SC’s 3rd measles case confirmed as vaccines face polarizing views by U.S. health officials

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — South Carolina’s 3rd case of the measles since July has been confirmed by the SC Department of Public Health.

ABC Columbia’s Lee Williams spoke with a local doctor on disease prevention — amid decreasing vaccine rates across the state, and polarizing views across the country.

In a press release, SC DPH says the infected person was unvaccinated and had recently traveled internationally to a country with an ongoing measles outbreak. However, due to privacy restrictions, that person’s age or physical condition can’t be disclosed.

Dr. Martha Buchanan, the department’s Director of the Bureau of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control, lists initial symptoms of the respiratory virus as fever, cough, and a runny nose — followed by a rash that persists for five to six