Measles In Clemson and upstate

[tgailes]

Anyone personally affected?

The South Carolina measles outbreak has spread to Clemson University.

The state's Department of Public Health informed Clemson staff of a "confirmed case of measles" in an individual associated with the university, according to an update from the school published Saturday.

"The individual has isolated, per DPH requirements, and DPH is conducting contact tracing with individuals who may have been exposed and outlining isolation and quarantine protocols," the school stated.

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Individuals thought to be exposed to the virus will be contacted via email about quarantining.

Officials are reporting 558 cases of measles centered around Spartanburg County in the current outbreak.

The state's Department of Public Health informed Clemson staff of a confirmed case of measles in an individual associated with the university. (iStock)
Some cases are travel-related exposures or close contacts with known cases, according to the DPH.

Other cases have no identified source, suggesting that measles is circulating in the community and could spread further.

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"Over the last seven to nine days, we've had upwards of over 200 new cases. That's doubled just in the last week," said Dr. Johnathon Elkes, an emergency medicine physician at Prisma Health in Greenville, South Carolina, during a media briefing Friday.

"We feel like we're really kind of staring over the edge, knowing that this is about to get a lot worse."

Nearly 98% of main campus Clemson students have provided proof of immunity, according to the most recent data from Student Health Services. (Mike Comer/Getty Images)
Nearly 98% of main campus Clemson students have provided proof of immunity, according to the most recent data from Student Health Services.

"The health, safety and well-being of Clemson’s campus community remains our highest priority," the school noted.

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Measles is highly contagious, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If one person has it, up to nine out of 10 people will become infected if not protected.

"We feel like we're really kind of staring over the edge, knowing that this is about to get a lot worse."

A person infected with measles is contagious for four days before and after a rash begins. Isolation of an actively infectious case lasts until four full days have passed after the onset of the rash.

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Dates of isolation are determined by DPH, according to the university press release.

Quarantine for measles is reserved for exposed individuals without documented immunity, and lasts for 21 days after the last exposure, per DPH guidelines.

If people without documented immunity receive a dose of the MMR vaccine within 72 hours after the last exposure, they do not have to quarantine, officials say. (iStock)
If a person without documented immunity receives a dose of the MMR vaccine within 72 hours after the last exposure, that person does not have to quarantine.

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The university also claims to have previously provided guidance to students, faculty and staff regarding measles preparedness.

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More information is available on the Student Health Services website and through the South Carolina Department of Public Health’s measles updates.

Khloe Quill is a lifestyle production assistant with Fox News Digital. She and the lifestyle team cover a range of story topics including food and drink, travel, and health.

 

[kidmike41]

I heard it started with the large Ukrainian population in Spartanburg

 

[TigerDMD]

Too bad there isn’t some proven way to prevent it

 

[tigres88]

The anti-vax crowd has to be one of the most reckless, ignorant, and dangerous group in America, because they directly affect our children.

And now the head of that crowd is our Secretary of Health.

Just truly reprehensible, and as the father to a baby who isn't old enough to get the measles vaccine yet, and lives in SC, I've been livid about this for months

 

[tboonpickens]

We DiD oUr OWn ReSEaRcH

 

[TigerDMD]

The anti-vax crowd has to be one of the most reckless, ignorant, and dangerous group in America, because they directly affect our children.

And now the head of that crowd is our Secretary of Health.

Just truly reprehensible, and as the father to a baby who isn't old enough to get the measles vaccine yet, and lives in SC, I've been livid about this for months

Yep, I’d be pissed if I had babies still. Luckily mine are all adults now.

 

[CUFever91]

A few years ago was the first time I heard about people not getting the vaccine. People I know. I was dumbfounded. I went to CVS and asked for another MMR vaccine shot to be covered since it's been decades since I had my shot as a kid. They made me first test my antibody levels to see if another MMR shot was warranted. My antibodies tested very low and was allowed to get a new MMR shot.

 

[kidmike41]

The anti-vax crowd has to be one of the most reckless, ignorant, and dangerous group in America, because they directly affect our children.

And now the head of that crowd is our Secretary of Health.

Just truly reprehensible, and as the father to a baby who isn't old enough to get the measles vaccine yet, and lives in SC, I've been livid about this for months

98% of campus is vaccinated. Chill out. Again this started from an unvaccinated immigrant population.

