ANNE: THIS STATE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH IS NOW CONFIRMING THE
SECOND CASE OF MEASLES IN YORK
COUNTY AND IT TURNS OUT THE
PATIENT WAS A PHYSICIAN AT
WELLSPAN STONY BROOK HEALTH
CENTER.
THE DOCTOR IS NOW QUARANTINED
AND HER HOME.
SHE DOES -- AT HER HOME AND SHE
DECIDED TO COME FORWARD WITH HER
DIAGNOSIS AND RELEASE FOR AUDIO
MESSAGE, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO
GET VACCINATED.
DR. MCCABE SAYS SHE IS FULLY
VACCINATED BUT EXPLAINS THE
VACCINE IS 97% EFFECTIVE AND SHE
APPARENTLY IS AMONG THAT SMALL
PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO DID NOT
HAVE COMPLETE IMMUNITY.
>> TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN THE FIRST
YORK COUNTY WEASELS PATIENT WAS
DIAGNOSED, I RECEIVED AN
IMMUNIZATION SCREENING THAT
CONFIRMED I WAS PERCEIVED IMMUNE
FROM THE MEASLES.
THAT IS WHY I WAS ABLE TO
CONTINUE SEEING PATIENTS.
WELLSPAN AND I FOLLOWED ALL CDC
AND APARTMENT OF HEALTH
GUIDELINES.
UNFORTUNATELY I STILL GOT THE
MEASLES.
ANNE: THE DOCTOR GOES ON TO SAY
SHE HAS MILD SYMPTOMS LIKELY
BECAUSE SHE WAS VACCINATED.
WELLSPAN AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH ARE REACHING OUT TO
PATIENTS AND OTHERS WHO MAY HAVE
BEEN IN CONTACT IN ORDER TO GET
THEM CHECKED.
WELLSPAN SAYS DR. MCCABE WAS
EXPOSED TO MEASLES BUT THEY
DON’T EXACTLY SAY BY WHOM OR
WHERE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN
LATE AUGUST, THE FIRST CASE OF
MEASLES WAS TREATED IN THE
WELLSPAN HEALTH SYSTEM.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT COULD HAVE
BEEN.
THEY ARE REACHING OUT TO ALL OF
THE PEOPLE THAT
