California Hepatitis A Outbreak on Verge of Statewide Epidemic

[Geaux4it]

Another example of how crappy the state is. A total cesspool

-Geaux
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The California hepatitis A outbreak is on the verge of reaching statewide epidemic status, as cases have spread through homeless tent cities from San Diego north to Sacramento.
California health officials have reported that at least 569 people have been infected with the hepatitis A liver disease and 17 have died since a San Diego County outbreak was first identified in November. Cases have migrated north to homeless populations in Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Francisco and Sacramento over the last 11 months.

Although local and state authorities have tried to underplay the risks and severity of the outbreak, the most recent annual totals for cases of hepatitis A in the United States was 1,390 in 2015, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). California only reported 179 cases during the same year.

The highly-contagious hepatitis A outbreak may have taken root because of the City of San Diego’s efforts in the run-up to Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game held at Petco Park in July 2016 to push the homeless, and the rampant drug and prostitution trade among them, out of the downtown tourist venues. Those effort included locking public bathrooms and essentially relocating the homeless to the congested tent city encampments that stretch for blocks east of downtown near freeway onramps.


Another explanation may be the city’s decision to ban plastic bags, which deprived homeless people of an alternative means of disposing of human waste when bathrooms were not available.

California Hepatitis A Outbreak on Verge of Statewide Epidemic - Breitbart

 

[Weatherman2020]

Another example of how crappy the state is. A total cesspool

-Geaux
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The California hepatitis A outbreak is on the verge of reaching statewide epidemic status, as cases have spread through homeless tent cities from San Diego north to Sacramento.
California health officials have reported that at least 569 people have been infected with the hepatitis A liver disease and 17 have died since a San Diego County outbreak was first identified in November. Cases have migrated north to homeless populations in Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Francisco and Sacramento over the last 11 months.

Although local and state authorities have tried to underplay the risks and severity of the outbreak, the most recent annual totals for cases of hepatitis A in the United States was 1,390 in 2015, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). California only reported 179 cases during the same year.

The highly-contagious hepatitis A outbreak may have taken root because of the City of San Diego’s efforts in the run-up to Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game held at Petco Park in July 2016 to push the homeless, and the rampant drug and prostitution trade among them, out of the downtown tourist venues. Those effort included locking public bathrooms and essentially relocating the homeless to the congested tent city encampments that stretch for blocks east of downtown near freeway onramps.


Another explanation may be the city’s decision to ban plastic bags, which deprived homeless people of an alternative means of disposing of human waste when bathrooms were not available.

California Hepatitis A Outbreak on Verge of Statewide Epidemic - Breitbart

Leftism in all of its glory.

Next up will be bubonic plague.

 

[pismoe]

GOOD for 'third world kalifornia' .

 

[Picaro]

The media won't report it but it's is probably yet another epidemic sweeping the homosexual 'community'. WHO issued the same warnings because of the summer 'Gay Pride' and homo convention schedules, which caused such outbreaks in Europe. The 'Gay Community' is also almost single handedly keeping diseases like syphilis alive in the U.S. as well as being the major carriers of antibiotic resistant staph infections and other wonderful 'community gifts'. Keep your kids away from them whenever possible, since the govt. isn't going to do anything but help the deviants spread their epidemics as quickly as possible.

 

[waltky]

Hepatitis A outbreak in California...

California gov. declares emergency in hepatitis A outbreak
Oct. 13, 2017 -- California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday declared a state of emergency to control a hepatitis A outbreak.

Last month, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency declared local outbreaks in September. The Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency began issuing health alerts about the virus in May.

A news release from Brown's office said the emergency proclamation authorizes the state's department of public health to purchase more hepatitis A vaccines and "distribute them to impacted communities."

California Gov. Jerry Brown said his proclamation authorizes the county health department to purchase more hepatitis A vaccines and distribute them to affected communities.​

Santa Cruz County has had at least 73 cases of the virus since April, San Diego County has had 490 cases and 18 deaths, and Los Angeles County has had 10 cases, eight of which were linked to outbreaks in the other two counties.

Hepatitis A is usually spread by mouth through contact with objects, food or drinks contaminated by the feces of an infected person. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says symptoms of the virus include fever, fatigue, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, dark urine, clay-colored bowel movements, joint pain and jaundice.

California gov. declares emergency in hepatitis A outbreak

 

[waltky]

Homeless community in L.A. hit by Hep A outbreak...

California Experiences Hepatitis A Outbreak
November 24, 2017 — The U.S. state of California is experiencing the largest person-to-person outbreak of hepatitis A in the United States since a vaccine to prevent the liver disease became available in 1996.

More than 600 cases have been reported in the state and 21 people have died. According to the California Department of Public Health, most of those infected are homeless or use drugs in places where sanitation has been a challenge. “There should be more hand-washing and bathrooms,” said a man who has been homeless for more than four years. Identifying himself only as J-el, he lives on Skid Row, an area in downtown Los Angeles known for its homeless population.

Far below UN standard

A recent study conducted by Skid Row advocates, organizations and residents found that the area fell short of U.N. refugee camp standards calling for one public toilet for every 20 people. According to the report, during daytime hours, with a street population of more than 3,600 people, Skid Row is as many as 164 toilets short of the U.N. standard. At night, the Skid Row population drops to about 1,700 people who live on the streets. The city of Los Angeles said there are only six public toilets in the downtown area that are open 24 hours a day.

