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A had died of in West , the first known from an of the that is spreading in the state & in neighboring , ofcls said on Wed.

ofcls in & the TX DSHS said in a statement that the patient was an 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 have been identified in since late Jan, mostly among & teenagers who are either or whose status was unknown, TX ofcls say. 18 have been hospitalized.

is a highly respiratory illness that can be life-threatening to anyone who is not protected against the .

Doctors say the best way to protect against the is with 2 doses of a , which is usually administered to children as a combination measles-mumps-rubella, or , vaccine. 2 doses of the MMR vaccine prevent more than 97% of measles infections, acc/to ofcls.

has also reported an , w/ 9 cases in Lea County, in the southeastern part of the state, on the border. 4 of those cases are …, all of whom are , 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 experts about declining rates & the confirmation of , a prominent skeptic, as the nation’s secy.

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.

@Nonilex

😭 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: asm.org/articles/2019/may/meas

@Nonilex Is this a feature of America’s Golden Age?!