Measles outbreak tracker (9 Viewers)

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Merl said:
That or possibly an allergy to some of the vaccines.
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That's the really sickening thing about this, there are people who legitimately can't get the measles vaccine, and they're dependent on enough people who can getting it to protect them (I think the WHO target is 95% to get to and maintain measles elimination).

I should add, though, that even people with the measles vaccination aren't entirely free from risk. I might have mentioned it before, but I got exposed to measles when I was 18. Fully vaccinated when I was a kid, didn't really notice it, had a bit of a temperature for a day, no rash or anything, but then I was exhausted afterwards. Blood test showed it was measles, and diagnosis was post-viral fatigue/CFS (bit like long Covid). Took over a year to get back to the point where I could resume studies, and years more to get to a point vaguely approaching normal.

Anti-vaxxers are going to cause a lot of unnecessary damage to people's lives.
 
Little better article on the situation....

www.texastribune.org

Texas’ measles outbreak: What we know and where the cases are

The number of measles cases in Texas has ballooned to at least 58, as of Tuesday, including a baby who was too young to be vaccinated.
www.texastribune.org www.texastribune.org

The tight-knit Mennonite community in Gaines County, mostly centered around the town of Seminole, have been hardest hit. Members of this Anabaptist religious order aim to maintain separation from the modern world, in language, school and dress.
 
CapitalCitySaint said:
Measles isn’t that bad & totally survivable unless you don’t survive. lol

When complications do occur, they can include ear infections, pneumonia, and encephalitis or inflammation of the brain that can lead to permanent neurologic damage and even death. On average, measles kills between one and three of every 1,000 infected children.
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luckily i had it in my teens so i probably had some immunity. forking light was the worst. feel like the vampire in blade that was fried with the uv gun or whatever.
 
0rion said:
Little better article on the situation....

www.texastribune.org

Texas’ measles outbreak: What we know and where the cases are

The number of measles cases in Texas has ballooned to at least 58, as of Tuesday, including a baby who was too young to be vaccinated.
www.texastribune.org www.texastribune.org

The tight-knit Mennonite community in Gaines County, mostly centered around the town of Seminole, have been hardest hit. Members of this Anabaptist religious order aim to maintain separation from the modern world, in language, school and dress.
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13 are now hospitalized.
 
superchuck500 said:
13 are now hospitalized.
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I saw that. This also caught my eye.....

Approximately 100 people have been vaccinated in recent days, according to a DSHS spokesperson.

I wonder if some of it is since it was announced eradicated in the US and people thinking "it'll never happen to me" has caused some to get more comfortable than they should have not getting vaccinations. Now people are scrambling.
 
0rion said:
Little better article on the situation....

www.texastribune.org

Texas’ measles outbreak: What we know and where the cases are

The number of measles cases in Texas has ballooned to at least 58, as of Tuesday, including a baby who was too young to be vaccinated.
www.texastribune.org www.texastribune.org

The tight-knit Mennonite community in Gaines County, mostly centered around the town of Seminole, have been hardest hit. Members of this Anabaptist religious order aim to maintain separation from the modern world, in language, school and dress.
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I figured it was a religious exemption.

What aggravates me is that they refuse modern medicine until they/their child is really sick/dying then suddenly they want to participate in modern medicine and show up at the hospital and put others at risk.

It's not the humane thing to do but I feel like if you refuse to get vaccinated then you should also be required to sign a waiver that you will not go to the hospital/doctor if you end up in the "find out" stage (excluding those who cannot get vaccinated due to allergies or compromised immunity situations).
 
0rion said:
I saw that. This also caught my eye.....

Approximately 100 people have been vaccinated in recent days, according to a DSHS spokesperson.

I wonder if some of it is since it was announced eradicated in the US and people thinking "it'll never happen to me" has caused some to get more comfortable than they should have not getting vaccinations. Now people are scrambling.
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Yeah, I can't say for sure of course, but I think a lot of the vaccine scrambling is a "sheet just got real" response. It's easy to have a position against vaccination (whether for religious, political, or even just basic anxiety reasons) when it's just an idea and possible risk. But when the risk becomes very real, people react differently and scramble to do it.

I think it's an unfortunate reality we live in these days - many (not all) people don't see the reason for protecting against something unless and until it becomes an immediate threat in their lives.
 
mattgdg said:
I remember that we had to get a measles booster before senior year in high school. The doctor said there was something like 1/10000 or 1/100000 chance the shot would actually cause the measles.

I should have bought a lottery ticket. I would say that it ruined my chances with the ladies that summer, but it really just added insult to injury.
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I took anti-anxiety medicine once and I got me hella depressed
then they gave me different stuff and it was a bit better
 
superchuck500 said:
Yeah, I can't say for sure of course, but I think a lot of the vaccine scrambling is a "sheet just got real" response. It's easy to have a position against vaccination (whether for religious, political, or even just basic anxiety reasons) when it's just an idea and possible risk. But when the risk becomes very real, people react differently and scramble to do it.

I think it's an unfortunate reality we live in these days - many (not all) people don't see the reason for protecting against something unless and until it becomes an immediate threat in their lives.
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Unfortunately that's how the human race is about alot of things.....I never died in a crash because I didn't have a seatbelt on so I'm not wearing it because they can't tell me what to do. I never wore mine until I had kids and then I started wearing it to set the example for them and we've all worn them since.
 
Arathrael said:
That's the really sickening thing about this, there are people who legitimately can't get the measles vaccine, and they're dependent on enough people who can getting it to protect them (I think the WHO target is 95% to get to and maintain measles elimination).

I should add, though, that even people with the measles vaccination aren't entirely free from risk. I might have mentioned it before, but I got exposed to measles when I was 18. Fully vaccinated when I was a kid, didn't really notice it, had a bit of a temperature for a day, no rash or anything, but then I was exhausted afterwards. Blood test showed it was measles, and diagnosis was post-viral fatigue/CFS (bit like long Covid). Took over a year to get back to the point where I could resume studies, and years more to get to a point vaguely approaching normal.

Anti-vaxxers are going to cause a lot of unnecessary damage to people's lives.
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Sounds more like Epstein-Barr which is linked to mononucleosis
en.m.wikipedia.org

Epstein–Barr virus - Wikipedia

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