As the West Texas measles outbreak has found its way to Tarrant County, Fort Worth-area school districts are implementing preparedness plans on what to do if an infected student shows up to school. Exposed students who are unvaccinated could miss at least three weeks of class.
Recent guidelines from the Texas Department of State Health Services instruct school districts to exclude all unvaccinated students who are exposed to measles from school for at least 21 days from the last day they were exposed to the highly contagious disease — unless they get their first vaccine dose within three days of exposure.
Among other recommendations, the interim guidance comes forward as health officials announced on April 4 that there was a recent exposure in Tarrant County . A person who later tested positive for measles visited Grapevine between March 28 and March 30. The person visited the Great Wolf Lodge hotel and waterpark and also the Grapevine Mills Mall, where they walked around and ate at the food court. As of this week, there are no confirmed infections in Tarrant County…