Measles and hospitalization data - Dr Susan Jack's acorn
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Health New Zealand,
There is an article online here about measles https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/nation...
The articles quotes a Health NZ expert Dr Susan Jack. I will copy and paste:
"Health NZ NPHS protection clinical director Dr Susan Jack said it can affect adults as well as children and babies.
Measles symptoms usually start within 10 to 14 days after the initial exposure to the virus.
...
One out of three people with measles will be sick enough to need hospital care."
Would you please share the notifiable disease data that shows one out of three people with measles have been in hospital care?
Yours faithfully,
Erika Whittome
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