{"id":296,"date":"2026-03-18T21:50:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/?p=296"},"modified":"2026-04-10T22:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T22:11:12","slug":"the-measles-virus-is-spreading-in-spartanburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"The Measles virus is spreading in Spartanburg."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"296\" class=\"elementor elementor-296\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f7028d3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f7028d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-331c82e8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"331c82e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Measles virus is spreading in Spartanburg. The economic cost could hit all of South Carolina<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfbfb40 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"cfbfb40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScott Thorpe \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Southeast Politics,  March 18, 2026<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77d27c9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77d27c9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d5bdde elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24d5bdde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Public health discussions often focus on medicine. But when preventable diseases spread through a community, the consequences reach far beyond hospitals and clinics. They affect workers, businesses, schools, and the broader economic stability of local communities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>South Carolina is currently seeing that reality unfold as the measles virus continues to spread in and around Spartanburg County. As of February 2026, the state has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/postandcourier.com\/news\/local_state_news\/sc-measles-outbreak-hovers-around-1000-cases-sickness-slows\/article_eca741cd-364d-4f47-9498-da00cef32296.html#:~:text=Of%20the%20972%20infected%20whose,began%2C%20state%20officials%20have%20said.\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/postandcourier.com\/news\/local_state_news\/sc-measles-outbreak-hovers-around-1000-cases-sickness-slows\/article_eca741cd-364d-4f47-9498-da00cef32296.html%23:~:text%3DOf%2520the%2520972%2520infected%2520whose,began%252C%2520state%2520officials%2520have%2520said.&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1773949392312000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0xmGZQCIfSfcV_PhdPJMe2\"><strong>reported nearly 1,000 cases<\/strong>,<\/a>\u00a0mainly among people who were unvaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>While the measles virus was once considered to be eradicated in the United States, declining vaccination rates have allowed the virus to reappear. South Carolina\u2019s outbreak reflects a broader, concerning national trend of highly contagious diseases quickly spreading when vaccination rates fall. Because the measles virus spreads so easily, even small gaps in immunity can allow outbreaks to grow rapidly once the virus enters a community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561907e0 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"561907e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/southeastpolitics.com\/the-measles-virus-is-spreading-in-spartanburg-the-economic-cost-could-hit-all-of-south-carolina\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Measles virus is spreading in Spartanburg. The economic cost could hit all of South Carolina Public health discussions often focus on medicine. But when preventable diseases spread through a community, the consequences reach far beyond hospitals and clinics. They affect workers, businesses, schools, and the broader economic stability of local communities. South Carolina is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_block_theme_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[21],"class_list":{"0":"post-296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-news","7":"tag-south-carolina","9":"without-featured-image"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educationfund.diseasepreventionnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}