Army base hit with highly contagious disease as thousands of Afghan refugees flood into AmericaBPR, Sep 8, 2021
A case of measles has been identified at Fort McCoy Army Base in Wisconsin as thousands of Afghan refugees are housed there temporarily while they await resettlement in the United States.
Fox News was able to view an internal government email on Sunday that confirms a case of measles at Fort McCoy.
“All those who had been in contact with the infected person at base have been isolated, and post-exposure prophylaxis and inoculations are in process,” the email stated. Measles is highly contagious and is the primary killer of young children in Afghanistan. It is rampant among the population there.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) defines the disease as “a highly contagious virus that lives in the nose and throat mucus of an infected person. It can spread to others through coughing and sneezing.”
In fact, measles is so contagious that if one person contracts it, up to 90 percent of those they come in contact with who are not inoculated or immune will become infected. The virus can survive for up to two hours in an area even if the infected person has left.
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