Health officials and the CDC discussed the no-fly list of patients with measles – Brinkwire

Local and national authorities have consulted with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the possibility of including some people potentially infected with measles on the list of banned sites, it was revealed. The discussions aimed to reduce exposure to measles to unsuspecting travelers, some of whom may have been vulnerable to infection. The talks took place when the CDC reported a record number of infections in April.

The list of people not to be boarded, usually called the no-fly list, is a federal database used by the CDC to temporarily prohibit some people from traveling by air.

This list can be used as a way to prevent people with certain infectious diseases from boarding an airplane, the idea being that air travel would greatly increase the number of people exposed to the disease.

According to a new report from The Washington PostHealth officials in five states have been successful in convincing people suspected of having measles to voluntarily cancel their air transport projects.

These officials would have warned people that they would potentially be added to the CDC's list of boarding bans in order to legally prevent them from flying. According to the report, eight people suspected of being infected with measles have agreed to cancel their flights. In addition, health officials from several states, including Washington, California, and New York, reportedly spoke to the CDC about adding these people to the list of banned sites.

The report states that two people potentially suffering from measles had planned to travel from the United States to Israel. In light of these plans, officials contacted the CDC to add them to the list of people not to be boarded to prevent them from eventually spreading the infection. The threat was apparently sufficient to force them to voluntarily cancel their projects, according to CNN, which received confirmation of "prior discussions".

Although measles is easily prevented with two doses of vaccine, an increasing number of people have rejected this preventive measure for fear of unfounded fears about autism and other presumed vaccination results. In the United States, pockets of unvaccinated people have allowed the nation to surpbad its record number of cases after eradication by April.