200-300 Texans feared ailing of measles as disease spreads through state

[LiberalArkie]

Feb 15, 2025


A West Texas community is grappling with the largest measles outbreak in the state in nearly 30 years. Officials are concerned that hundreds may be infected with the otherwise rare disease because of a lack of vaccinations.

The Texas Department of State Health Services reported Friday that over the last three weeks, the agency has identified 48 confirmed cases of measles, which is characterized by rashes that may cover the entire body, along with a high fever and cold symptoms. The DSHS said 13 of the 48 patients have been hospitalized, most of the cases are children younger than 18, and every confirmed case is either unvaccinated or has an unknown vaccination status.

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"The church isn't the reason that they’re not vaccinated," DSHS spokesperson Lara Anton told the AP. "It's all personal choice and you can do whatever you want. It's just that the community doesn't go and get regular health care."

Officials told NBC News that it's likely that 200-300 residents of West Texas are infected and untested.

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https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/measles-vaccine-vaccinations-outbreak-texas-20169162.php

[applegrove]

1. It will kill little children. Texas has a rate of 18% not

vaccinating their kids, so no herd immunity.

[Cartoonist]

2. Time to quarantine Texas

Build a wall.

[Jarqui]

3. Sounds like a job for RFK Jr and his vaccines ...

CDC is being wiped out
NIH ditto
Musk will declare measles a pre-existing condition exempt from insurance coverage to save the healthcare companies and plans money.
etc.

[LiberalArkie]

4. They will just ignore it like the Covid 19. Trump was just ignoring Covid until the refrigerator morgue trucks

were litterally every where

[Traildogbob]

5. Cruz, Abbott, Paxton

🤞🏼🤞🏽🤞🏾🤞🏿🤞☠️☠️☠️🙏🏼🙏🏽🙏🏾🙏🏿🙏

[marble falls]

6. Stupid is as stupid does. There are consequences to getting measles ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/measles-infection-symptoms-longterm-risks-rcna138583

[Nululu]

7. Birth defects High mortality for Indigenous

Idiotic that children may die and be born deformed because of their ignorant parents

[dreamland]

8. Those kids should thank tRump with a great big hug

Or any RepugMaga willll be just as acceptable.

[Norrrm]

9. Stop reporting it. Problem solved. Trump/Musk/RFK Jr::: We got this.

??? Not really.

[Upthevibe]

10. Kick. N/T

[Comrade Citizen]

11. There should be vaccine outreach to their community

If this nightmarish state had local health authorities that made an effort to reach out to the Mennonite community in their language, they might be able to convince the parents to vaccinate.

Imagine being a kid who doesn't speak english having to endure sickness in a strange hospital surrounded by strange anglos that don't really care.

Healthcare in apartheid Tejas is just plain bad. Houstons' "world class" hospitals are only accessible to rich whites. I know this first hand, there are no excuses. In Fort Worth, the residents of the medical district surrounded by hospitals and doctors have the lowest life expectancy in the state, 67, because they don't have access.