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Their draconian rules for what makes a “good” mother are such that they’d still blame women if babies got infected, because proper mothers heavily police their child’s contact with the outside world.

Up to 85% of babies born to infected mothers become infected themselves, and the risk of long-term effects from the disease is higher, the earlier the infection is acquired.

Hepatitis B is often asymptomatic, and half of infected people don’t know they have it, according to the CDC.

Lyme disease is a bacterial illness that people can contract if they are bitten by an infected tick, according to the Mayo Clinic.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Wednesday announced that patients from the Antelope Valley, San Fernando and central Los Angeles were infected with the virus, hospitalized and are now recovering.