Measles in Indiana (SuperBowl this time. Not Jenny McCarthy)
From the AP Indiana is battling its second measles outbreak in two years, even though its vaccination rate exceeds the national average. Health officials say the cases, traced to a Super Bowl event, illustrate just how vulnerable the public is to exposure from sources at home and abroad. The 13 cases confirmed this month by state health officials have been confined to two counties, Boone and Hamilton. But all cases are linked to two infected people who visited the Super Bowl Village together on Feb. 3, prompting Indiana officials to reach out to health departments in New York and Massachusetts - home of the participating New England Patriots and New York Giants - for fear that the outbreak could spread across state lines. Now imagine if that prize idiot well-meaning crusader Jenny McCarthy had actually managed to convince everyone that Measles caused Autism, things could have been worse. Actually no, we don't need to imagine the what-if . There actually was an...