai6yr Mind-bendingly disturbing quote:
the Salt Lake County Health Department has had to quickly respond to a virus many public health workers had never encountered in their careers.

“We have never seen anything like this before,” Crossland said. Typically, the department would see about one measles case every five years, she said, usually tied to international travel.

Amy Maybe 2d ago

@ai6yr oh jesus

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

@APBBlue I mean, you almost couldn't come up with a longer list of places to spread measles to that would trigger more measles.

Amy Maybe 2d ago

@ai6yr Lots of unvaccinated people in some of those places (Hobby Lobby, Bigot Chicken)

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

@APBBlue bigot chicken 😆 (agree)

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

@APBBlue Also, only right wingers go to Hobby Lobby 🤢

Amy Maybe 2d ago

@ai6yr We regrettably live three blocks from the Museum of the Bible, where the freaks who own Hobby Lobby display all the artifacts they've stolen from around the world.

Amy Maybe 2d ago

@ai6yr Well, technically bought stolen artifacts. BUT STILL.

Rachel Rawlings 2d ago

@APBBlue @ai6yr I live near a church that has monthly outdoor revivals, but the worst thing about them is that they keep putting people on stage who can't sing.

Those are very good days to go grocery shopping and run errands.

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

@APBBlue Gah, my sympathies. I live in the same town as a church whose "guest speakers" have all been MAGA political figures, antivaxxers... horrible to have them here.

@ai6yr @APBBlue
I mentioned at school once about how hobby lobby supported terrorism by purchasing plundered biblical artifacts from isis and the teacher who bought balloons there said he didn't know and would go out of his way to avoid them now

@ai6yr @APBBlue i can't say if he's vaccinated 🙃

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

@RnDanger @APBBlue I know a bunch of people who otherwise you'd think were normal, but who have been brainwashed. One, COVID vaccinated, but they "think it's a personal choice" and were discouraging their college age kids from vaccination, don't go to the doctor and instead use fish antibiotics, and were big proponents of self treating yourself with veterinary dewormer, and it's sad to see.

@ai6yr @APBBlue
I had a boss that loved the deworming meds as a covid prophylactic. He did not care to hear that the study he cited was a complete sham and removed participants from the study if they got very sick, which a bunch did

Muro deGrizeco 2d ago

I spoke about this fellow before, a retired doctor, always kept up with JAMA, very interested in science.

But then decades of propaganda aimed at him got to him, addled him, got him repeating just stupid nonsense...

"You see, Muro? This feller did a study, an' did-you-know? Of 274 patients he treated with Hydroxy-chloro-quin an' a gram a Cipro, not one of them died of covid!"

Looked it up. All bullshit!

But propaganda works.

It fucks up people's brains, makes them vulnerable.

HeatherTX 2d ago

@ai6yr Can we lock down Arizona?

DebC ♿️2d ago

@ai6yr Yikes 😬

Hippy Steve 2d ago

@ai6yr expose ALL THE PEOPLE!! While consuming ALL THE THINGS!!

AI6YR Ben 2d ago

@exador23 Pretty much. I feel bad for the infant and families who wanted no part of this, but now are facing exposure and potentially lifelong debilitation.

McNadoMD 1d ago

@ai6yr the Hate Chicken place and Hob Lob? Shocker.

NosirrahSec 🏴‍☠️ guillotine enthusiast 2d ago

Shirley Eugest 2d ago

@ai6yr 16th measles case reported in Maricopa County, AZ this year.

"MCDPH said the person confirmed to be infected with the measles virus was at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Terminal 4 on June 17 between 6 and 9:30 a.m.

To anyone who was at Terminal 4 on June 17 during the morning, health officials recommend watching for symptoms until Wed. July 8"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/measles-case-detected-phoenix-sky-204319619.html

Measles case detected at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport; 16th in Maricopa County

A new measles case was confirmed by Maricopa County health officials on Wednesday. The Maricopa County Department of Public Health has confirmed a new case ...

Yahoo News