Mumps- Eyewitnesses Please
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Topic: Mumps- Eyewitnesses Please
Posted By: JaxMax
Subject: Mumps- Eyewitnesses Please
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 8:29am
The Mumps outbreak in the midwestern USA is a good test run for the CDC and any BIRD Flu Pandemic response. We will learn a lot from documenting the response to mumps.
The mumps epidemic began on 2 flights to the midwest and continues to escalate. Even those immunized are contracting mumps.
Please post any eyewitness or family acounts of mumps, or actions in response to mumps, particularly in these states:
Indiana
Illinois
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
Wisconsin
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Prof.Ferguson
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 12:31pm
great idea... i noticed cnn finally picked up this story today.
remember to watch for meningitis too - ditto with that issue as a test run.
------------- Time's up. It's here. If you're not ready, you should have been - we all were warned.
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Posted By: P_S_N
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 2:23pm
I thought a little info about mumps might be appropriate posted here. My own adult kids have been asking me about what mups is. I found a good article on if from the Mayo Clinic. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mumps/DS00125 - http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mumps/DS00125
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 3:56pm
PSN and Prof. Ferguson-
Thanks for the posts.
I hope we get some eyewitness reports form these states. It seems like most of our web users are from coastal states, though.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 4:22pm
Increase in mumps from 2 on March 29, 2006 (the first infected airline flight) to 1,000 in this story today. This is a 21 day spread. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MUMPS_OUTBREAK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-04-19-18-30-52 - http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MUMPS_OUTBREAK?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-04-19-18-30-52
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Gimme
Date Posted: April 19 2006 at 5:10pm
Prof.Ferguson
"remember to watch for meningitis too - ditto with that issue as a test run."
Michigan here, nothing yet on mumps but a lady in the next town over in
Livonia, last week was reported to have bacterial meningits. she was hospitalized. Nothing more on it tho. Nothing more on the woman and where she might have picked it up.
~~~
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Wayne briefs
Reporter / The Detroit News
Livonia
Firefighters exposed to meningitis
Four Livonia firefighters were treated with antibiotics after a 44-year-old woman they rescued turned out to be infected with bacterial meningitis. The disease infects spinal cord and brain fluid. The firefighters went to the unidentified woman's home at 4 p.m. Thursday, said Paul DeNapoli, a senior captain with the Livonia Fire and Rescue Department. The woman was taken to St. Mary's Mercy Hospital in Livonia, DeNapoli said. Hospital officials informed the department about 10 p.m. Thursday that the woman had bacterial meningitis. The hospital dispensed antibiotics to the firefighters and all hospital staff members who came in contact with the woman, he said.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 8:21am
Mumps cases double, largest outbreak in decades. Rapid escalation forecase. Today's Washingtom Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041901952.html - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041901952.html
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 12:40pm
You forgot Iowa's 812 reported cases.
See Link below:
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060420/NEWS/604200337/1001 - http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060420/NEWS/604200337/1001
Also in reading about Mumps it can cause meningitis (sp?) which Iowa has also had outbreaks of.
See these links:
Meningitis -
http://kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4757437&nav=1kgl - http://kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4757437&nav=1kgl
http://kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4764502&nav=1kgl - http://kcautv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4764502&nav=1kgl
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 2:38pm
wenmalon-
Thanks for the post.
With mumps spreading like wildfire, we should get an eyewitness post soon.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 6:03pm
more mumps info
04/20/2006
Iowa Health Officials To Host Vaccine Clinics
With 975 cases of mumps being reported in Iowa and eight other states, Iowa health officials say every college student who hasn't received two mumps vaccinations need the shots now.
Vaccine clinics are being set up for next week, with a second scheduled to take place in May in Iowa. In addition to the nine states already battling this outbreak, health officials in seven other states are also reporting suspected cases of the disease.
In an effort to battle this bug, health officials will host vaccination clinics for anyone age 18 to 22 who has not received two doses of the mumps vaccine. The Iowa Department of Public Health is divvying up some 25,000 doses of vaccine among the 35 counties in the state which are home to colleges or universities.
In addition, Iowa health officials are recommending that anyone traveling from out of state to attend a large public gathering in Iowa, also make sure they've gotten two mumps shots or have already had the mumps before going there.
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/mumps.asp - Iowa Mumps Information
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/common/press_releases/2006/mumps_vaccination_042006.asp - Vaccine Clinic Information
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps/mumps-FAQS.htm - Frequently Asked Questions About the Mumps
mailto:jandrews@keloland.com - Jaine Andrews © 2006 KELOLAND TV. All Rights Reserved.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 6:16pm
Wenmalon-
Thanks for the post.
What a disturbing picture of the young man.
It is incredible all this came from 2 people on board an airline flight!!
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 6:27pm
Your welcome JaxMax!
This is one heck of a beta test for the bird flu! I was so paranoid that I had to go and read and compare the symptoms of bird flu to mumps....thinking it was a cover-up. Speculation Only! The symptoms didn't match too much. I live in South Dakota but work in Iowa.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 20 2006 at 6:31pm
Mass Gathering Policy released in Iowa
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/common/pdf/mumps/mass_gathering_041806.pdf - http://www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/common/pdf/mumps/mass_gathering_041806.pdf
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 21 2006 at 9:30am
Thanks for the post.
I note it addresses outdoor events. I wonder if they are cancelling indoor events.
