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#Unvaccinated #Child Dies of #Measles in #Texas, Officials Say
At least 124 cases of measles have been identified in Texas since late January, mostly among children & teenagers who are either unvaccinated or whose #vaccination status is unknown, officials say.
#AntiVaxxers #PublicHealth #health #medicine #science #disease #GetVaccinated #vaccines #USpol #Trump #HHS #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/us/texas-measles-outbreak-death.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=C15BA9BB-F0AD-4601-8606-72C02900E565
A #child had died of #measles in West #Texas, the first known #death from an #outbreak of the #disease that is spreading in the state & in neighboring #NewMexico, ofcls said on Wed.
#Health ofcls in #Lubbock & the TX DSHS said in a statement that the patient was an #unvaccinated school-age child who had died in the previous 24 hrs.
The officials did not release further info, but said that a news conference was planned for Wed afternoon….
At least 124 cases of #measles have been identified in #Texas since late Jan, mostly among #children & teenagers who are either #unvaccinated or whose #vaccination status was unknown, TX #health ofcls say. 18 have been hospitalized.
#Measles is a highly #contagious respiratory illness that can be life-threatening to anyone who is not protected against the #virus.
Doctors say the best way to protect against the #disease is with 2 doses of a #vaccine, which is usually administered to children as a combination measles-mumps-rubella, or #MMR, vaccine. 2 doses of the MMR vaccine prevent more than 97% of measles infections, acc/to #Texas #health ofcls.
#NewMexico has also reported an #outbreak, w/ 9 cases in Lea County, in the southeastern part of the state, on the #Texas border. 4 of those cases are #children…, all of whom are #unvaccinated, acc/to Robert Nott, a spox for the NM Dept of Health. None of the cases in NM have led to hospitalizations.
The outbreak comes amid growing concerns among #PublicHealth experts about declining #vaccination rates & the confirmation of #RFKJr, a prominent #vaccine skeptic, as the nation’s #health secy.
#Measles can be transmitted when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes. People who are infected will begin to have symptoms within 1-2 weeks after being exposed. Early symptoms include high fever, cough, runny nose & red, watery eyes. Within a few days, a telltale rash breaks out as flat, red spots on the face & then spreads down the neck & trunk to the rest of the body.
A lot of kids who never voted will be sacrificed on the altar of MAGA antivax stupidity
@Nonilex the sad thing is there will be many more death over the five years after due to Immune Amnesia. Measles destroys the immune system memory and it can take up to five years to recover: https://asm.org/articles/2019/may/measles-and-immune-amnesia
@Nonilex Is this a feature of America’s Golden Age?!