State officials fighting measles outbreaks threaten to use rare ban to keep U.S. patients from boarding airplanes
In this Feb. 6, 2015 photo, a flyer educating parents about measles is displayed on a bulletin board at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif. By Lena H. Sun Lena H. Sun National reporter focusing on health Email Bio Follow May 23 at 6:01 PM Health officials in five states have warned people believed to be infected with measles and planning to travel that they could prevent them from getting on planes.
Health officials emphasize that vaccination is the best and most effective way to protect against measles, and that the majority of people with infectious, communicable diseases, like measles, listen to doctors’ advice not to travel. “We have worked with passengers to minimize the inconvenience of travel disruptions in order to protect the health of New Yorkers and other travelers,” spokesman Peter Gallahue said in statement this week. “People have been very cooperative.”
The majority of measles cases in the United States originated from unvaccinated U.S. residents returning from places where large outbreaks are occurring, including Israel, Ukraine and the Philippines.
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