I wish some reporter would actually GO to the Emergency Rooms in the effected states and write what they see.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 21 2006 at 10:14am
Had a call from a health department official today, because my business is classified as an educational program, to take any infection control precautions necessary. I am to receive a guide in the mail on Monday.
So..in light of the mumps, I think I will no longer have blankets for the recliners in my hypnosis office. I will have to wipe everything down after each use. Oh well.........it's good practice.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 21 2006 at 10:15am
Mumps spread to Canada, from visitor to Iowa, USA. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060419/mumps_outbreak_060419/20060419?hub=TopStories - http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060419/mumps_outbreak_060419/20060419?hub=TopStories
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Marker
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 8:12am
Well, I am from the Midwest, (Omaha), and my sister is a nurse
practitioner in Des Moines, Iowa, but I'm not sure what you're asking -
hospitals in Iowa have had an extremely unusual year already. My
sister was working at a satellite clinic in a small town, had a lady
with a broken hip, and called five hospitals before she found an open
bed. The flu was unusually harsh this year, and all the beds were
full of flu victims. Now, with the mumps, the hardest hit group
seems to be young adults. The spread was unusual, because all of
these young adults went on spring break and apparently met many
others. So, yes, it's here, it's a concern, but not a panic.
Anything I can ask my sister when she returns from Vegas this
weekend? (By the way, she's at some sort of medical convention,
is VERY concerned about BF, and has advised our family to stock up on
several months worth of food and water.)
------------- You don't scare me...I teach 16-17 year olds...
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Posted By: Marker
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 8:14am
An aside - Am I the only "old" one here? Didn't most of us have
mumps when we were kids? It wasn't particularly frightening -
nothing like the measles and chicken pox we suffered through.....
------------- You don't scare me...I teach 16-17 year olds...
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 8:22am
Marker,
It isn't a panic. The concern is the health care system is increasingly burdened by all of these "other things" besides being underprepared for the bird flu. Example.........not enough respirators.
As far as the mumps go.....it can cause hearing loss, sterility in boys, and can precipitate into meningitis which can be lethal. One person in Cherokee, Iowa died from it (meningitis) and another case was reported an elderly man in Orange City, Iowa.
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Posted By: Scotty
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 8:33am
Like most of my generation I had mumps as a kid. I have been told that this gives me partial immunity but that I could still catch it again. Just Hearsay, not from medical experts.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 12:18pm
Marker-
Thanks for the post.
I am mainly interested in the mumps because it is essentially a test run for what the Govt. could do for a Pandemic. Mumps is like a mild less harmful test run. Questions I am interested in:
1. Restrictions on activities- Schools closed etc.
2. The rate of spread- all of a suddden everyone has it. Realize this all came form 2 people on an airline in March
3. Effects on your day to day life
4. Emergency room, hospital overload, schools closing, panic buying of food in stores- I doubt this will occur but I would like to know if it does
Just as you note anything interesting, please post. I am constructing a time line.
Thanks
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: outsidethecamp
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 1:37pm
You may want to add North Dakota to your list. One case of mumps in Fargo, ND last week.
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Posted By: Marker
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 1:42pm
According to dear sis, if the mumps was a test run, we're screwed.
Many, many patients, initial confusion about possible
problematic vaccines? New strain? The spread was incredibly
rapid, but few if any measures were taken to stall it. A couple
of small schools closed, some parents kept kids home, but most were
just treated and got over it. The emergency room wasn't the first
contact for most - generally pediatricians and GP's. The health
professionals did not get any particular special treatment, and many
assumed immunity because they DID have mumps as children. As
wenmalon noted, there were some deaths from complications resulting
from the mumps.
I guess the thing she was concerned about was the initial confusion,
and the rapid spread before they could identify the
carrier. If it were BF instead of mumps, well....not a
pretty picture.
------------- You don't scare me...I teach 16-17 year olds...
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 2:47pm
Just heard mumps case at Indiana University.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 5:33pm
Marker-
Thanks for the information. This is exactly what I suspected. And most people do not think of mumps a s a serious problem.
I think we will see 50 state spread because of the lag between infection and symptoms.
I wonder why reporters are not just going to the local ER and writing about what they see.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 5:34pm
outsidethecamp
Thanks. I think we will be adding a lot of states.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 5:35pm
Ruth-
Thanks. I will scan for stories.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 22 2006 at 8:31pm
Marker,
Thanks for the added information. We can also add South Dakota to the Mumps list. Someone at Dakota State University. A 19-year-old. They are being quarantined.
Tell your sis to get on here too. We need more medical professionals on here from different areas of the country, as they seem to get information a little sooner.......in my opinion anyway.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 7:28am
Mumps health advisory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 21, 2006
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An Indiana University Bloomington student has been diagnosed with mumps, according to Hugh Jessop, director of the Indiana University Health Center. Because the recent mumps epidemic in the Midwest has been tied closely to university communities, Jessop said that students, faculty and staff -- particularly those individuals who have direct student contact -- need to be aware they may be at risk of contracting the disease.
I wonder what will happen when all those college students come home for the summer.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 10:34am
Ruth-
Thanks for the post.
Many college students go home on weekends, if for no other reason than to use their parents washing machine.
So I expect rapid spread.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 10:37am
wenmalon-
Thanks for South Dakota.
