WELCOME CHANGE
IN YOUR SEVEN DAY.
>> BUT FIRST, HUNDREDS OF
FAMILIES PUT ON ALERT AFTER
MORE THAN 200 KIDS MIGHT
HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO
BACTERIAL MENINGITIS WHILE
ATTENDING A SUMMER CAMP.
THAT STORY DOES TOP OUR NEWS
JOINING US.
THE OAKLAND COUNTY HEALTH
ATTENDED THAT CAMP ALL
YEARS OLD.
THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED
TO AN INFECTED CAMP WORKER.
NOW WE KNOW THAT THE CAMP
WAS HELD AT THE LIFETIME
FITNESS OVER IN ROCHESTER
HILLS RIGHT THERE ON AVON
ROAD.
THE CHILDREN MIGHT HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED FROM JULY 1st
THROUGH 11th OF THE SAME
MONTH.
GUY GORDON JOINS US LIVE.
DO WE KNOW HOW THAT CAMP
WORKER IS DOING THIS
AFTERNOON REALLY WHAT ELSE
HAS BEEN INFECTED?
>> Reporter: EVROD, SHE'S 21
COUNTY.
IT'S THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENT
THAT'S HANDLING THIS NOW.
WITH WE ARE TOLD THAT SHE'S
NOT DOING WELL AT ALL SHE'S
IN GRAVE CONDITION.
WE CERTAINLY NEED TO KEEP
THAT FAMILY IN OUR THOUGHTS
AT THIS NOON HOUR.
BUT YES, SHE WAS A
COUNSELLOR AT THIS FACILITY
WHERE THE KIDS SWIM, PLAY
TENNIS AT THIS DAY CAMP.
AS YOU SAY, 219 FAMILIES TO
ONE DEGREE OR ANOTHER WERE
INFORMED THAT THEIR CHILDREN
SYMPTOMS.
THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING.
WE HOPE TO HAVE AN UPDATE
FROM MACOMB COUNTY HEALTH
OR NOT THOSE CHILDREN
SYMPTOMS.
THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING.
IN THE MEANTIME, PARENTS AS
YOU CAN IMAGINE ARE
CONCERNED AND IN SOME CASES
FRUSTRATED.
>> Reporter: THE OLDER BOY
ATTENDS THE LIFETIME DAY
CAMP WHERE THE INFECT THE
COUNSELLOR WORKED.
THEIR MOM SAYS THEY ALONG
WITH 30 OTHER FAM LIST CHECK
CHECKUPS AND ANTIBIOTICS.
>> HER SON WAS SYMPTOM FREE.
>> HE GOES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT FOR
SIGNS UNTIL JULY 21th .
>> Reporter: SHE'S
FRUSTRATED WHEN SHE PICKED
UP THE BOYS AT 6:00 P.M.
THERE WAS NO NOTIFICATION
FROM THE CAMP.
SHE LEARNED OF THE
MENINGITIS THREAT FROM A
VOICE MAIL AT HOME WHEN SHE
TRIED TO CALL THE HEALTH
NO HOT LINE.
SHE DIDN'T GET ANY
INFORMATION UNTIL HER
FITNESS IN PERSON.
>> I DID NOT RECEIVE AN
E-MAIL.
I HAD TO FILL OUT EMERGENCY
PAPERWORK WHEN I SIGNED HIM
UP FOR CAMP.
THEY HAVE MY E-MAIL ADDRESS,
THEY HAVE MY PHONE NUMBER.
I NEVER RECEIVED AN E-MAIL.
>> Reporter: MEDICAL
THREE HOURS.
THAT DELAY IS TROUBLING
BECAUSE QUICK TREATMENT IS
CRITICAL.
>> IT'S A VERY SERIOUS
DISEASE THAT CAN GET WORSE
VERY QUICKLY.
SOMEONE CAN GO FROM HAVING A
HEADACHE AND FEVER TO BEING
IN A COMA WITHIN A PERIOD OF
SIX HOURS EVEN.
IT.
>> Reporter: THAT IS WHY
MELANIE HOTSFIELD IS SO
UPSET ABOUT IT.
DR. McGEORGE WANTS TO STRESS
WHILE IS CONTAGIOUS IT'S NOT
LIKE A VIRUS YOU CAN PICK
OFF OFF A CONTAMINATED
SURFACE.
THIS HAS TO BE SPREAD PERSON
TO PERSON THROUGH SALIVA ORR
MUCUS AND DIRECT CONTACT.
CONTAGIOUS.
OF COURSE THESE KIDS ARE IN
CLOSE CONTACT WITH THEIR
COUNSELLORS AT TIMES.
THAT'S WHY THEY SHOULD ALL
BE CHECKED THAT IS THE
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MACOMB
AND OAKLAND COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE 219
FAMILIES THAT WAS NOTIFIED
HAVE YOUR CHILD SEEK MEDICAL
ATTENTION IMMEDIATELY.
THEY'LL CHECK FOR SYMPTOMS
BUT MOST LIKELY GIVE YOU
ANTIBIOTICS WHICH WILL ACT
THIS DISEASE.
>> PRETTY SCARY STUFF GUY.
CHILD CARE AREA WHERE MY SON
GOES ALL THE TIME AS WELL.
AS FOR THAT MOTHER THAT YOU
SPEAK TO I KNOW YOU SPOKE
WITH A LOT OF PARENTS WHAT
WOULD THAT MOTHER HAVE DONE
INSTEAD?
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW SHE
WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE
SEEN SOMEBODY AT THE
CURBSIDE AT PICKUP HANDING
OUT A FLYER TELLING THEM
WHAT TO DO.
SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE
SEEN THE HOT LINE TO GET
INFORMATION IF THEY ARE
CONCERNED.
SHE CERTAINLY CAN'T
UNDERSTAND WHY THEY DIDN'T
HAVE HER CONTACT INFORMATION
HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO LEAVE
THAT VOICE MAIL NOT LIFETIME
FITNESS.
>> WE'RE STILL WAITING TO
HEAR MORE FROM LIFETIME IN
SPECIAL COVERAGE SECTION OF