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... She's hearing from people sick with the virus, as well as their caregivers, that "measles is so much worse than what they expected."

"A number of them clearly said if they had known, they would have vaccinated themselves and their children against measles, but they didn't realize how bad it was," Nolen said.

As of Friday, Utah had 358 cases in the outbreak, which began last June. It wasn't until August, however, that the outbreak took off.

Most cases have been concentrated in the southwestern part of the state, linked specifically to a tight-knit community that borders Arizona. It's largely composed of mostly former members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a sect of the Mormon church.

The outbreak has since expanded north to areas in and around Salt Lake City, particularly following large school athletic events.

This week, the TriCounty Health Department, which encompasses three counties in the northeastern part of the state, reported five measles cases. All patients had been exposed at a state wrestling tournament that was held three weeks ago, Feb. 13-14. It can take 21 days to develop symptoms of measles after an exposure. ...

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Forgot to add, emphasis mine.

@#4 ... The disease that we have known about for over 1,000 years ...

Yeah.

That makes me wonder ... She's hearing from people sick with the virus, as well as their caregivers, that "measles is so much worse than what they expected."

Why was it "so much worse than they expected?" Where were the getting their medical information about measles?

@#5 ... never had the mumps ...

I had the mumps when I was in my late 20's.

When I received my childhood vaccines, mumps was not yet included.

So, in my late 20's I got the mumps from a neighborhood kid when I attended heir family BBQ.

Fortunately, my testes remained good during that episode. I was fortunate.

But wow, having to call in sick for work because, "I have the mumps."

I will say, that was an interesting conversation I had with my manager.

I distinctly remember his closing comment of the conversation ... stay home. We don't want what you have. So just stay home, you will be paid. Just stay home until you have recovered.

@#11 ... Not this time. ...

My current situation ....

I visited my PCP (primary care provider) medical person.

I was informed that I may have an issue.

So I was referred to a specialist.

I was also told that it may be a couple of weeks before I hear back from that specialist because the specialist needs to get insurance company approval before they will see me.

Healthcare for profit. Ya gotta love it. /s