 

[Tiger718]

The anti-vax crowd has to be one of the most reckless, ignorant, and dangerous group in America, because they directly affect our children.

And now the head of that crowd is our Secretary of Health.

Just truly reprehensible, and as the father to a baby who isn't old enough to get the measles vaccine yet, and lives in SC, I've been livid about this for months

Just curious were you as livid about all of the illegal immigrants coming in the country for years with no health screening?
Very few if any of them were vaccinated to the current US standards.
I am not an anti-vax person but it seems unreasonable to blame the anti-vaxers but not even mention the millions of people coming into the country with absolutely no health screening.

 

[BDAZED]

The anti-vax crowd has to be one of the most reckless, ignorant, and dangerous group in America, because they directly affect our children.

And now the head of that crowd is our Secretary of Health.

Just truly reprehensible, and as the father to a baby who isn't old enough to get the measles vaccine yet, and lives in SC, I've been livid about this for months

You mean all the illegals pouring in the country while Biden was in office. Anti vaxxers has nothing to do with it.

 

[UpstateTiger07]

This, it started at an Eastern European church in Spartanburg. The state of SC requires all 5k kids and up to have the MME vaccine to attend SC Public schools.

 

[tigres88]

98% of campus is vaccinated. Chill out. Again this started from an unvaccinated immigrant population.

Just curious were you as livid about all of the illegal immigrants coming in the country for years with no health screening?
Very few if any of them were vaccinated to the current US standards.
I am not an anti-vax person but it seems unreasonable to blame the anti-vaxers but not even mention the millions of people coming into the country with absolutely no health screening.

You mean all the illegals pouring in the country while Biden was in office. Anti vaxxers has nothing to do with it.

Jesus, yall are so shockingly propagandized its sad.

This is predominantly white kids, with 50%+ plus of the cases coming from a white, christian private school in a church in the upstate.

Get out of your echo chamber and think critically for once; this has nothing to do with how you feel about undocumented people, and quit making them your scape goat. Our children are at stake

 

[kidmike41]

Jesus, yall are so shockingly propagandized its sad.

This is predominantly white kids, with 50%+ plus of the cases coming from a white, christian private school in a church in the upstate.

Get out of your echo chamber and think critically for once; this has nothing to do with how you feel about undocumented people. Our children are at stake

Ukrainian’s are white. What are you talking about. They are “refugees” from the war

 

[tigres88]

Ukrainian’s are white. What are you talking about. They are “refugees” from the war

Those Ukranians have been here for decades- this has nothing to do with war. It broke out in that church, but it's not "immigrants" fault. The vax rate of SC for measles has dipped close to only 90% of children putting us under herd immunity.

That's not immigrant's, that the myriad of anti-vax South Carolinians who caught and are spreading it throughout the state.

Immigrants are not the source of all America's problems no matter how bad you are told they are.

 

[kidmike41]

Those Ukranians have been here for decades- this has nothing to do with war. It broke out in that church, but it's not "immigrants" fault. The vax rate of SC for measles has dipped close to only 90% of children putting us under herd immunity.

That's not immigrant's, that the myriad of anti-vax South Carolinians who caught and are spreading it throughout the state.

Immigrants are not the source of all America's problems no matter how bad you are told they are.

It sounds like you might be one of the problems. Probably drive around with a mask on

 

[cjtiger300]

Blaming this on Ukrainian's is absolutely hilarious. Do y'all get your news from Russian state sponsored media, lol? Propagandized is definitely a thing.

 

[Tiger718]

Jesus, yall are so shockingly propagandized its sad.

This is predominantly white kids, with 50%+ plus of the cases coming from a white, christian private school in a church in the upstate.

Get out of your echo chamber and think critically for once; this has nothing to do with how you feel about undocumented people, and quit making them your scape goat. Our children are at stake

My question had nothing to do with it being any race. It was simply if having millions, probably 10s of millions,of people coming into the country with zero health screening made you as livid as the very very small percentage of the population that are anti-vaxers.

If anything the results of the Covid vaccine should make you question exactly what big Pharma is pumping into your children. Remember not long ago anyone without the Covid vaccine was as good as a dead man walking. Now Covid is an afterthought to the vast majority of the world.

