So we think that we are protected in our little community against rare diseases, but no, this is not the case. Here is the article I copied from 2 news.
"Ten cases of whooping cough have been confirmed in Washington County.
Lisa Starr, a nurse with the Southwest Utah Public Health Department, says all of the cases are in Hurricane Valley and involve children and adults in an extended family.
Washington County School District officials say once they were told about the cases, they notified parents and contacted the small percentage of students who haven't been immunized for the illness.
Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a contagious respiratory illness caused by bacteria and often spread through sneezing and coughing.
Children can be susceptible to complications such as pneumonia and brain inflammation."
Now get this
The place they are talking about is our little elementary school here in La Verkin. A friend of mine has children that are not immunized and she was told that her kids had to be pulled out of school for at least a month.
And as time goes on, I'm finding more and more kids being taken out of our school either by parent choice (dont want to take any chances) or because they are not immunized. Now an interesting fact I got from the secretary of our little school, we have a higher amount of non-immunized kids than a city school. Hmm.... makes you wonder.
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Are you sure you don't want to move back to Salt Lake?
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