A possible exposure of the contamination of the deadly and contagious virus called measles was announced on Thursday February 13,2014. The warning was given to a BART service attendant from the health officials of the CDC. The BART is a very popular trail service that many Americans use in San Francisco to travel through the Eastern Bay and San Mateo County area. They were notified that the person contaminated was thought to be a student from the University of Berkeley who rode the BART from February 4th through the 7th. This indicates that anyone around the student during this time period could have been exposed, if not infected. Apparently this student caught measles from their recent trip to Asia and in result of this, could have been infected by the measles virus.
Measles is a dangerous virus because it infects the respiratory system. Studies show that about 90% of the people who have had contact with an infected person will get measles. Even if you are standing within the same vicinity as the person. can result in an infection. After two or three weeks of having been exposed, the symptoms such as fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes, and an extreme rash all throughout the body start to show.
Since this is a virus, there is not a specific treatment for this infection but, there are other methods to reduce the harm of the virus such as the MMR vaccine. This infection, if not treated, correctly could lead to ear infections, pneumonia or encephalitis. There are other methods to help relieve the effects like antibiotics for the ear infection. “In the University of Berkeley, 300 immunizations of the MMR vaccine were given to the students who have not been vaccinated” (thinkprogress.org). The situation is still being monitored by officials and recommend that anyone who has the synonyms should report them.