Updates: confirmed measles cases, hospitalizations in West Texas
There are at least 58 confirmed cases of measles across five Texas counties. Most of the cases are in Gaines County, a rural county south of the Panhandle on the border with New Mexico, where the outbreak originated.
There have been a few scattered cases in Lynn County, Yoakum County, and Lubbock County, with cases on the rise in Terry County.
Many cases are among school-aged children, and at least thirteen patients have been hospitalized. Most were unvaccinated against measles or had an unknown vaccination status. However, four of the patients are vaccinated against measles.
On Friday, Feb. 7, The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed 10 cases of measles in Gaines County.
By Tuesday, Feb. 11, that number had grown to 24 confirmed measles cases. And by the following Friday, Feb. 14, the department had confirmed 48 cases.
Dr. Ron Cook, a family physician and the chief health officer at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, said at a recent press conference regarding the outbreak that, on average, one in five measles patients are hospitalized. The most susceptible populations are children under one year old and people with compromised immune systems, including those who are pregnant.
https://radio.kttz.org/2025-02-10/updates-confirmed-measles-cases-hospitalizations-in-west-texas
Your unvaccinated child could even make my vaccinated child sick!
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It was the rule when my kids entered kindergarten which was 30 some years ago. Or is it “anything goes” now, because “my religion prohibits it”.