I will add it to the interactive map we are devoloping.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 1:38pm
JaxMax,
Great idea on the map. I live in southeast South Dakota and work in NW Iowa. Across the river is Nebraska, and about 10 miles to the east, we have Minnesota. Our news entities, seem to cover the four state area, so I will watch for the other states too.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 2:27pm
wemmalon-
Thanks, it seems local news is going to be the only coverage. And if it is on loal tv the stories are not transcribed and never make it to the net.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Penham
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 2:44pm
On our local news last night, we now have 6 cases of mumps in our county in OK, none have had to be hospitalized so far. Seems as though they vacationed in Iowa and brought it back with them.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 23 2006 at 2:54pm
Penham-
Thanks for the post. We will add 6 OK cases to map. Seems like your starnd is mild if no hospitalization, although I am unclear what benefit comes from hospitalization as opposed to home care with medicine.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 2:34pm
Another mumps case in South Dakota
4/25/2006
New Mumps Case Confirmed In Mitchell
Mitchell School Superintendent Joe Graves says a student in the district has been diagnosed with mumps and is quarantined. He says a mailing to parents spells out the situation and provides information about the disease.
There have been mumps cases in Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota. The state Health Department says the first confirmed case in South Dakota came last week in a student at Dakota State University.
South Dakota health officials have been on the alert, watching for the spread of mumps from Iowa to KELOLAND. Tonight on HealthBeat, Jaine Andrews talks with officials in Pierre about their efforts to control the disease.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 2:40pm
Regents take step to ward off mumps on campus
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PIERRE – Faced with a confirmed case of mumps on one campus and the threat of an outbreak at other universities, South Dakota’s Board of Regents adopted an interim policy this afternoon that gives them power to bar from campus students, faculty and staff who can’t document that they’ve been vaccinated or are immune.
The action gives the board and its public universities authority to follow state Department of Health recommendations for countering the mumps, which has become a concern because of a recent outbreak in Iowa.
“We have no mechanism to exclude students, faculty or staff from the campus body or isolate them,’’ Regents’ President Harvey Jewett said before the interim policy was adopted. “What this policy does is give us authority to do that . . . on recommendation from the Department of Health.’’
The confirmed case at Dakota State University in Madison shoved that campus into outbreak status, Jewett said. School officials said a free clinic was being held Tuesday afternoon to provide measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations for faculty and staff.
The university will also pay for faculty and staff to have vaccinations at the public health clinic in Madison if they’re unable to attend Tuesday’s session.
All students are supposed to have proof of two MMR shots before they enroll in the public university system. Regent’s staffers said six students at DSU still are unable to find such documentation.
There has been no such requirement for faculty or staff, Regents President Harvey Jewett of Aberdeen said.
Two doses of MMR are required for anyone born after 1956 who can’t document they’ve had shots. Some blood tests will show immunity to the disease, regents’ officials said, but those test can be more expensive than vaccinations.
Jewett said after the meeting that the effect of the policy will be to allow higher education to handle the outbreak situation at DSU and to prompt the other campuses to make sure all students; faculty and staff can document their immunity or receive fresh MMRs.
“We’re very fortunate we’re so close to the end,’’ one campus representative said during the teleconference. Spring semesters end next month.
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Posted By: crystal
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 2:47pm
I just heard on the news that Colorado has its first mumps case.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 3:20pm
From Wisconsin:
Pandemic Preparedness Apr 25, 2006
For health experts, watching the spread of the mumps disease from Iowa across the country has been interesting.
But could watching HOW the disease travels help health departments prepare for a possible bird flu pandemic?
"It does help in terms of practicing some of the same disease control techniques we would use in case of a pandemic, but it's a much smaller picture than if we were facing a new pathogen in the world," says Marathon County Health Department worker Julie Willems Van Dijk.
While it is difficult to know what a pandemic may bring, the Marathon County Health Department is taking steps to be ready should it strike.
One of those steps is a meeting of health professionals, law enforcement and the media.
The hope is that it will lay the groundwork for alerting the public in case of a bird flu outbreak.
http://www.wyowtv34.com/news/full_story.php?id=40270
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 3:29pm
Kan. Boy Suspended for Not Being Immunized
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Published April 25 2006, 3:26 PM EDT
OTTAWA, Kan. -- A high school student in Franklin County has been suspended from school for 12 days because he has not been immunized for mumps, the boy's parent said.
John Brockway told school officials at a board meeting Monday that he's not happy his son will be barred from school and miss his prom and a music trip, just because another child at Ottawa High School has mumps.
Brockway criticized a state form that requires parents of students who are not immunized to agree that their children will be excluded from school in the case of a vaccine-preventable disease outbreak.
Brockway acknowledged he signed the form, claiming a religious exemption from immunizations for his children. "If the immunization works, my child is not a threat to anyone," he said.
The board went into executive session during the meeting, and upon returning, President Marge Stevens said the board found the school followed district policy. However, the board asked Superintendent Jan Collins to investigate further.
Collins said Tuesday that school officials are examining what other districts have done in similar situations.
Six cases of mumps have been reported in Franklin County as of Tuesday, county Health Department Director Barbara Conus said, and one case involves an Ottawa High School student. She said all six people either had the vaccination or had the disease before.
http://www.greenwichtime.com/features/health/ats-ap_health16apr25,0,6346957.story?coll=sns-health-headlines
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 3:43pm
If you look at the CDC website to see the update on the mumps outbreak.........it has not been updated since April 17th!!!! How many more infections are there, and how many people have been exposed. This is so pathetic. And if it were the bird flu? Well, my family will be dead, and I will have a basement full of food and water, and didn't get to use the preps because I wasn't alerted soon enough. That's what will happen. It will be too late. Just look how this is being handled!!!
