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Scarlet fever outbreak is worst for nearly 40 years
The Telegraph ^ | August 5, 2018 | Telegraph Reporters

Posted on 04/08/2018 7:53:10 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie

Parents are being warned to look out for signs of scarlet fever in their children, with more cases of the illness reported this year than since 1982, health officials said.

The highly contagious infection mainly affects young children and is not usually serious if treated.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: disease; immigration; outbreak; publichealth; scarletfever
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To: Darksheare

It’s already here.


21 posted on 04/09/2018 2:02:03 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Misuse of antibiotics is probably a factor. A child can be diagnosed with strep and prescribed 14 days of antibiotics, but if the parents don’t administer the full course, the infection can both be passed on and produce secondary outcomes such as scarlet fevers.

Poor hygiene in daycare centers and school likely also contributes.


22 posted on 04/09/2018 2:32:22 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I have the easiest life in the history of the world.)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

“We may never know why this disease is making a
comeback”.......

Perhaps, but I would look at the incoming “migrants” as a possible source.


23 posted on 04/09/2018 3:22:09 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: The_Media_never_lie
We may never know why this disease is making a comeback.

Exactly, the variables are just too complex. On the other hand, Mans activities are the root cause of climate change,... we have consensus.

24 posted on 04/09/2018 3:36:00 AM PDT by D Rider
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To: Rembrandt

You dont immunize against scarlet fever. It is strep throat with a rash. There are a lot of diseases immigrants may be bringing in that we have to worry about, but this is not one of them.


25 posted on 04/09/2018 3:54:06 AM PDT by Mom MD ( .)
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To: RetiredTexasVet

...or maybe because parents aren’t vaccinating their kids.


26 posted on 04/09/2018 4:45:50 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: DaveA37
Perhaps, but I would look at the incoming “migrants” as a possible source.

Scarlet fever is mainly on the rise in the UK. If it spreads to the US, it'll probably be from English visitors/migrants. So if they're speaking Spanish, Arabic or Hindi, you're cool - just avoid anybody speaking the Queen's English.

27 posted on 04/09/2018 4:49:53 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: RetiredTexasVet
If only there were some kind of medicine that could protect American kids from getting whooping cough, TB, measles and mumps before they're exposed to it! /s/

All of the diseases you mention are preventable by routine vaccination. And all recent outbreaks have been concentrated in un-vaccinated individuals. For example, there have been large measles outbreaks in Amish populations in Ohio. Either they were Mexican Amish... or maybe they were just unvaccinated.

28 posted on 04/09/2018 4:54:16 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: Alter Kaker

UK and East Asia. From November 2017...

https://www-m.cnn.com/2017/11/27/health/scarlet-fever-mystery-study/index.html


29 posted on 04/09/2018 4:56:36 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

My daughter had this in 82 or 83. She WAS treated. Originally they thought she had rheumatic fever. But decided she “only” had scarlet fever. All her joints were swollen to the point she could barely move. Her hands didn’t look like hands they looked like paws. She couldn’t bend her knees. She wore gloves for weeks after the swelling went down to cover the flaking skin. She was out of school for 5 weeks. A very terrible time. Maybe they have better treatments in the 21st century.


30 posted on 04/09/2018 4:59:55 AM PDT by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

I had scarlet fever as a child in the 50s. It left me with a heart murmer.


31 posted on 04/09/2018 6:10:52 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: Darksheare

Another example of why Ellis Island worked so well...


32 posted on 04/09/2018 6:19:22 AM PDT by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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To: grame
My daughter had this in 82 or 83. She WAS treated. Originally they thought she had rheumatic fever. But decided she “only” had scarlet fever. All her joints were swollen to the point she could barely move. Her hands didn’t look like hands they looked like paws. She couldn’t bend her knees. She wore gloves for weeks after the swelling went down to cover the flaking skin. She was out of school for 5 weeks. A very terrible time. Maybe they have better treatments in the 21st century.


How is she today? Well, I hope!
33 posted on 04/09/2018 6:25:14 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The MSM is the enemy of the American people)
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To: D Rider

Yep, you nailed it! The disease comeback is probably due to climate change!


34 posted on 04/09/2018 6:28:05 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The MSM is the enemy of the American people)
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To: Rebelbase
Another example of why Ellis Island worked so well...


The leftists always look back nostalgically at Ellis Island, under the watchful and protective countenance of the Statue of Liberty and a good and beneficial thing. Maybe we should go back to the Ellis Island immigration screening system.
35 posted on 04/09/2018 6:31:59 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The MSM is the enemy of the American people)
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My sister and I had scarlet fever as kids back in the late 1950’s. I got a heart murmur from it.

We were quarantined. I have a memory of people dropping a box of something (probably food) at the door and running back to their car.


36 posted on 04/09/2018 6:51:31 AM PDT by radiohead
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Hahaha, brought to you by the scum from $h!thole countries.


37 posted on 04/09/2018 7:48:44 AM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: BBell

More like the Mediterranean Sea.


38 posted on 04/09/2018 7:53:09 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
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To: Alter Kaker

“Scarlet fever is mainly on the rise in the UK.”........

There are a lot of “migrants” entering the UK every day. What could go wrong?


39 posted on 04/09/2018 9:23:29 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: The_Media_never_lie

You think Scarlet Fever is bad, wait until O’hara Fever hits.


40 posted on 04/09/2018 9:27:35 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( An Armed Society is a Polite Society. An Unarmed Society is North Korea.)
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