 

[kidmike41]

Blaming this on Ukrainian's is absolutely hilarious. Do y'all get your news from Russian state sponsored media, lol? Propagandized is definitely a thing.

It is legit coming from a Ukrainian population in Spartanburg

 

[tigres88]

It sounds like you might be one of the problems. Probably drive around with a mask on

Spartanburg County has a relatively high number of nonmedical exemptions from vaccines — about 8% of students have such an exemption, a jump from just 3% in 2020, according to data published alongside the new research in JAMA.

That's a near-tripling of exemptions in just 4-5 years, and this trend accelerated after the COVID pandemic. This isn't specific to the Ukrainian community — this is a county-wide phenomenon affecting the broader population.

The share of schoolchildren in Spartanburg county who have gotten the required immunizations has fallen from 95% to 90% over the past five school years; This county is leading the downward trend. A year ago, Spartanburg already had one of the lowest inoculation rates in South Carolina, at 89.9 percent. That rate has now dropped to 88.8 percent, placing Spartanburg last among all 46 counties.

You are risking our children's lives over conspiracy theories.

 

[cjtiger300]

It sounds like you might be one of the problems. Probably drive around with a mask on

Touch grass sir. Echo chambers are bad for everyone.

 

[kidmike41]

Spartanburg County has a relatively high number of nonmedical exemptions from vaccines — about 8% of students have such an exemption, a jump from just 3% in 2020, according to data published alongside the new research in JAMA.

That's a near-tripling of exemptions in just 4-5 years, and this trend accelerated after the COVID pandemic. This isn't specific to the Ukrainian community — this is a county-wide phenomenon affecting the broader population.

The share of schoolchildren in Spartanburg county who have gotten the required immunizations has fallen from 95% to 90% over the past five school years; This county is leading the downward trend. A year ago, Spartanburg already had one of the lowest inoculation rates in South Carolina, at 89.9 percent. That rate has now dropped to 88.8 percent, placing Spartanburg last among all 46 counties.

You are risking our children's lives over conspiracy theories.

My kids got the MMR, I am not risking anyone’s lives. We do have this thing called freedom in this country. I know yall forgot about it during Covid but you hurt the cause by blindly following Fauci.

 

[tigres88]

My question had nothing to do with it being any race. It was simply if having millions, probably 10s of millions,of people coming into the country with zero health screening made you as livid as the very very small percentage of the population that are anti-vaxers.

If anything the results of the Covid vaccine should make you question exactly what big Pharma is pumping into your children. Remember not long ago anyone without the Covid vaccine was as good as a dead man walking. Now Covid is an afterthought to the vast majority of the world.

Covid died out because of vaccines, immunization, and it ran its course at its deadliest. This is how virus' work.

Undocumented immigrants aren't the source of these diseases- its the anti-vax community who refuses to accept decades of science and safety at the risk of harming those most vulnerable who are the cause.

Read a book. Do a little research on how viruses and disease pop up and spread

 

[tigres88]

My kids got the MMR, I am not risking anyone’s lives. We do have this thing called freedom in this country. I know yall forgot about it during Covid but you hurt the cause by blindly following Fauci.

I'm glad your kids got it. I'm so thankful for the freedom and liberty this country allows. Thus, I'm freely able to be mad at the idiots who refuse to vaccinate their children and put my baby at risk because they are propagandized by conspiracy theorists

 

[kidmike41]

Touch grass sir. Echo chambers are bad for everyone.

Found another one

 

[CUpewpewcachoo]

Those Ukranians have been here for decades- this has nothing to do with war. It broke out in that church, but it's not "immigrants" fault. The vax rate of SC for measles has dipped close to only 90% of children putting us under herd immunity.

That's not immigrant's, that the myriad of anti-vax South Carolinians who caught and are spreading it throughout the state.

Immigrants are not the source of all America's problems no matter how bad you are told they are.

Ill bet you're still wearing your cloth mask in the car while driving alone, arent you?

 

[cjtiger300]

Found another one

One who calls out the willfully obtuse? Sure. Dipshit.

 

[cjtiger300]

Ill bet you're still wearing your cloth mask in the car while driving alone, arent you?

Y'all are weird af.

 

[tigres88]

Ill bet you're still wearing your cloth mask in the car while driving alone, arent you?

no cu pew pew ca choo I don't wear masks anymore, and your whataboutism is sad.

