Measles in Wales

[NewMama08]

Have you guys seen about the measles cases in Wales?

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wa...1466-23667131/

The article mentions the prior outbreak in Ireland - 1000 cases, 2 deaths, and a "number of children who were severly disabled aftewards". Does anyone know where to find more details on the deaths and disabilities from that outbreak?

[carriebft]

http://journals.lww.com/pidj/Abstrac...n,_2000.2.aspx

they may be talking about the 7 who were in ICU...perhaps they have complications from whatever complications they had-- so encephilitis or whatever lead to lifelong problems

[MadameXCupcake]

Dr Marion Lyons, lead consultant in communicable disease control at the National Public Health Service for Wales, said: “A death is always a possibility – there is a mortality rate associated with measles.

Uh, Doctor everything has some sort of mortality rate.

[SunshineJ]

Originally Posted by MadameXCupcake

Uh, Doctor everything has some sort of mortality rate.

Yeah, last I heard "life" was a fatal condition by default!