Health expert says Denton County measles case could be tip of the iceberg | NBCDFW
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[{'start': '1.120', 'end': '4.880', 'text': "I was fortunate. I'd lived through it."}, {'start': '2.879', 'end': '7.200', 'text': 'Uh here I am a pediatrician in Dallas,'}, {'start': '4.880', 'end': '9.760', 'text': "Texas right now. So yes, I've seen it."}, {'start': '7.200', 'end': '12.240', 'text': 'Um I had it. Dr. Albert Kum says he'}, {'start': '9.760', 'end': '13.759', 'text': 'contracted the measles as a kid in 1957'}, {'start': '12.240', 'end': '15.759', 'text': 'while growing up in a rural farm in'}, {'start': '13.759', 'end': '17.840', 'text': 'southern Louisiana. He remembers feeling'}, {'start': '15.759', 'end': '20.000', 'text': 'miserable and the rash on his body. And'}, {'start': '17.840', 'end': '21.840', 'text': 'I asked my mother, I said, "Mom, uh was'}, {'start': '20.000', 'end': '24.800', 'text': 'I very sick?" She goes, "Al, you were'}, {'start': '21.840', 'end': '26.160', 'text': 'very sick and we thought you might die."'}, {'start': '24.800', 'end': '27.840', 'text': "It's an experience he doesn't want"}, {'start': '26.160', 'end': '29.439', 'text': 'anyone else to go through, but is'}, {'start': '27.840', 'end': '32.239', 'text': 'worried more people will be able to'}, {'start': '29.439', 'end': '34.640', 'text': 'relate how uh preventable this disease'}, {'start': '32.239', 'end': '36.640', 'text': 'really is and we really should not be in'}, {'start': '34.640', 'end': '39.440', 'text': 'this situation in the first place. The'}, {'start': '36.640', 'end': '41.440', 'text': 'state has reported 663 measel cases'}, {'start': '39.440', 'end': '43.520', 'text': 'since January, majorities from the'}, {'start': '41.440', 'end': '46.160', 'text': 'outbreak in West Texas, but there have'}, {'start': '43.520', 'end': '47.600', 'text': 'been other cases, including a DFW. This'}, {'start': '46.160', 'end': '49.760', 'text': 'week, Denton County Public Health'}, {'start': '47.600', 'end': '51.840', 'text': 'reported an adult tested positive for'}, {'start': '49.760', 'end': '53.920', 'text': 'the disease and had visited a Rangers'}, {'start': '51.840', 'end': '55.760', 'text': 'game, Texas Live, several restaurants,'}, {'start': '53.920', 'end': '58.559', 'text': 'shops, and attended church in the'}, {'start': '55.760', 'end': '60.399', 'text': 'weekend of April 19th while contagious.'}, {'start': '58.559', 'end': '62.559', 'text': "I'm not trying to be alarmist when I say"}, {'start': '60.399', 'end': '64.239', 'text': 'this. This is purely from a standpoint'}, {'start': '62.559', 'end': '66.240', 'text': 'of being a public health professional'}, {'start': '64.239', 'end': '68.880', 'text': 'who wants to get accurate information to'}, {'start': '66.240', 'end': '70.640', 'text': 'the public. We should be very alarmed'}, {'start': '68.880', 'end': '72.159', 'text': 'because Dr. Aaron Carlson is a clinical'}, {'start': '70.640', 'end': '73.760', 'text': 'professor at the University of Texas'}, {'start': '72.159', 'end': '75.920', 'text': "Arlington. She's an expert in"}, {'start': '73.760', 'end': '77.280', 'text': 'epidemiology and infectious disease.'}, {'start': '75.920', 'end': '79.360', 'text': "Carlson believes there's already"}, {'start': '77.280', 'end': '82.000', 'text': 'community spread. Since not everyone may'}, {'start': '79.360', 'end': '84.080', 'text': 'seek medical care, there is a concern'}, {'start': '82.000', 'end': '86.880', 'text': 'that perhaps we have what we call in'}, {'start': '84.080', 'end': '90.720', 'text': 'epidemiology the iceberg effect. That is'}, {'start': '86.880', 'end': '93.520', 'text': 'what is above the water. Um the cases we'}, {'start': '90.720', 'end': '95.360', 'text': 'are seeing um are only a small fraction'}, {'start': '93.520', 'end': '97.280', 'text': 'of what is really happening in the'}, {'start': '95.360', 'end': '99.280', 'text': 'community with regard to measles spread.'}, {'start': '97.280', 'end': '100.960', 'text': 'The measles is highly contagious because'}, {'start': '99.280', 'end': '102.720', 'text': 'it spreads when people cough or sneeze'}, {'start': '100.960', 'end': '105.200', 'text': 'and can remain in the air for up to two'}, {'start': '102.720', 'end': '107.520', 'text': 'hours and someone could be contagious 2'}, {'start': '105.200', 'end': '109.360', 'text': "days before having symptoms. That's one"}, {'start': '107.520', 'end': '111.240', 'text': 'of the factors that makes it a'}, {'start': '109.360', 'end': '113.759', 'text': 'particularly difficult disease to'}, {'start': '111.240', 'end': '115.360', 'text': "contain. You don't get a lot of notice."}, {'start': '113.759', 'end': '117.360', 'text': "You've already been in the community by"}, {'start': '115.360', 'end': '119.200', 'text': "the time you're actually sick. We need"}, {'start': '117.360', 'end': '121.439', 'text': 'to get it out to the public that this'}, {'start': '119.200', 'end': '123.680', 'text': 'vaccine is extraordinarily safe. Please'}, {'start': '121.439', 'end': '125.040', 'text': 'immunize your child. And doctors say for'}, {'start': '123.680', 'end': '127.360', 'text': 'those who may have questions and'}, {'start': '125.040', 'end': '129.119', 'text': 'concerns about the MMR vaccine to'}, {'start': '127.360', 'end': '130.520', 'text': 'consult with their physician. Sophia'}, {'start': '129.119', 'end': '133.040', 'text': 'Bosle,'}, {'start': '130.520', 'end': '134.720', 'text': 'NBC5. It is unclear if this case is'}, {'start': '133.040', 'end': '136.640', 'text': 'linked to the outbreak in West Texas. We'}, {'start': '134.720', 'end': '139.120', 'text': 'have a list of all the places and times'}, {'start': '136.640', 'end': '141.800', 'text': 'the person with the confirmed case'}, {'start': '139.120', 'end': '145.280', 'text': 'visited. is there on the'}, {'start': '141.800', 'end': '145.280', 'text': 'NBCDFW.com homepage.'}]