State data says Valley Oaks and Gorman Schools at risk for measles

  • Above, wet eyes and nose and a red bumpy rash are symptoms of measles. [California Dept. of Public Health photo]

    Above, wet eyes and nose and a red bumpy rash are symptoms of measles. [California Dept. of Public Health photo]

By Patric Hedlund

By now most local parents are alert to the symptoms of the highly contagious measles virus in children. They know to watch for the fever of about 101 degrees, the runny nose, watery eyes and the red, bumpy rash on face and torso.

Terms such as “herd immunity” or “community immunity” are also being explained.

The higher the percentage of individuals in a community (or ‘herd’) who are immune to measles (usually through vaccination), the lower the probability that a susceptible person will encounter the disease.

After the outbreak that started in Disneyland in December, state statisticians began assembling databases to show the relationship in the state’s schools between…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Above, wet eyes and nose and a red bumpy rash are symptoms of measles.

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This is part of the February 13, 2015 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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