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Posted By: Prof.Ferguson
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 4:14pm
cbs evening news just ran a story on the mumps outbreak as a test-drive of bf or some such. see, they are reading this forum :)
------------- Time's up. It's here. If you're not ready, you should have been - we all were warned.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 6:10pm
Prof. Ferguson-
From the spread rate,the time lag between spreading the mumps until you exhibit symptoms, and the lack of effective countermeasures by the CDC, I speculate we will have cases in all 50 states.
I propose the following report card for the CDC:
less than 15 states A
16-20 states B
21-30 states C
31-40 states D
41-50 states F
CBS and any other media outlets may plaguerize this report card at will and without attribution, because if you are on TV, it must really be your idea.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 6:32pm
They were talking on the fluwikie site about when and if there is a pandemic, how long it would be before they notify us. They were saying it could take several days or more.
The official websites should be updating daily. Plus who really knows whats going on in other countries. I didn't even hear about the mumps until there were well over 300 cases.
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Posted By: Prof.Ferguson
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 6:40pm
looks to me like WHO.int & similar are updating weekly at most, usually thursdays/fridays, although, sometimes it takes more than a week.
if you didn't catch it elsewhere, do go to the NY forum and see May's post with the bird flyway maps/articles.
Jax, I agree with your timeline and report card
------------- Time's up. It's here. If you're not ready, you should have been - we all were warned.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 25 2006 at 6:51pm
The great thing about this mumps epidemic is it is sort of like
"priming the pump". It was on the national news tonight. It
was shown spread by sick, asympotomatic people. Between two
business travelers, they were on 9 flights nad spread it to five
states. In Washington we have had an outbreak of norovirus in a
nursing home in one town, in one facilty that spread throughout the
community via ambulance service (who's EMT's got sick too which means
they were NOT practicing proper, standard, and even routine infection
control measures) all the way to Seattle (200+ miles away) to a large
college campus, most likely from a young adult grandchild that went to
visit. And it is still spreading. Again, another great
priming of the pump.
Mumps is spread just like flu...coughing, sneezing, droplets. This was a very important lesson and test.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 6:45am
Blue Sky-
Thanks for the post.
I do not see how mumps can FAIL to spread into all 50 states, since as you noted it is spread by the asymptomatic.
It will be interesting to watch.
We are working on a mumps computer spread map.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 7:01am
This is from Madison, South Dakota .....from http://www.keloland.com - www.keloland.com People are having a hard time finding their mumps vaccination records. Long story short, start looking for yours, before Mumps comes to a neighborhood near you. I know if you go to your high school where you graduated in the US.....they usually have them. Most people have their 2nd MMR vaccine when they enter kindergarten.
04/25/2006
Madison Fights The Mumps
Dakota State University in Madison is stepping up its fight against a possible mumps outbreak, after the first case in South Dakota was confirmed on campus last week. A vaccination clinic was held Tuesday afternoon in the Trojan Center from 3:00 to 5:00. It's part of the efforts to keep the illness from spreading.
For staff and faculty members at Dakota State University, getting a little **** in the arm is no big deal. They'd rather be safe than sorry when it comes to the mumps.
Linda Martinell works for Aramark, a company that specializes in food service for the campus. She says, "The shot may hurt, but it could be worse. Plus, I have a little grandson who is a year and I don't want him to get them."
Many staff and faculty members are having a hard time remembering when, or if they've ever had the vaccine.
"I don't think I've ever had the vaccine."
Rick Christoph is a professor of business at the university. He says he's not taking any chances.
Christoph says, "A lot of students, a lot of advising a lot of classes and so one of my physicians told me once, I'm in sort of the industrial strength germ pool and so it makes sense to take precautions and I'm really appreciative that they're doing this."
Several people came out to get their immunization and the reason for that is because school officials have made it very clear that anyone who doesn't have their immunization may be kept out of the school starting on Monday, May 1st.
Steve Shirley is the Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs. He says, "That is a recommendation we are following based on guidance from the South Dakota Department of Health and that basically is telling us that anyone on campus that cannot show proof of an immunization, they need to show that proof."
Finding that proof is nearly impossible for some. Just ask Linda Joy Vanhove with the state department of health. She says many people are having a hard time finding their records.
She says, "That's been our biggest challenge. Parents just don't keep that history and so now people in their 40's, 50's are trying to obtain their history and their having a hard time, so they don't know their history and that's been the biggest challenge."
But it's a challenge the school says is necessary, to protect students, staff and the community.
mailto:jhopkins@keloland.com - Jessica Hopkins © 2006 KELOLAND TV. All Rights Reserved.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 7:06am
Jaxmax,
I know you are in the process of making a map. Yesterday I reported that there was a case in Mitchell, SD. But instead of one, there are now two. Just wanted to clarify that.
Also this link:
http://www.keloland.com/Healthbeat/NewsDetail5217.cfm?Id=0,47641 - http://www.keloland.com/Healthbeat/NewsDetail5217.cfm?Id=0,47641
is in this post below. But if you go to the link you can go to the Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska links noted in the article too.
04/25/2006
Two More SD Mumps Cases
The number of mumps cases in South Dakota appears to have taken a jump with two newly diagnosed patients in Mitchell.