A homeless man takes food from a trash can in Los Angeles' Skid Row area, home to the nation's largest concentration of homeless people, Oct. 28, 2017, in Los Angeles. California declared a statewide emergency because of a hepatitis A outbreak linked to homeless encampments. Comparisons are being made to conditions more commonly seen in Third World countries.​

Critics said illicit activities can occur, which is a reason why some public bathrooms are not open at night. “They (the city) don’t want to let you use the toilet so it’s a problem here, and it’s somewhat of a problem with us (homeless people) as people (be)cause we mess up the toilet some of us, mess up the toilet, and then ... but at the same time, the people who don’t, they get penalized and can’t use it. They got to end up using it out here some place,” said J-el referring to the side of the street as a place where many people who are homeless use as bathrooms.

Lying on a urine-stained sidewalk, two homeless drug addicts hallucinate in Los Angeles' Skid Row area, home to the nation's largest concentration of homeless people​

Unsanitary conditions can become a breeding ground for the hepatitis A virus, said Jeff Klausner, professor of medicine and public health at the University of California, Los Angeles. “Right now the outbreaks in San Diego and Los Angeles of hepatitis A is being spread by poor sanitation, person-to-person spread, and contaminated, unclean feces or inability for people to wash their hands,” Klausner said.

Enter Lava Mae

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California Declares Emergency to Fight Hepatitis A Outbreak
October 13, 2017 — California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday declared a state of emergency to combat a hepatitis A outbreak that has claimed 18 lives in San Diego.

Brown said the federally funded supply of vaccines is inadequate. His proclamation allows the state to buy vaccines directly from manufacturers and distribute them. The declaration “allows us to move very swiftly,” Dr. Gil Chavez, epidemiologist at the California Department of Public Health, told reporters. He said the state would place an order Monday or Tuesday and supplies would reach the state soon after. California has distributed 81,000 federally funded vaccine doses since the outbreak began and local jurisdictions have acquired more, but the supply is insufficient, Chavez said.

Largest outbreak since 1996

California is experiencing the largest hepatitis A outbreak in the United States transmitted from person to person, instead of by contaminated food, since the vaccine became available in 1996. The state says most of those affected are homeless, using drugs or both. There have been 576 cases throughout California, including 490 in San Diego County, 71 in Santa Cruz County and eight in Los Angeles County. Out of those, 386 people have been hospitalized, including 342 in San Diego, 33 in Santa Cruz and six in Los Angeles. No deaths have been reported outside San Diego County.

U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa on Friday called on the federal government to provide emergency funding to halt the spread of hepatitis A. He said the outbreak has brought statewide totals to three times the number of reported cases in 2015. “We cannot wait until more communities are infected and impacted before taking action,” the San Diego-area Republican wrote to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A message seeking comment from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wasn’t immediately returned.

Outbreak began in March

San Diego County reported an outbreak in March as it grapples with a growing homeless population. Santa Cruz County reported its first cases the following month, and San Diego and Los Angeles counties declared local health emergencies in September. The outbreak was caused by strains of the 1B genetic subtype, which is rare in the United States and more commonly found in the Mediterranean and South Africa. It is spread through contact with feces, putting people with inadequate access to sanitation at highest risk. In addition to vaccination, frequent handwashing is recommended.

California Declares Emergency to Fight Hepatitis A Outbreak

 

[DigitalDrifter]

They're bleaching the streets in San Diego. Looks like they need to take it statewide.

 

[Picaro]

Are gay men in the crosshairs of San Diego's hepatitis outbreak?

Fight Against Hepatitis A Stepped Up as Cases Surge Among Gay Men

Gay and bisexual men at higher risk of hepatitis A in L.A. County as outbreak grows

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... and and and on, across the U.S. and Europe. They know who starts these epidemics, and they refuse to take action to protect the public because of PC fascism and mindless indulgence of these sick freaks. Now they're trying to blame 'The Homeless' for it. They're complicit vermin in spreading these epidemics with their pet protected demographic.

 

[Picaro]

They're bleaching the streets in San Diego. Looks like they need to take it statewide.

They are covering up for the real source of these epidemics. It isn't coming from 'the streets'.

 

[Silhouette]

Yeah I heard about this outbreak. Spreading like wildfire from one end of CA to the other & all points in between. Spread by the poor hygiene that the homeless practice. Urine & feces where they congregate. Terrible situation.

 

[waltky]

San Diego Opens Giant Tent City for Homeless to Battle Hepatitis A Outbreak...

San Diego Opens Giant Tents for Homeless to Battle Hepatitis A Outbreak
December 01, 2017 - The U.S. city of San Diego has opened the first of three large tents that together will house 700 homeless people in an effort to contain an outbreak of hepatitis A that is being spread among the homeless population.

About 20 people made the tent their temporary home Friday. The first tent erected will house 350 single men and women. The other two tents, which will open later this month, will be for families and veterans. Bob McElroy of the Alpha Project, the nonprofit group that is operating the tent that opened Friday, said he expects the tent to be filled to capacity by the middle of next week.

Verna Vasbinder prepares her new bunk in the city's new Temporary Bridge Shelter for the homeless as her dog, Lucy Lui, looks on, Dec. 1, 2017, in San Diego. The first of three shelters opened Friday, which will eventually provide beds for up to 700 people, as the city struggles to control a homeless crisis gripping the region.​

City officials are using the tents as a way to get people off the streets where they have been living in such poor conditions that it has led to one of the worst outbreaks of hepatitis A in years. The disease, which is spread through feces, has left 20 people dead and sent hundreds to the hospital.

The new tents will provide a range of services to the homeless, including help with mental health issues, addiction and employment. The tent grounds also include portable showers and toilets. The tents are not the first of their kind in the city. Officials had previously erected two large tents as winter shelters but took them down two years ago and moved the residents to a local shelter.

San Diego Opens Giant Tents for Homeless to Battle Hepatitis A Outbreak