South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine

The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials said Wednesday.

As of Wednesday, 111 measles cases had been reported in what’s known as upstate South Carolina — an area in the northwest of the state that includes Greenville and Spartanburg.

“We are faced with ongoing transmission that we anticipate will go on for many more weeks,” Dr. Linda Bell, state epidemiologist for the South Carolina Department of Public Health, said during a news briefing Wednesday.

Twenty-seven of those cases have been reported since Friday. “That is a significant increase in our cases in a short period of time,” Bell said. She attributed the spike in part to holiday travel and get-togethers, as well as low vaccination rates.

South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine

Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Kem]

I hadn't heard of this and can't remember if my sons had the measles, no idea if I have had them either. Oh well, Father God knows and I trust Him.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

When I was a kid, people weren't vaccinated against measles. It was one of the "big four" childhood diseases. I had measles my Kindergarten year.
Immunity from having had measles is for life. They have been finding that immunity from the vaccine wanes after some period of time.


History of the Measles Vaccine

History of Measles Vaccine - National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC)

Learn about the history of Measles Vaccine in America and other countries.

www.nvic.org

 

[mattfivefour]

When I was young in the 1940s and especially in Canada in the 1950s if a kid in the neighborhood was sick with measles, chickenpox, etc, other parents would send their children over to hopefully catch whatever they had. The immunities we developed have protected us for life, just as God designed. I was forced to be vaccinated for all of those diseases in 2020 as part of my immigration process to America, because my childhood medical records were long since lost. I refused the chickenpox shot due to its dangers as an older person who had had chickenpox as a child . Fortunately the immigration doctor said a test for immunity would suffice. I had had chickenpox when i was 9 or 10. At 76 the test showed I still had full immunity. For common childhood diseases, I believe God's health protection methods beat man's.

 

[Andy C]

When I was young in the 1940s and especially in Canada in the 1950s if a kid in the neighborhood was sick with measles, chickenpox, etc, other parents would send their children over to hopefully catch whatever they had.

Accepted common practice back then, I wonder what would happen if a parent did that today?

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Accepted common practice back then, I wonder what would happen if a parent did that today?

I'd "assume" if someone did that, it would be with someone he or she knew to have like beliefs.

Of course, there's always a karen neighbor(s)

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

When I was young in the 1940s and especially in Canada in the 1950s if a kid in the neighborhood was sick with measles, chickenpox, etc, other parents would send their children over to hopefully catch whatever they had. The immunities we developed have protected us for life, just as God designed.

I caught measles, German measles, and mumps without any "help" (all during my first year in school, obviously first-time exposures). I was sent to the neighbor's to catch chickenpox in the third grade

 

[mattfivefour]

Yes. God's way. Also, for us boys, it was very big back then for us to be sent to catch mumps before we became adolescent. Far fewer complications that way.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Yes. God's way. Also, for us boys, it was very big back then for us to be sent to catch mumps before we became adolescent. Far fewer complications that way.

Since immunity from shots generally wanes eventually, I can't help but wonder if mumps vaccine will have "unintended consequences" down the road for men, who got the vaccine as children.

I was forced to be vaccinated for all of those diseases in 2020 as part of my immigration process to America, because my childhood medical records were long since lost. I refused the chickenpox shot due to its dangers as an older person who had had chickenpox as a child . Fortunately the immigration doctor said a test for immunity would suffice. I had had chickenpox when i was 9 or 10. At 76 the test showed I still had full immunity. For common childhood diseases, I believe God's health protection methods beat man's.

I'm glad I insisted they document my positive MMR titer in my shot records.
The way things are going, I bet the next "mandatory"/"recommended" vaccine will be measles
Wonder if TPTB will use the "possible autism" connection, "mercury-containing preservatives," etc. to foist an mRNA vaccine

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand . . .

 

[Cheeky200386]

Yes. God's way. Also, for us boys, it was very big back then for us to be sent to catch mumps before we became adolescent. Far fewer complications that way.

I think about that for my kids. The Lord knows if it will be best for them to catch it now while they are young.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

I think about that for my kids. The Lord knows if it will be best for them to catch it now while they are young.

If "everyone" is getting vaccinated, it may be harder for your kids to get infected to gain lifetime immunity. Maybe there are others at your church, who feel the same way.

I can't help but think about waning immunity from vaccinations instead of infections, and what that'll mean for older people's mortality and vaccines "specially formulated for seniors," mRNA-only boosters, or outright denial of revaccination/boosters for seniors. They already have high-dose flu vaccines for seniors based on lower response to the regular strength vaccines, so people are already conditioned for targeted vaccines for older adults.

 

[Kem]

If our demise as seniors isn't already planned and in the works, it likely soon will be but take heart, for those of us who belong to the Lord, it will only take us home to Him. Meanwhile, we can and must keep our eyes fixed on Him and set our minds on things above, not on things on the earth.