According to official state health lab results there is just one confirmed case of mumps in South Dakota. But the Mitchell School Superintendent, Joe Graves, says a student there has been quarantined with a suspected case of the mumps and third case of the mumps has been diagnosed there in an adult. Meanwhile health officials here in Pierre are working hard to keep the numbers under control.
The Midwest mumps epidemic which began in Iowa has now spread to nine states. Yet, Iowa continues to be the state hardest hit. Today, the Iowa Health Department says there are more than 11-hundred cases of mumps there. The case count in Nebraska has reached almost two-hundred. Minnesota only has eight cases so far. And While South Dakota's case count is smallest; no one expects it to stay there. South Dakota Department of Health Secretary Doneen Hollingworth says, "I think we're certainly preparing for more cases in South Dakota. And what we'll do is what we're doing now...we'll investigate cases, we'll follow up on case contacts, we'll immunize to target people that they're adequately immunized."
But even complete immunization won't offer complete protection against the virus. In Iowa, two-thirds of the people who now have mumps have had at least one shot against the disease. More than half have had both of the recommended vaccinations. South Dakota State Epidemiologist, Dr. Lon Kightlinger, PHD explains, "What we're seeing in this outbreak now is people who've never been vaccinated are being hit and then we're getting about 10-percent breakthrough among people who actually were vaccinated."
That said, health officials say two MMR vaccines are anyone's best protection against the mumps. That's required by law for South Dakota school children and that's true for our surrounding states, as well.
South Dakota's Mumps Plan
Health officials across the Midwest may have been surprised by the speed at which Iowa's mumps outbreak spread through the heartland. But here in Pierre, state health officials say they won't be surprised if the disease spreads here.
Long before anyone had a clue mumps would make it to South Dakota, the state's disease detectives were on the case. According to South Dakota Department of Health Secretary, Doneen Hollingsworth, "We were expecting it and we were ready. And what we were doing is lab testing, following up on suspect cases, case contacts, providing information to healthcare providers about mumps."
In addition to increasing it's monthly order from 3-thousand doses of MMR vaccine to nearly twice that, the state Department of Health is "targeting" just who will get those shots. Hollingsworth explains, "The Health Department doses will be focused on the contacts of cases, contacts to the case...the most targeted, susceptible populations because of that."
And while officials admit the vaccine is not perfect-- leaving as many as 10-percent of those who receive it still susceptible to the mumps virus, it is the best protection the state can offer. State Epidemiologist Dr. Long Kightlinger, PhD explains, "You have to think if people were not vaccinated, we would be getting tens of thousands of cases in Iowa and moving into South Dakota, too."
And as a bad as having the mumps can be, Kightlinger says, "Mumps is serious. However, compared to some other diseases, it could be classified as lower range."
This strain of the virus is not as bad as it could be. Kightlinger says, "This is mumps virus strain G. And yes it is new to the United States, but it is covered in the vaccine and there's no proof that it's any stronger or any more virulent than normal mumps."
If, for whatever reason, you haven't been vaccinated twice against the mumps there is something you should be aware of. If you *don't* get vaccinated at least once and you're exposed to some with the mumps you will be placed in isolation by health officials for nearly two weeks in an effort to prevent the possible spread of the disease.
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps/default.htm - CDC on Mumps
http://www.state.sd.us/doh/ - SD Department of Health
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/mumps.asp - IA Department of Public Health on Mumps
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/mumps/index.html - MN Department of Health on Mumps
http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/epi/mumps/ - NE on Mumps
mailto:jandrews@keloland.com - Jaine Andrews © 2006 KELOLAND TV. All Rights Reserved.
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Posted By: birdsfly
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 7:52am
local news here in the middle of Nebraska, Grand Island, they are planning vaccinations. Didn't say if it will be just school age kids or everyone. I will post when more news comes in.
------------- jodi
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 8:34am
birdsfly-
Thanks, please let me know if your local tv or media reports mumps cases (or if you know personally) and I will add Grand Island to the map.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 26 2006 at 9:02am
Colorado added to the mumps roll call of states.
per local Colorado TV http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=d2a905fa-0abe-421a-0115-b152fd038095&TEMPLATEID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: birdsfly
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 6:54am
Now the downplaying of mumps! A new case in Norfolk, NE. The northeast part of the state. A college student at Northeast Community college. Any ware from 12-16 more being tested. The one student that has the mumps is at home. Here in Grand Island, NE. Parents and teachers at the schools are told to look for synptoms of mumps. Nothing said any more about any shot clinics. Playing the mumps outbreak in central NE down. Thats it for now!
------------- jodi
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Posted By: peepers
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 8:03am
I was in the pediatrician's office yesterday and overheard the appointment desk clerk tell someone (possibly a co-worker) that everyone on staff is required to get a MMR booster within the next two days. I live in Missouri.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 9:48am
birdsfly and peepers,
Thanks for the posts.
I am preparing daily time lapse maps of outbreak spread.
What I would like to do is compare and contrast governemnt notification thru the CDC with media and internet notification.If I can get sufficient media documementation AP will run the story.
I am only interested in this data as a model of how the CDC may respond to an H5N1 pandemic.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 10:43am
IL Health Dept: Treat All Mumps Cases As Confirmed
(AP) The Illinois Department of Health is asking health departments across the state to treat all cases of the mumps as "confirmed" -- regardless of whether the proper requirements are met.
The health department says there are now 175 cases in 44 counties statewide.
Of those 175 cases, 97 are confirmed and 78 are probable.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a case is considered confirmed after it has been verified by laboratory testing or if it meets the clinical definition and can be linked to a confirmed or probable case.
