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BumRushDaShow

(172,716 posts)
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 06:28 AM Feb 2025

Texas Measles Cases Hit Double Digits as Outbreak Continues to Raise Alarm

Source: Newsweek

Published Feb 08, 2025 at 6:14 PM EST


An outbreak of measles cases in Texas has hit double digits prompting the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to issue an alert on Friday. Newsweek has contacted the Texas Department of State Health Services via email for comment on Saturday afternoon.

Why It Matters

Measles, an airborne disease, is an extremely infectious illness that can be especially dangerous for infants, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems, with the potential to cause serious and even deathly complications. It can spread rapidly in communities with low vaccination rates, and initially results in symptoms including a high fever, a cough, a runny nose, and red or watery eyes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Initial signs of the illness include flu-like traits, but can escalate into a distinctive red, blotchy rash that is highly infectious to those that haven't been vaccinated. According to the CDC, nearly 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children who become infected with measles will die from respiratory and neurologic complications.

According to The Texas Tribute, for some communities in Texas, these are the first cases of measles in more than 20 years.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/texas-measles-cases-hit-double-digits-outbreak-raises-alarm-2028348

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Texas Measles Cases Hit Double Digits as Outbreak Continues to Raise Alarm (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 OP
Measles and mumps... Oh, my. Hugin Feb 2025 #1
"should be very very worried about catching the mumps" BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 #3
I'm old enough to have witnessed it myself. Hugin Feb 2025 #6
They would blame it on a "liberal conspiracy" BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 #9
"As soon I can stand without screaming in pain, I'm gonna go beat up the lib'ruls who gave me this!" tanyev Feb 2025 #14
That's basically what some of them did with COVID BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 #17
Yeah...watched them and yelling FUCK YOU at the TV. Bengus81 Feb 2025 #30
Exactly. It'd go something like, B.See Feb 2025 #37
Or better BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 #40
Trump will direct Abbot nwduke Feb 2025 #21
"Y'all just rub some roadkill or horse dewormer on and walk it off." - Official guidance Hugin Feb 2025 #28
The only mention of mumps in the article is because the vaccine for mumps and measles is combined. n/t Ms. Toad Feb 2025 #44
Cases showing up here in Atlanta. Cattledog Feb 2025 #2
Time to build a really big wall around Texas Bread and Circuses Feb 2025 #4
I'm 59 yo and checked my titers a year ago. It was low and I got 2 more measle shots. Consider mucifer Feb 2025 #5
Too soon for a picture of Ted Cruz johnnyfins Feb 2025 #7
You stop vaccinating, you get measles. LisaL Feb 2025 #8
Hmmm.....maybe vaccines are a good thing. Just saying. surfered Feb 2025 #10
No need to worry! Old Crank Feb 2025 #11
Gee, guess science isn't one of those alternative facts after all! lark Feb 2025 #12
Well, the vaccines should contain it. Oh . . . wait . . . Vinca Feb 2025 #13
Should you tell people they are dumbfucks? They may not know and you might be doing them a favor. twodogsbarking Feb 2025 #15
Gee, if only we had a measles vaccine! Ignorance leads to illness, and Republican states are filled with ignorance. Lonestarblue Feb 2025 #16
I volunteered to be a cuddler in NICU a few years ago and had to have my titers checked to see if I was Raftergirl Feb 2025 #18
G.O.P. is making everyone sick BoRaGard Feb 2025 #19
I had mumps and measles when I was young. ananda Feb 2025 #20
I had mumps, measles, chickenpox. leftyladyfrommo Feb 2025 #41
now if only Abbott and Paxton .................. measles is actually very serious in adults. JohnSJ Feb 2025 #22
You can bet your last DOLLAR these two MAGAt have THEIR shots. B.See Feb 2025 #38
Yawn. Aristus Feb 2025 #23
Fucking assholes playing roulette with their kids lives. cstanleytech Feb 2025 #24
Gaines County voted 91% for Trump in 2024. cloudbase Feb 2025 #25
Wonder Rebl2 Feb 2025 #26
It won't be 0. Ask Samoa. nt SunSeeker Feb 2025 #43
The Trump administration is looking for excuses to close the border NickB79 Feb 2025 #27
That argument has been used for hundreds of years sakabatou Feb 2025 #32
Serious question - Do we still have a CDC? I thought Trump destroyed the CDC his first week. flashman13 Feb 2025 #29
I think he tried to get rid of NIH, not the CDC sakabatou Feb 2025 #31
OK, I was worried for a moment. I feel better now. flashman13 Feb 2025 #36
I'm sure Abbott will do what he has to to safeguard the health of his stage /sarcasm ificandream Feb 2025 #33
I'm sure RFKJR will get right on that. mercuryblues Feb 2025 #34
Yet another reason to avoid Texas like the em....plague Bengus81 Feb 2025 #35
Here is a hope sent out to all that people in Texas and everywhere have access to the vaccines they need & will be safe. mahina Feb 2025 #39
Base camp. Marcuse Feb 2025 #42
My nephew and his wife have a newborn in Houston 4catsmom Feb 2025 #45

Hugin

(38,035 posts)
1. Measles and mumps... Oh, my.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 06:36 AM
Feb 2025

Unvaccinated adult males (“pitchers” for any lurking MAGAts) should be very very worried about catching the mumps. You’ll go through some things and it doesn’t check your party affiliation.

