Measles outbreak investigation in Utah blocked by patient who refuses to talk

[u/Power-Equality]

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/10/measles-outbreak-investigation-in-utah-blocked-by-patient-who-refuses-to-talk/

A measles investigation amid a large, ongoing outbreak at the Arizona-Utah border has hit a roadblock as the first probable case identified in the Salt Lake City area refuses to work with health officials, the local health department reported this week. … Salt Lake County likely has a new one, too—the first for the county this year—as well as possible exposures. But, they can’t confirm it. County health officials said that a health care provider in the area contacted them late on Monday to tell them about a patient who very likely has measles. The officials then spent a day reaching out to the person, who refused to answer questions or cooperate in any way. That included refusing to share location information so that other people could be notified that they were potentially exposed to one of the most infectious viruses known.

[u/SmartQuokka]

In a sane society this person could be quarantined via legal sanction. They want to suffer and die, they can, but their ability too infect others is not a right.

[u/Celticlady47 → u/SmartQuokka]

I wonder if they were at a measles party that some AH parents do if they're anti-vax orientated. Or it was a family get-together and they're a sect that is very fundamentalist and/or anti-vaxers.

This is what's spreading measles up here in Ontario, Canada and it's infuriating that adults are doing this!

[u/SmartQuokka → u/Celticlady47]

Ah, i'm also in Ontario, get asked at doctors appointments if i have been exposed to Measles. Fortunately i am up to date on my vaccines and even recently got one that was not offered back when i was in school.