A state health department spokeswoman says the cause of the outbreak is still being investigated.
Health officials are warning that the virus can still sicken people who have gotten vaccinations, especially if their immune systems are compromised.
http://www.birdflubreakingnews.com/templates/birdflu/window.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcbs2chicago.com%2Fhealth%2Flocal_story_118122634.html
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 10:47am
One website with the latest information regarding mumps is:
http://www.topix.net/health/mumps
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 11:23am
Sniffles-
Thanks for the mumps site. I did not have it.
I appreciate the way you get news so quickly and get it posted on this website.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 1:23pm
I heard there was a few mumps cases at the University of Illinois, in champaign, urbana.
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Posted By: NawtyBits
Date Posted: April 28 2006 at 3:52pm
Had our first mumps case reported today at the University of Minnesota Duluth.....they are saying it is isolated....
nawty
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Posted By: Lutosh
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 7:32am
The Arkansas Department of Health has confirmed the first case of mumps in White County. The department also said that a second case was being investigated in Clark County. "We really haven't seen much in the way of mumps at least in the last 20 years,” said Dr. Nate Smith, Director of Infectious Disease at the Department of Health. “This is a little bit surprising, although we do know there is certain failure rate for the vaccine." But the department said that there was no reason to link these cases to the Iowa mumps outbreak. "We are watching carefully because all of our states are interconnected in one way or another and what's happening in one part of the U.S. certainly can come to Arkansas," Dr Smith confirmed. Mumps has returned with a vengeance in the US this year with more than 1,120 confirmed cases in Iowa as of Monday. The CDC believe that the disease was linked to a couple of travelers who had arrived recently from Great Britain, but this has not been confirmed. Federal health officials say this is the country's largest outbreak in the last two decades. Mumps is a viral infection that spreads rapidly from person to person. Some of the common symptoms of the disease include, fever, body ache and swellings under the jaw
.http:// http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?id=5943&lang=eng - hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/woalert_read.php?id=5943&lang=eng
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 7:59am
Lutosh, NawtyBits, and Ruth-
Thanks for the update. We have put them on the map. We are also marking the Interstate Highways on the map to track anticipated spread from the Interstates.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Lutosh
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 8:09am
JaxMax, are you posting this map anywhere?
Thanks-Lutosh
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 12:37pm
I just heard this morning that there is university student at UW Madison who is positive for mumps. The bad thing is that this student was living in the dorms......
State's Confirmed Mumps Cases Jump To 50
Now 7 Cases In Dane County
POSTED: 7:34 pm CDT April 28, 2006
MADISON, Wis. -- The state has confirmed 14 more cases of mumps on Friday, bringing the total to 50.
Dane County cases went up by two for a total of seven. To try to prevent a larger outbreak, public health officials are organizing outreach efforts to the Latino and Hmong communities.
They include health messages that will air over the Spanish-speaking radio station La Movida. City public health officials also plan to mail letters to all county-licensed child-care providers.
A draft of the letter "encourages them either to get two MMR vaccines, or results from a blood test showing they had mumps as a child." A blood test can show immunity to mumps.
"[A blood test] would be an option. Probably the easiest option would be to just get a dose of the vaccine. Because either way you're getting a needle stick," said Laura Berger, a registered public health nurse at the Harmabee clinic.
Local health officials are advising babies get their first shot at 12 to 15 months -- then another at age 4 to 6 years old.
The viral infection usually isn't serious, but can lead to meningitis or even encephalitis, a swelling of the brain.
Local parents are taking advantage of some free clinics to help vaccinate their children against the mumps, WISC-TV reported.
Workers at a free immunization clinic at the south Madison Health & Family Center said demand for the vaccine has increased.
The south Madison clinic offers another round of free vaccinations 1 to 4 p.m. next Monday and Tuesday.
The outbreak started in Iowa and many of the mumps cases there involve people who've been vaccinated. But public nurses said it's still clear the vaccine offers great protection.
For free clinic information you can call the City Public Health Department at (608) 246-4516.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 12:41pm
Lutosh-
No, its in progress.
I am not sophisticated in computer graphics, I just learned how to cut and paste hyperlinks because I normally only use the net to read the Wall Street Journal etc, but our firm has an IT Department who is preparing a daily map with the same type graphics as the H5N1 simulation.
I told them to make it simple enough I could update the maps myself because I know what I want.
I will post stills of the latest maps soon.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 29 2006 at 7:32pm
Mumps reported in Lancaster County PA. It's a high school student - poor kid!
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 10:49am
more cases in SD
http://www.state.sd.us/doh/Mumps/index.htm - http://www.state.sd.us/doh/Mumps/index.htm
Mumps Surveillance Note: Surveillance numbers will be updated every Tuesday and Friday afternoon.
