claim: "if someone is in a room that has measles and leaves and you walk in two hours later, you could get measles from that person."
author: elizabeth cohen
evidence_1: need to do if you have been told that you have been exposed to measles. ... room  with someone who has measles or by being there up to 2 hours after the person  ... approximately 90 percent of susceptible people will get measles if they are ....  does the quarantined person need to wear a mask when leaving the house?
evidence_2: feb 19, 2015 ... a person with measles can cough in a room, leave, and — if you are ... they  probably lived to tell about it, but they may have had friends who didn't. ... several  days after these initial symptoms, an uncomfortable spotty, rash begins ... in  uncomplicated cases, people who get measles start to recover as soon ...
evidence_3: mar 3, 2017 ... infected people can spread measles to others from four days before through four  ... also, measles virus can live for up to two hours in an airspace where the  infected person ... then touch their eyes, noses, or mouths, they can become  infected. measles is so contagious that if one person has it, 90% of the ...
evidence_4: if members of your family have the measles, you'll see an unpleasant rash  develop all over their bodies. ... plus, any room an infected person enters stays  contaminated and is itself contagious for two hours after they leave. ... (you're  contagious four days before the rash appears, too, but most people aren't aware  they have ...
evidence_5: anyone can get measles if they haven't been vaccinated or haven't had it ... the  initial symptoms of measles develop around 10 days after you're infected. ... a  few days later, a red-brown blotchy rash will appear. ... you should also see your  gp if you have been in close contact with someone who has measles and haven't :.