'I'm worried it's getting worse': Texas measles outbreak grows as families resist vaccination

[C_Clayton_Jones]

'Cases tied to the large outbreak have spread to at least three states.

The measles outbreak that began in Texas before spreading to at least two other states swelled to 355 confirmed cases on Friday — and officials say there is no sign it’s slowing.

“I’m worried it’s getting worse,” Katherine Wells, director of public health for Lubbock, told NBC News.

Many people aren’t getting tested for measles, and efforts to increase vaccination in the affected areas have gotten a lukewarm response, Wells said during a media briefing by the Big Cities Health Coalition on Tuesday.

Wells said she thought it could be a year until the outbreak is controlled.'

'I'm worried it's getting worse': Texas measles outbreak grows as families resist vaccination

Cases tied to the large outbreak have spread to at least three states.

www.nbcnews.com

"...outbreak grows as families resist vaccination"

When you fervently believe in Trump, you cannot believe in science.

 

[1srelluc]

I'm more concerned with the dem's mental health....I suspect their illness will kill a lot more than the measles.

 

[okfine]

A child died of measles. Then her parents appeared in an anti-vax video.

Staffers from the group that RFK Jr. led conducted the interview—and a fundraiser for unproven treatments.

www.motherjones.com

 

[Darkwind]

To be expected when you allow over 10 million third-world people into the country.

 

[initforme]

Why not vaccinate against measles? That's crazy

 

[JGalt]

'Cases tied to the large outbreak have spread to at least three states.

The measles outbreak that began in Texas before spreading to at least two other states swelled to 355 confirmed cases on Friday — and officials say there is no sign it’s slowing.

“I’m worried it’s getting worse,” Katherine Wells, director of public health for Lubbock, told NBC News.

Many people aren’t getting tested for measles, and efforts to increase vaccination in the affected areas have gotten a lukewarm response, Wells said during a media briefing by the Big Cities Health Coalition on Tuesday.

Wells said she thought it could be a year until the outbreak is controlled.'

'I'm worried it's getting worse': Texas measles outbreak grows as families resist vaccination

Cases tied to the large outbreak have spread to at least three states.

www.nbcnews.com

"...outbreak grows as families resist vaccination"

When you fervently believe in Trump, you cannot believe in science.

That's idiotic. Trump-supporters don't believe people shouldn't get measles vaccines. You're confusing us with Mennonites.

This is just more fear porn. Are you really so afraid of us, that you have to make up shit?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Why not vaccinate against measles? That's crazy

Most of those affected are here illegally and not vaccinated. Some are Mennonite and have a religious objection to vaccines. Some firmly believe that vaccines cause autism and measels isn't that bad anyway. Trump really has nothing to do with the spread of measels.

I remember these outbreaks from my childhood. The outbreak will pass leaving dead children behind. Just like it used to be.

 

[Darkwind]

Most of those affected are here illegally and not vaccinated. Some are Mennonite and have a religious objection to vaccines. Some firmly believe that vaccines cause autism and measels isn't that bad anyway. Trump really has nothing to do with the spread of measels.

I remember these outbreaks from my childhood. The outbreak will pass leaving dead children behind. Just like it used to be.

Yep. I had the measles as a kid. So did many others. Most survived, but some did not.

I am not antivax. I support vaccines that have a proven record of working and the measles vax is proven to work.

But that does not mean I'm going to violate someone else's right to chose.

 

[initforme]

Most of those affected are here illegally and not vaccinated. Some are Mennonite and have a religious objection to vaccines. Some firmly believe that vaccines cause autism and measels isn't that bad anyway. Trump really has nothing to do with the spread of measels.

I remember these outbreaks from my childhood. The outbreak will pass leaving dead children behind. Just like it used to be.

Keep unvacvinatedd kids away from others. 2 issues solved

 

[Darkwind]

Keep unvacvinatedd kids away from others. 2 issues solved

If your child is vaccinated, then they have no fear of getting the disease. You're post makes no sense and no, you do not get to tell others how they parent their children.

