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MARTHA NUNEZ Staff writer Just when we thought the measles were wiped out in the United States for good, an infection at Disneyland in December started the largest outbreak since 1996. Now, with summer travel right around the corner, health officials are encouraging students, staff and faculty to get vaccinated before they leave the country, saying it’s the key to stopping measles
outbreaks. More than 600 cases were reported in the United States last year, with California and New York being hit the hardest. The virus has spread quickly across 17 different states including the District of Columbia. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), from Jan. 1 to March 27, 178 people were reported to have measles. The spread of the virus was linked to the “happiest place
on earth,” making California the leading state with 120 people infected. So how is this virus spreading so quickly? This contagious virus can be easily spread through sneezing and coughing, and the virus itself can live for up to two hours in the air where an infected person has coughed. The home of the virus is mucus from the nose and throat, so if anyone comes in contact with the infected space within those
two hours and touch their nose, mouth or eyes they could be infected. “Especially, if you’re in an enclosed environment and then you walk into a room with somebody who has measles, they are contagious before they break out with the rash,” Ohlone Student Health Director Sally Bratton said. The measles virus incubates from seven to 14 days, and is followed by a rash that spreads throughout the
body. The infected person is contagious from four days before and up to four days after the rash has spread, “The respiratory droplets stay there for two hours, so the patient can be long gone but the virus is still in the environment,” Bratton said. Some of the typical beginning symptoms include high fever, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes. “Measles was pretty much Continued on Page 2
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Counselor Maria Ramirez tried to find the root of the problems of lost Latin history in a presentation Tuesday at the Smith Center on the Fremont campus. Ramirez’s presentation, “Chicana Herstory,” introduced three characters from different stages in life to help explain why Latin history has been lost, and how regaining it could potentially stop some of the violence that exists today,
such as racism, gangs and hate crimes. She began by talking about the Meshika Indian people, who were then changed into the Mexican people by European conquistadors. The methods that migrant Europeans brought into the land of the Meshika people and many other countries were invasive and destructive, Ramirez said. She explained how American history embellishes Christopher Columbus as the man who found this land, removing the
importance of the Meshika and other people who were already present. The conquistadors’ need for gold and power led them to destroy the homes of the people who worked hard to preserve and live off of the land. “The Aztecs and Mayans foresaw the long suffering that would arrive from the white men, calling it the nine hells,” Ramirez said, playing the character of an old, wise woman. She explained the conContinued on Page 3
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