As of April 28, 2006, the Department of Health reported the following mumps case numbers:
Confirmed cases (clinical symptoms plus lab verification or epi link to confirmed case)
3 - Lake, Pennington, Tripp Counties
Probable cases (clinical symptoms with no lab verification)
3 - Minnehaha, Walworth Counties
Suspect cases (clinical symptoms with lab testing in process)
21- Charles Mix, Clay, Codington, Davison, Hughes, McCook, Minnehaha, Lincoln, Potter, Roberts, Sully, Turner, Walworth Counties
Breakdown of cases (confirmed, probable & suspect cases)
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48% male, 52% female |
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95% white, 5% Native American |
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age range 6-78 years old (median age 21) |
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31% of cases in 19-25 year age group |
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92% have had swelling of the salivary glands (parotitis) |
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56% have had at least 1 MMR |
News
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4/26/2006 - http://www.state.sd.us/news/showDoc.aspx?i=7285 - SD reports second mumps case |
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4/21/2006 - http://www.state.sd.us/news/showDoc.aspx?i=7273 - SD reports mumps case |
Information
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South Dakota Department of Health
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http://www.state.sd.us/doh/Pubs/mumps.htm - Health Mumps Fact Sheet |
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http://www.state.sd.us/doh/Mumps/MMRscreening.pdf - Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccination Status Screening Form | |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps/default.htm - Mumps information site |
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http://www.cdc.gov/nip/diseases/mumps/mumps-faqs.htm - Mumps Questions and Answers |
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http://www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/VIS/vis-mmr.pdf - Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine Information Sheet | |
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 10:53am
aurora-
Thanks for the update.
Any word on if the victim was Amish?
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 10:55am
Mumps continues to spread in Iowa
http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail2820.cfm?Id=0,47688 - http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail2820.cfm?Id=0,47688
Just as health officials in Iowa were announcing their 1,273rd case of the mumps there, county health workers in Sioux Center, Iowa were swabbing and sticking arms at Dordt College as part of the state's vaccination push.
Doctors in Iowa are diagnosing about 50 new cases every day and the outbreak--the worst in 20 years--has spread well outside the state's borders. Today, Iowa health officials opened up the guidelines for who can get those shots, from 18 - 22 year-olds to 18 - 25 year-olds. They are hoping to vaccinate as many students as possible before sending them home for summer. But students aren't the only ones interested in the shots. Nancy Dykstra, director of the Community Health Partners of Sioux County explains, "We've seen a couple of adults as well, who are employees on the campus and are concerned that their vaccination history may not be complete and also want the vaccine."
The some good news in all of this in that at this point health officials in Iowa say they're cautiously optimistic that the number of cases of mumps there appears to be on the decline.
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 10:55am
wenmalon-
Thanks for the post.
You have to wonder how long it takes to verify the 21 "suspected mumps" spread all over the state.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 12:36pm
JaxMax,
I thought the same thing. My husband and I have been sick for the last three days. Stiff joints, cough, fever, no swollen neck though. He had the mumps when he was a boy, I had two shots, many moons ago. My daughter had a cough, congestion and fever too. She's 7 and had her 2nd MMR when she started kindergarten.
A person wonders if they are just getting a "Lite...Less Filling...but doesn't taste great version of it." Because of the having it as an illness, or being immunized. Or if it's just another bug.
I am guessing the verified would be when their necks get swollen??? Shoot by that time.........it's too late. More people have been exposed.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 12:41pm
Here is a link, it's a pdf and couldn't copy and paste it in here.
But according to all of the charts and graphics, there is 283 "suspected" cases in Iowa.
http://www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/common/pdf/mumps/mumps_update_042706.pdf - http://www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/common/pdf/mumps/mumps_update_042706.pdf
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 12:44pm
Here is what I found on Nebraska's department of health website:
http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/epi/mumps/ - http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/epi/mumps/
As of April 26, 2006, Nebraska health care providers reported 196 confirmed, probable, and suspected mumps cases in 39 counties to HHSS and local health departments.
Total Cases: 196
Total Counties: 39
Case Breakdown:
- Confirmed 43
- Probable 129
- Suspect 24
***Confirmed and probable cases both have classic symptoms of mumps. Cases are confirmed if a person has classic symptoms and was either exposed to mumps or has a positive lab test. Probable cases have the classic symptoms only. In an outbreak situation, probable cases are considered real cases whether confirmed or not. |
Basics
- http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/epi/mumps/#FAQs - FAQ's http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/epi/mumps/docs/FactSheet.pdf - Printer-Friendly Sheet
http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/epi/mumps/docs/FactSheetSpanish.pdf - En Español
- http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/epi/mumps/docs/Mumps-Vaccine-History.pdf - Mumps Vaccine History/Requirements
- http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/newsroom - Current News Releases
Maps / Graphs - 04/27/2006 03:04:06 PM
- http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/epi/mumps/docs/MumpsCounties.pdf - Cases by County
- http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/epi/mumps/docs/epicurve.pdf - Onset of Symptoms Date and Age
http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/epi/mumps/physicians.htm - Physician Information (includes NPHL Requisition) |
The numbers are subject to change as the cases are being investigated. Any suspected case of mumps should be reported to the http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/lhd/map.pdf - local health department .
The Iowa Department of Public Health reports over 1,000 cases of mumps so far this year. Officials say many people with mumps in Nebraska had connections to Iowa. |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 12:47pm
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/mumps/mumpsmap06.pdf -
According to Minnesota Dept. of Health they have 8 cases thus far:
Here is the link.
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/diseases/mumps/mumpsmap06.pdf
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 5:40pm
JaxMax,
I don't know if you have this already, but just in case. It's for your map. While researching mumps in VA where we are,I came across this:
Friday, April, 28,
Several mumps cases confirmed in West Virginia
By Sarah Zopfi
The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON — The mumps, which is experiencing its biggest outbreak in decades, has been reported in West Virginia. However, there is no need for immediate alarm in Huntington, according to Cabell-Huntington Health Department director Dr. Harry Tweel.
