Two restaurants are working with the Washtenaw County Public Health to keep employees and customers safe from exposure to measles, a highly contagious disease that has seen a disturbing resurgence in recent years.
There’s an extraordinary link between two measles cases in Michigan since March.
The cases involve two individuals, including one adult. They are not members of the same family. But we're passengers on the same flight.
Now health officials tell 7 Action News warnings issued today about two Ann Arbor restaurants are related to those cases.
Anyone who ate at Mark's Midtown Coney Island on Plymouth Road or Benny's Family Dining on South Industrial last Thursday or Friday may have been exposed and should monitor themselves for symptoms for the next 21 days.
Health officials say the cases underscore the need for vaccinations against the respiratory disease.
Symptoms include runny nose, red eyes, cough, fever sore throat and tiny white spots that may appear in the mouth.
Once a disease virtually eradicated by vaccine, cases have spiked in Michigan and nationwide as more parents refuse to have their children vaccinated.
The drop in vaccinations is linked to a belief that they can cause autism in some children.
Doctors say there is not link between vaccines are both safe and effective and do not cause autism.