We aren't talking about a novel virus. We're talking about something that was eliminated in the U.S. BECAUSE of the MMR vaccine and now is running rampant again because of conspiracy theories. And it's causing danger to our children. And it could and will be deadly as it continues to spread amongst the most vulnerable

 

[tigres88]

Y'all are weird af.

They have been so radicalized and are so stuck in 2020 its sad

 

[kidmike41]

One who calls out the willfully obtuse? Sure. Dipshit.

Even your partner in this thread knows it’s from the Ukrainians in Spartanburg

 

[kidmike41]

They have been so radicalized and are so stuck in 2020 its sad

I wonder why? Oh yeah our freedoms were taken away for lie after lie.

 

[Cavitybacks]

Blaming this on Ukrainian's is absolutely hilarious. Do y'all get your news from Russian state sponsored media, lol? Propagandized is definitely a thing.

No dog in the fight but everyone knows this particular case is from the Ukrainian church in Spartanburg.

 

[Tiger718]

Covid died out because of vaccines, immunization, and it ran its course at its deadliest. This is how virus' work.

Undocumented immigrants aren't the source of these diseases- its the anti-vax community who refuses to accept decades of science and safety at the risk of harming those most vulnerable who are the cause.

Read a book. Do a little research on how viruses and disease pop up and spread

Well you should be fine if you have had all of your vaccines by your reasoning. Only those poor souls that aren't as well read and educated as you have anything to worry about.
It does amaze me that you would think anyone that you doesn't agree with you has to be uneducated. But that is par for the course.
Have a wonderful virus free life my friend.

 

[tigres88]

I wonder why? Oh yeah our freedoms were taken away for lie after lie.

Got it. You're a covid denier and are still traumatized by 2020. I get it- it was hard on us all.

But this is different. Do a little research and see why Ukrainians were vax hesitant since the 90's. They came here decades ago, and still are vax hesitant because of their experience in Ukraine.

Despite the Measles outbreak happening in a predominantly Ukraininan/Russian church in the Upstate, it SPREAD because of the mass amounts of unvaxxed kids from anti-vax American household in the upstate.

Critical thinking is hard, but you can get there. I believe in you

 

[Lot2Tiger]

Blaming this on Ukrainian's is absolutely hilarious. Do y'all get your news from Russian state sponsored media, lol? Propagandized is definitely a thing.

Wut? The Ukrainian population is a huge subset of the Boiling Springs area and the commonality of all affected.

 

[kidmike41]

No dog in the fight but everyone knows this particular case is from the Ukrainian church in Spartanburg.

Thanks. He probably still doesn’t believe it

 

[tigres88]

Well you should be fine if you have had all of your vaccines by your reasoning. Only those poor souls that aren't as well read and educated as you have anything to worry about.
It does amaze me that you would think anyone that you doesn't agree with you has to be uneducated. But that is par for the course.
Have a wonderful virus free life my friend.

Reading is hard. My daughter isn't old enough to get the Measles vaccine and could die if she gets it. We are going to get it early from our pediatrician ASAP

 

[kidmike41]

Got it. You're a covid denier and are still traumatized by 2020. I get it- it was hard on us all.

But this is different. Do a little research and see why Ukrainians were vax hesitant since the 90's. They came here decades ago, and still are vax hesitant because of their experience in Ukraine.

Despite the Measles outbreak happening in a predominantly Ukraininan/Russian church in the Upstate, it SPREAD because of the mass amounts of unvaxxed kids from anti-vax American household in the upstate. \

Critical thinking is hard, but you can get there. I believe in you

I am sure you were thinking critically in 2020. 2 years to stop the spread. Sign me up!

 

[rodneyp4]

Reading is hard. My daughter isn't old enough to get the Measles vaccine and could die if she gets it. We are going to get it early from our pediatrician ASAP

We are scared to leave the house with our 6 week old for this reason

 

[tigres88]

I am sure you were thinking critically in 2020. 2 years to stop the spread. Sign me up!

It was 2 weeks to stop the spread (ironic), and I promise it was the worst time of my entire life too. I just don't have misplaced anger because of it. I am intelligent enough to understand it was a novel virus that literally the ENTIRE world was trying to figure out how to deal with.