DPH Confirms Measles in Fulton County Resident

ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed measles in an unvaccinated resident of Fulton County. There is no known international travel associated with this case. The individual is out of the infectious stage of the disease, but may have exposed others between September 2 and 11, 2025. 

Exposures may have occurred at the following locations and times:

• September 2 and 4: Georgia State University (GSU)
  • Aderhold Learning Building between 7:30 am and 2:15 pm
  • Langdale Hall between 9:00 am and 12:45 pm
• Sweetgreen Restaurant on North Avenue
  • September 3 between 10:30 am and 5:30 pm
  • September 6 between 2:30 pm and 10:00 pm
  • September 8 between 10:30 am and 5:30 pm
• September 3, 6, and 7 for soccer games and practice through Inter Atlanta FC. Individuals who were potentially exposed have been contacted. Since the practices and games were outdoors, the risk of infection is low.

DPH is working with the Fulton County Board of Health, GSU, Inter Atlanta FC, and Sweetgreen to notify individuals who may have been exposed to the virus and are at an increased risk of developing measles. DPH urges health care providers to maintain heightened awareness for patients with measles.

Measles symptoms appear 7 to 14 days after contact with the virus and typically include high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes. Then a rash of tiny, red spots breaks out that usually starts at the head and spreads to the rest of the body.

Anyone who becomes sick or thinks they may have been exposed to measles should:

• Contact your healthcare provider immediately and let them know that you may have been exposed to measles. If you do not have a doctor, please call the DPH Acute Disease Epidemiology Section at 404-657-2588 during business hours, Monday through Friday, or 1-866-PUB-HLTH (1-866-782-4584) after hours on evenings and weekends.
• If you are not experiencing symptoms, there is no need to go to a doctor’s office, the hospital, or a public health clinic. 
• If you need medical care, DO NOT go to the doctor’s office, the hospital, or a public health clinic without FIRST calling to let them know about your possible contact with measles. Your healthcare provider or public health nurse will advise you on what to do.
• If you think you might have measles, stay at home and avoid contact with other people, especially babies less than 1 year of age or people with weakened immune systems.
• Healthcare providers who suspect measles should notify public health immediately.

Measles can be prevented with the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. The vaccine is safe and effective. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends children receive their first dose of MMR vaccine between 12 and 15 months of age and a second dose between 4 and 6 years old. More than 95% of people who receive a single dose of MMR will develop immunity to all three viruses. A second dose boosts immunity, typically enhancing protection to 98%.

For more information about measles, log on to https://dph.georgia.gov/epidemiology/acute-disease-epidemiology/vaccine-preventable-diseases/measles or https://www.cdc.gov/measles/index.html.

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   measles vaccine is required to attend elementary school.

   illegals are not vaccinated. another reason to control the border. Democrats did not.

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      TheodoreDwightWeld

      Can we please stop with this term “illegal” person. It’s just so dehumanizing. Like, you understand that not being documented is equivalent of a speeding ticket?

      Do you understand how racial disparities in our healthcare system work?
      Then we have all these individuals like yourselves who just don’t get the shot because “it’s government overreach” or whatever.

      Y’all are so hard to argue with. You just throw out unfounded talking points and then attack the person you are arguing against. So ironic that you used to call us “Snowflakes”

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         the_wing_t

         We use the term “illegal” because it is factually accurate and correct. If something is illegal, it’s still illegal, even if it is dehumanizing to some with overactive feelings. Facts don’t care about your feelings. Get over it.

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   TheodoreDwightWeld

   By pushing anti-science rhetoric, Republicans are endangering children, pregnant women, and immunocompromised Americans who rely on herd immunity.

   The cruelty is deliberate: to score political points, Republicans spread fear and mistrust, sacrificing lives and dismantling the nation’s preparedness for future health crises. Vaccines save lives—Republican obstruction costs them.

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      the_wing_t

      You concluded all of that by reading this one article? You took a few scant details and turned it into a Republican blame-fest? All we know is this person appears to attend Ga State, goes to soccer practice, and works at a restaurant, and in your warped mind this person catching measles is the result of him/her being a Republican who is anti-vax? That’s laughable. Try harder.

      PS – I don’t believe I’ve heard any Republican say the MMR vaccine (that’s measles, mumps, and rubella, if you’re not diligent enough to research that) should be avoided.

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         TheodoreDwightWeld

         The above wasn’t my conclusion of the article, it was a warning to those in the community.

         The secretary of health Robert Kennedy Jr is a Republican. He claimed that malnutrition was the root cause of measles and continues to spread disinformation about vaccines, that will lead to children dying.

         How are you not seeing this?

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            Chip Glazier

            Robert Kennedy, a longtime Democrat, is now an Independent. He works for a Republican. The last administration allowed several million people to enter the country without proper vetting. This includes those who may not be immunized. Kennedy has said people who are getting severely sick from measles in certain outbreaks are often malnourished. No articles that I read quote that Kennedy claimed that malnutrition generates measles without the virus. Please advise where you are getting this information. No one is stopping me from getting vaccinated. Is your doctor advising you otherwise?

