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Were Southwest customers exposed to measles?

Measles is one of those childhood diseases that has largely been controlled in this country with vaccination. But it can be a serious, potentially life-threatening illness. I didn't pay adequate attention to this story a week ago, and now have found a good explainer about what happened on the examiner.com Web site. Here are the basics: A woman with measles flew from the UK to Washington Dulles, then transferred to BWI and took a Southwest flight to Denver and then Albuquerque. The plane went on to San Diego. The highly contagious natiure of measles means she may have exposed a large number of people to the disease on her journeys. Read more about it here ....