Although the number of cases in West Virginia don’t come close to the outbreak in Iowa, where more than 1,000 cases have been confirmed, one case was reported in Monongalia County this week and two are under review in Marion County.
Full article
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060428/NEWS/60428005
Somewhere else I read they thought it so unusual it had been found in West Va, because of its remoteness. They thought it wasn't related to the airline case (could be down playing and denying it, but they would try and trace it).
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 5:45pm
grace-
Thanks for the post on West Virginia.No place is isolated if there is an Interstate Highway running through the state.
I am amazed how quickly now we are getting new states.
A key item will be whether the CDC vaccinates the college students before they leave college.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: JaxMax
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 5:47pm
wenmalon-
Thanks for the posts, please let us know if your family is diagnosed with the mumps. I had not thought of a less potent permutation but that certainly makes sense.
------------- He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 13:20, The Bible
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 30 2006 at 5:59pm
Are you compiling a list or mapping the mumps cases?
It would be interesting to see your results..Imagine how a virus would spread if no one was vaccinated. Scary.....
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 01 2006 at 5:35am
I do believe that I just heard, on the radio, this morning that it is in the NJ-PA area. I'll check and see what I can find on the net. -k
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 01 2006 at 5:40am
Mumps case confirmed at Pa. high school
By The Associated Press
LANCASTER -- A high school student who also attends classes at an area vocational school has contracted the mumps, according to school officials.
The student's diagnosis was confirmed Friday by the state Department of Health, according to a letter sent home to parents from Manheim Township High School principal David Hanna.
The student, whose identity was not disclosed, has no siblings in the district, so the Department of Health has advised school officials that the virus is likely well contained, said district spokeswoman Lori Zimmerman.
However, the student also attends classes at Lancaster County Career and Technology Center, which was notified of the diagnosis, Zimmerman said.
Last week, Franklin & Marshall College disclosed that two of its students were recovering from mumps and four others suspected of having the ailment were on the mend.
The Pennsylvania cases are part of the nation's biggest outbreak of mumps in decades.
Iowa is at the center of the epidemic in the Midwest. No deaths have been reported and there have been few hospitalizations. As of this week, the state had 1,120 probable, confirmed or suspected cases of the disease. Cases have been reported in at least seven other states as well.
Richard McGarvey of the state Department of Health said up to 10 cases of mumps are confirmed in Pennsylvania each year.
Nearly all of the students at Manheim Township High School have been vaccinated against the mumps, according to Hanna's letter, but the inoculation is only 90 percent effective.
Mumps is a virus spread by coughing and sneezing. The most common symptoms are fever, headache and swollen salivary glands under the jaw. It can lead to hearing loss, meningitis and testicular damage that can result in sterility.
http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2006/05/01/news/news30.txt - http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2006/05/01/news/news30.txt
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: May 01 2006 at 5:49am
April 22, 2006
Two cases of mumps confirmed in Lancaster County
3 suspect cases also reported. All are students at Franklin and Marshall College. By Ann Wlazelek Of The Morning Call
In the midst of a major outbreak of mumps spreading from Iowa to neighboring states, Pennsylvania health officials on Friday reported the state's first two confirmed cases and three more suspect cases, all in Lancaster County.
''All are college-age students,'' like most of the cases in the Midwest, said Richard McGarvey, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Health. But so far, he added, ''there's no apparent link to Iowa.''
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Mumps is a generally benign viral infection in children that causes fever, body aches and saliva glands in the cheeks and under the jaw to swell. On rare occasions, it can cause serious brain injury and sterility.
The illness can be prevented by vaccine, recommended in two doses, once at 15 months and again at the start of kindergarten. Populations become vulnerable when individuals are not immunized, do not receive both doses, or do not respond to the vaccine. About 10 percent of Americans will not develop antibodies to the virus, even after receiving two shots.
The two confirmed cases were students at Franklin and Marshall College who say they believe they received both doses as children, McGarvey said. However, department officials on Friday were awaiting confirmation through medical records. The college requires both vaccines upon admission.
None of the cases were within the Amish or Mennonite communities, largely unimmunized populations, he added.
The students came down with viral illnesses in March but were only recently subjected to blood tests when a physician got suspicious after reading of mumps outbreaks in other parts of the country.
Suspect cases, also students at Franklin and Marshall, occurred before and after the confirmed cases. But McGarvey said state and federal health officials are not yet recommending extraordinary measures, such as assessing immunization levels on college campuses and offering mass clinics to provide a second dose of the vaccine.
If all three suspect cases turn out to be positive for mumps, Pennsylvania will have reported more mumps in the first four months of 2006 than in either of the last two years.
The Health Department recorded four cases last year and in 2004 and seven in 2003, McGarvey said.
''We've never gone over 10 cases in one year in the past 20 years,'' he said. If another handful of cases is confirmed, recommendations could change.
Julie Gerberding, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday called the Midwestern outbreak the ''largest outbreak of mumps in this country in more than 20 years.'' More than 1,000 people from at least eight states, mostly ages 18-25, have contracted the illness, she said. At least 20 were admitted to hospitals. No one died.
The source of the outbreak is unknown. However, the mumps strain has been identified as genotype G, the same genotype responsible for a continuing outbreak in the United Kingdom that has sickened 100,000 people, mostly unvaccinated young adults.
Gerberding said there should be sufficient vaccine for those who need to get a second dose. Also, mumps vaccine maker Merck has donated 25,000 doses to help protect the uninfected.
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