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               TheodoreDwightWeld

               During his tenure as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is MAGA and has made conflicting statements about the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and promoted unsubstantiated treatments. While he has publicly acknowledged that the vaccine is the most effective way to prevent measles, he has simultaneously promoted debunked claims about vaccine risks and treatments and has enacted policies that weaken vaccine access. 

               On the measles vaccine RFK has made Conflicting endorsements: He has made statements supporting the MMR vaccine, particularly during a 2025 measles outbreak in Texas. In a social media post, he called the MMR vaccine “the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles”. However, this endorsement has often been accompanied by messaging that undermines vaccine confidence. He is constantly promoting unproven treatments: Alongside his conditional endorsements of the vaccine, Kennedy has promoted unproven and risky alternative treatments for measles, such as high doses of vitamin A, aerosolized budesonide, and clarithromycin. Medical experts state there is no cure for measles, and these promoted treatments have no role in treating the viral infection. Decades of anti-vaccine activism: Before becoming HHS Secretary, Kennedy was a prominent anti-vaccine activist for decades. He founded the anti-vaccine nonprofit Children’s Health Defense, which sued to challenge New York’s school vaccine requirements during a 2019 measles outbreak. As an activist, Kennedy repeatedly spread misinformation, including the debunked claim linking the MMR vaccine to autism. Changes in federal health policy:

               As HHS Secretary, Kennedy has made several decisions that public health experts warn could weaken the U.S. vaccine system. Revamping the advisory committee: In June 2025, he fired all 17 members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and replaced them with hand-picked members, some of whom have also expressed vaccine skepticism. ACIP’s recommendations are critical for determining vaccine policy and insurance coverage. Changing vaccine access: Following an announcement by Kennedy on social media, the CDC removed COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for healthy pregnant women and children. This led to issues with access and insurance coverage for those seeking the vaccine. So yes Chip, people without insurance are being denied access to vaccinations.

               RFK Jr.’s actions on vaccines have drawn criticism from medical professionals and public health experts, who fear his policies and inconsistent messaging could erode public trust, lead to lower vaccination rates, and cause a resurgence of preventable infectious diseases. 

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               TheodoreDwightWeld

               I know facts aren’t the “in” thing but Here you go Chip,

               March 2025 Fox News interview: During a measles outbreak in Texas, Kennedy claimed that it is “very, very difficult” for measles to kill a healthy person and that malnutrition was a factor in the Texas outbreak. He also promoted unproven treatments like cod liver oil (which contains vitamin A).

               2023 Joe Rogan interview: Kennedy asserted that the measles vaccine did not cause a drop in deaths. He claimed that malnutrition was the root cause of measles deaths and that by the time the vaccine was introduced in 1963, most mortality had already been eliminated. He specifically claimed that the few deaths that still occurred “were all kids in the Mississippi Delta, black kids, severely malnourished, and they were dying of measles”.

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            the_wing_t

            TDW – it appears facts aren’t your thing, but here’s one for you. RFK Jr ran for president as a Democrat. He is not a Republican. Your ignorance is showing.

            And who cares if he is skeptical about vaccines?? Is he stopping you from getting all the jabs you want? No. It’s about time we become skeptic about the medical industrial complex that is controlling our government. Why are our kids suffering from ADHD and autism rates not seen in the developed world outside the USA? Why does our government recommend something like 30 vaccinations to kids before they are 10? Why do we give chicken pox vaccinations for an ailment that causes literally no harm? Why does the government recommend flu vaccines for a disease that is harmless except to the people with severe underlying conditions? It’s about time we take a hard look at what we are doing to ourselves and our kids and stop just taking advice from “medical experts” who are getting paid by big pharma to push their injections on us.

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            the_wing_t

            Disinformation about vaccines….you mean like saying if you get vaccinated, you won’t get Covid? Like your god Fauci lied about? lol. Talk about disinformation. People are starting to wake up and reject the bogus lies that the CDC fed us for years……it’s ok if your head is still in the sand….but we don’t believe the lies anymore.

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      Uncle Mike

      Your rhetoric seems to lead to your party’s violence…I will let you continue talking to yourself for the rest of this thread…by the way, you better read further into who was the infected child, rather than jump to a conclusion without research…now begin your babble in 3…2…1…

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         TheodoreDwightWeld

         Please explain what in the heck you mean Mike?

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         TheodoreDwightWeld

         Oh, I see what you’re doing. It’s that authoritarian thing that Republicans are doing these days

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            the_wing_t

            Exposing one’s stupidity isn’t authoritarian…..

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      COVID-19 Vaccine kills people

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         TheodoreDwightWeld

         This comment is the reason Republicans can never call themselves pro-life. It’s comments like these that put entire communities at risk, including: immunocompromised, pregnant women, individuals going through cancer treatment, infants.

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         TheodoreDwightWeld

         Don, you never answered my question on why you choose to support a party protecting pedophiles?

         And, what is something conservative about the current Republican Party?