Stop living in fear.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Yep. I had the measles as a kid. So did many others. Most survived, but some did not.

I am not antivax. I support vaccines that have a proven record of working and the measles vax is proven to work.

But that does not mean I'm going to violate someone else' latest vaxs right to chose.

I had measels as a child. It nearly killed me. I am not anti Vax either. I had my son vaccinated for these killer diseases as soon as I could. I do not trust the bureaucracy behind these newly made vaccines. I elected to wait when the covid vaccine came out. My son got vaccinated and ended up with myocarditis. My daughter-in-law was fine. The pharmacist notified me that they received a notice from the maker of one of my medications that internal testing resulted in deadly interactions. I'm one of those not rushing to get the latest vax.

 

[initforme]

Being afraid of a measles vaccine is the definition of living in fear.

 

[Darkwind]

I had measels as a child. It nearly killed me. I am not anti Vax either. I had my son vaccinated for these killer diseases as soon as I could. I do not trust the bureaucracy behind these newly made vaccines. I elected to wait when the covid vaccine came out. My son got vaccinated and ended up with myocarditis. My daughter-in-law was fine. The pharmacist notified me that they received a notice from the maker of one of my medications that internal testing resulted in deadly interactions. I'm one of those not rushing to get the latest vax.

I am the same way.

A vaccine prevents the person who has it from catching the disease.

Covid did not do that because it was never a vaccine.

I'm a pureblood. I never had the shot. My wife had Covide twice. The first time, she took the monoclonal antibodies and they worked pretty well. The second time, she just toughed it out, but like the flu, it kicked her ass.

I tended to her both times and never came down with Covid. Knock on wood But I had a bad respitory incident, bronchitis, in December 2019 and I think that might have been an initial covid infection, but a mild one.

The science is pretty clear. Natural immunity is best, the vaccine is great -- when it is a vaccine -- and herd immunity works to protect the entire community of humans.

Funny thing is, herd immunity is not part of a vaccine. A vaccine is for the one individual only.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

It's absurd to hear these leftists blaming Trump when anti vaxers have been around since 1998 when the vaccine autism link was first floated.

CDC Launches Study on Vaccine-Autism Link Amid Ongoing Measles Outbreak

The study aims to address lingering public concerns, but its findings and communication have the potential to impact vaccine confidence and public health efforts.

www.pharmacytimes.com

 

[TimFitz]

Why not vaccinate against measles? That's crazy

It’s entirely due to tribal right wing politics.

Trump made a global fool of himself with his appeals to superstition, qua k cures, and his dismissal and refusal to take responsibility for leadership in a major crisis.

But to his cultists, Trump is the real victim (of his own incompetence).

So now, he’s taking revenge on the very people who sounded the alarm and advocated precautions.

This was Trump’s biggest failure.

He wants to rewrite history and erase it. Destroying agencies devoted to promoting public health and curing diseases is a fine way to do it. At least in the little minds of a trump and his cult.

That’s the essence of it.

So Trump imports and anti vax quack and puts him in charge.

And the cult is delighted.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Treat the ill in the nearby MAGA communities, please.

 

[TimFitz]

Most of those affected are here illegally and not vaccinated. Some are Mennonite and have a religious objection to vaccines. Some firmly believe that vaccines cause autism and measels isn't that bad anyway. Trump really has nothing to do with the spread of measels.

I remember these outbreaks from my childhood. The outbreak will pass leaving dead children behind. Just like it used to be.

Trump will bring that back..

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Trump will bring that baxk.

Trump has nothing to do with it. Trump isn't exactly Jenny McCarthy who has been a vocal antivaxer since 2007.

 

[Meister]

I remember when there was no vaccination, and somehow me and my friends survived
the measles/mumps/chickenpox. It made us stronger with the natural immunity we acquired.
just saying

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

I remember when there was no vaccination, and somehow me and my friends survived
the measles/mumps/chickenpox. It made us stronger with the natural immunity we acquired.
just saying

No, it did not. It made you weaker, particular your thinking processes.