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The Caribbean nation of St. Lucia has quarantined a cruise ship on the island after identifying a confirmed case of measles on board, a health official said.

Passengers and crew aboard the large ship were not permitted to leave, Dr. Merlene Fredericks-James, the nation’s chief medical officer, said on Tuesday. The highly infectious disease, which can be prevented by a common vaccination, is in the midst of its largest outbreak in a quarter centuryin the United States, with more than 700 cases reported.

“Because of the risk of potential infection, not just from the confirmed measles case but from other persons who may be on the boat at the time, we thought it prudent to make a decision not to allow anyone to disembark,” she said in a statement.

Dr. Fredericks-James did not name the ship. But Victor Theodore, a St. Lucia Coast Guard sergeant, told NBC News it was identified as “Freewinds,” which is reportedly owned and operated by the Church of Scientology.

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weed

these bitches gonna spread measles throughout the world what is you doing

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David Ward

Stupid question, but since I have all my vaccinations,  and if I was on the cruise, would I not be affected by the outbreak? Like, will i not get measles? 

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12 minutes ago, David Ward said:

Stupid question, but since I have all my vaccinations,  and if I was on the cruise, would I not be affected by the outbreak? Like, will i not get measles? 

You should be fine. Unless some new strain was making the rounds that was resistant to the vaccination.  :messga:

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34 minutes ago, neptugne said:

these bitches gonna spread measles throughout the world what is you doing

Yea, imagine if this gets to places where the vaccine isn't so commonly given out.

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Just now, ZacharyMark said:

Yea, imagine if this gets to places where the vaccine isn't so commonly given out.

They’re like bees. They fly to areas with known outbreaks, acquire the virus, and then take it to more locations.  :messga:

 

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SharkmanthaC

Vaccinate your children and yourself if you haven't had it before.  This is just ridiculous.  We can completely do away, almost, with a disease with a vaccination that is free most places.  People won't vaccinate because they want to be misinformed about the realities of vaccinations.

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CAN WE HAVE A GLOBAL LAW ON VACCINES. LIKE EVERYONE SHOULD HVE THEM

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LOVEDRUG

SCIENTOLOGY?

Makes sense

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JazzGa

No one should let the scientology ship into port :green: The reason why they have a ship is so they can sail people out to international waters so they can brainwash/torture them without federal ramifications

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Morphine Prince

This cult is gonna spread it everywhere smh

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On 5/2/2019 at 1:11 PM, David Ward said:

Stupid question, but since I have all my vaccinations,  and if I was on the cruise, would I not be affected by the outbreak? Like, will i not get measles? 

Vaccines are not 100% effective but it would be unlikely you would contract the disease.

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On 5/2/2019 at 2:57 PM, SamanthaC said:

Vaccinate your children and yourself if you haven't had it before.  This is just ridiculous.  We can completely do away, almost, with a disease with a vaccination that is free most places.  People won't vaccinate because they want to be misinformed about the realities of vaccinations.

I mean vaccinations do seem to have their cons. It's not all misinformation

 

But there's a lot of desieses that just aren't worth risking tho

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PunkTheFunk

People who don't vaccinate their kids without a good reason should go to jail. End of story.

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