So, now that the cases are here -and getting the vaccination is the best solution - was there a window of opportunity to start creating awareness even earlier? We heard about the first case April 8th - and reports tell us the investigation had started even before that.
So, why not say something earlier, that is what we asked today:
Jules Vasquez
"Why didn't you all say something earlier? I know it was just a flag, but we know there was a clinical presentation. Had you not? If you had spoken earlier, wouldn't there have been greater benefits to public health or public awareness that "ey this thing is in Mexico. We have to be more careful, etc."
Dr. Melissa Diaz Musa, Director - Public Health and Wellness
"Not because we haven't made a public statement that we are investigating, does it mean that we are not doing all that is needed to contain and to isolate persons. So when we got the when we got the notification, immediately our health team went to investigate, to do a report and to put things in place to ensure that there will be, so when, when that, that we are potentially containing any, any spread."
"So it is not our practice to say, yes, we have a measles case and we have no confirmation that there is a measles case."
Jules Vasquez
"Should we have put up an epidemiological alert, as the Guatemalans did in March?"
Dr. Melissa Diaz Musa
"Well, we have been, in fact, coincidentally, we have drafted. We just did a press release even before the case was reported to us."
"So, things were going into place and we have absolutely nothing to hide from the public."
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