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Letter: Detained border children are a medical disaster waiting to happen

Angui Funes, right, sits with her brother, Jesus, after crossing the border back to Reynosa, Mexico, Thursday, June 21, 2018. The family, who was seeking asylum, said they were told by officials they would be separated so they voluntarily returned to Mexico. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

The next tragedy we are likely to witness is an epidemic of measles, whooping cough, or other childhood diseases.

Some 2,000 uninoculated children thrown together in makeshift quarters is a disaster waiting to happen.

Carol G. Ogden, Salt Lake City