ASPEN — After at least a decade with no reported cases of the mumps, Pitkin County has confirmed three cases of the serious disease in the past six months, a county health official said.
“For public health it is a concern,” said Liz Stark, Pitkin County’s public health director. “We don’t want this in our community because it can cause serious complications.”
Stark issued a warning to parents of Aspen School District children in April that a student in the district tested positive for the disease. No other information about the student was released. Colorado is one of a few states that allows parents to exempt their children from vaccines for personal reasons. Most other states only allow exemptions for religious or medical reasons.
in late February.
Stark declined to release any information about the three people who contracted the disease, including whether they’d been vaccinated against the disease or not. Federal law prohibits people’s health-related details from being released.
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