I’m storing up some cord blood in response to Delaware mumps outbreak

If we’ve lost our community immunity and I, or some member of my vaccinated family, get the measels, mumps, or whooping cough – I’m going to be pissed off.

In a follow-up on the mumps outbreak in New Castle County, Delaware, health officials confirmed two additional cases Friday, bringing the total to 13.

Nine of the thirteen persons with mumps attended either the Feb. 10, or March 3, 2018 social dance (Baile Mejicano) that took place at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington. Two of the remaining four individuals live with someone who attended one of the dances, and source of the mumps virus exposure for the other two individuals is still under investigation.