OCHD: New possible Measles cases under investigation; Outbreak end date not before mid January

The Ocean County Health Department today announced they are investigation new potential Measles cases.

  • There are now 19 confirmed measles cases.
  • There are now 5 cases under investigation.
  • The measles outbreak is presently defined by a rash onset date of October 17, 2018 through November 25, 2018.
  • The measles outbreak continues until at least 42 days after the last known infection. The last rash onset date is November 25, 2018 and 4 days of infection ended on November 29, 2018. Therefore, at present, at least 42 days must elapse from the date of November 29, 2018 prior to consideration of an end to the measles outbreak.
  • Vaccination is encouraged and those children involved with exposure to a confirmed case may be subject to an order of exclusion, if unvaccinated.
  • The Ocean County Health Department continues to support and highly encourage the exclusion of non-vaccinated children from schools, preschools and daycares in the outbreak area. These entities have the authority to make that decision when an outbreak has been declared by the New Jersey Department of Health. The age range so far for the current outbreak is 6 months to 59 years old.
  • People are reminded to check their immunization records and if there is any sign of symptoms to contact your healthcare provider prior to showing up at that provider’s office so that appropriate arrangements can be made for examination or treatment.
  • The potential for spreading infection exists four days prior and four days after a measles rash onset.
  • People can become ill from measles from 5 to 21 days after being exposed to the virus.
  • Measles-like symptoms include fever, rash, runny nose, cough, loss of appetite and pink eye.
  • Measles can spread through coughing and sneezing and can live on surfaces and in the air for up to two hours.
  • 30% of measles cases involve additional serious health complications.
  • The Ocean County Health Department continues to communicate and coordinate daily with the State of New Jersey Department of Health and other healthcare providers in response to the measles outbreak.
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6 COMMENTS

  1. These numbers do not include the non-vaxing families that specifically exposed there children so that they would get the measles and then test positive for antibodies so they could go back to school. I was told (by someone who did this) that over 100 children in Lakewood were expose to the measles purposely and were then quarantined by their parents. I hope every one of those parents was as careful with the quarantine as they should have been, but I highly doubt it, which means many people were unknowingly exposed to measles in the last couple of months and the health department knows nothing about it.

    • What’s the point of adding those numbers? To make is SEEM like a bigger outbreak than it is?

      According to above, last case was Nov 25. Which was not even in Lakewood.

      Obviously, the parents that exposed their children quarantined them well, as there have been no new cases in over 3 weeks.

    • There have been no new cases reported since Nov 25. Why not take the kids back in?

      P.S. Just curious, but do you know if the janitors in these schools have been vaccinated? Or anyone else that comes in to do work? Or for that matter, the older people in the administration, may not have been vaccinated or may no longer be vaccinated.

      Not vaccinated does not equal contagious!

      As a side note, google explainlife.com. There is an article from Nov 14 titled, “Trump Lays Groundwork to Ban Mandatory Vaccinations Across U.S.”. What will you do if that happens? Crawl under a rock & live their the rest of your life?

      • Why not let them in?
        All those teachers who are nervous because they’re expecting but not immune are as much of a threat as the unvaccinated kids. Which is very close to zero, considering that there hasn’t been a case in over three weeks now.
        If you worship vaccine compliance, it makes sense to put sanctions on these families.
        If you believe in the value of school and education, you make a realistic call about the negligible threat these kids pose, and you let them back in for everyone’s good.

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