Arizona Health Officials: ICE Prison Workers Refusing Measles Vaccine
From fronterasdeck.com
As of Saturday, health officials have discovered 22 measles cases in Arizona since late May. But they say it's federal employees from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) working at the detention center refusing to be vaccinated or to show they were already immunized against the potentially deadly disease that are fueling the virus. And now, health officials believe staff are exposing their own family members to the virus.
It started May 24 when Pinal County health department Director Thomas Schryer got the call — there was a measles case reported at the Eloy Detention Center.
"An individual showed up to the emergency room at Banner Desert and identified themselves as having a rash and symptoms consistent with measles," he recalled.
That person was a contract employee at the detention center. Within two days, health workers were reporting possible exposure at a casino and at a convenience store in Casa Grande.
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