California public health officials are warning moviegoers who went to see 'Avengers: Endgame' and other films at an Orange County movie theater last Thursday that they may have been exposed to measles by a woman in the audience
California public health officials are warning moviegoers who went to see"Avengers: Endgame" and other films at an Orange County movie theater last Thursday that they may have been exposed to measles by a woman in the audience.
The woman attended a midnight screening of the"Avengers" blockbuster at the AMC Dine-In Fullerton 20 on Thursday from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m, the Orange County Health Care Agency said.Mother of measles-stricken infant: Our community 'failed us'Everyone who was in the building may have been exposed, not just at that particular screening room, the agency said.
Measles cases in the United States have surpassed the highest number on record since the disease was declared eliminated nationwide in 2000. Many of the cases have been in strongholds of vaccine-wary parents, swayed by anti-vax misinformation and distrust of authorities. There have been 38 reported cases of measles in 11 California counties, according to the website of the California Department of Public Health. A total of 14 cases have been people who traveled internationally.
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