But, you will no longer be able to look it up at the CDC or NIH.

BumRushDaShow

(172,716 posts)
3. "should be very very worried about catching the mumps"
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 07:09 AM
Feb 2025

...because that would mean no more reproducing any more baby MAGats!

Hugin

(38,035 posts)
6. I'm old enough to have witnessed it myself.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 08:07 AM
Feb 2025

Excruciating doesn’t begin to describe it. It’s more like the Goddess Herself is kicking you in the gonads (that’s “nuts” for the lurking MAGAts)… For days. What’s more, the more manly man someone is, the worse it gets.

I can imagine how they might be begging for some “toxic femininity” if they think it might help.

tanyev

(49,769 posts)
14. "As soon I can stand without screaming in pain, I'm gonna go beat up the lib'ruls who gave me this!"
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 09:26 AM
Feb 2025

BumRushDaShow

(172,716 posts)
17. That's basically what some of them did with COVID
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 09:54 AM
Feb 2025

as they lay in hospital beds yelling and about to be intubated, in order to attempt to save their lives (and there were videos).

Bengus81

(10,414 posts)
30. Yeah...watched them and yelling FUCK YOU at the TV.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 12:53 PM
Feb 2025

I didn't give a shit if they died,still don't. The mass shit those MAGOTS put out 24/7 online and elsewhere about Covid itself that mirrored their Fuhrer and then the same BS when the vaccine came out.

B.See

(8,916 posts)
37. Exactly. It'd go something like,
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 04:16 PM
Feb 2025

"The Liberals goaded/tricked/conned us into being willful and ignorant DUPES of MAGA lies and assholery.

BumRushDaShow

(172,716 posts)
40. Or better
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 05:37 PM
Feb 2025

The ANTIFA Liberals goaded/tricked/conned us into being willful and ignorant DUPES of MAGA lies and assholery.

nwduke

(524 posts)
21. Trump will direct Abbot
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 11:00 AM
Feb 2025

To abolish the Texas Department of State Health Services, there ya go, problem solved!🤪

Hugin

(38,035 posts)
28. "Y'all just rub some roadkill or horse dewormer on and walk it off." - Official guidance
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 12:29 PM
Feb 2025


Ms. Toad

(38,861 posts)
44. The only mention of mumps in the article is because the vaccine for mumps and measles is combined. n/t
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 07:44 PM
Feb 2025

mucifer

(25,740 posts)
5. I'm 59 yo and checked my titers a year ago. It was low and I got 2 more measle shots. Consider
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 07:56 AM
Feb 2025

getting titers and vaccines now that we can get them.

I was vaccinated as a kid.

lark

(26,120 posts)
12. Gee, guess science isn't one of those alternative facts after all!
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 09:22 AM
Feb 2025

Decrease vaccinations and bear the cost -stupid asses!

twodogsbarking

(19,467 posts)
15. Should you tell people they are dumbfucks? They may not know and you might be doing them a favor.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 09:33 AM
Feb 2025

Lonestarblue

(13,571 posts)
16. Gee, if only we had a measles vaccine! Ignorance leads to illness, and Republican states are filled with ignorance.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 09:44 AM
Feb 2025

Raftergirl

(1,863 posts)
18. I volunteered to be a cuddler in NICU a few years ago and had to have my titers checked to see if I was
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 10:11 AM
Feb 2025

fully vaccinated. I wasn’t, due to mumps vaccine not available when I was a child (I was born in 1956) so I was revaccinated with the MMR. Never had mumps or measles.

Glad I am revaxxed.

ananda

(35,590 posts)
20. I had mumps and measles when I was young.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 10:44 AM
Feb 2025

Last edited Sun Feb 9, 2025, 03:10 PM - Edit history (1)

I don't remember mumps, but my case of measles
was very mild.

However, my little sister got sleeping sickness after
she had the measles. She did finally get over it,
though.

I can definitely see the need for vaccines.

leftyladyfrommo

(20,029 posts)
41. I had mumps, measles, chickenpox.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 05:59 PM
Feb 2025

I vaguely remember getting some kind of tb test. And a smallpox vaccination that never "took."

We were on vacation when I had mumps. Measles were awful. I got really sick. I don't remember chickenpox much. I was pretty little and got it from our nextdoor neighbor.

The girls behind us had whooping cough.

 

JohnSJ

(98,883 posts)
22. now if only Abbott and Paxton .................. measles is actually very serious in adults.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 11:01 AM
Feb 2025

B.See

(8,916 posts)
38. You can bet your last DOLLAR these two MAGAt have THEIR shots.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 04:20 PM
Feb 2025

ALL of 'em.

I GARONTEE (as Justin Wilson used to say)

Aristus

(72,620 posts)
23. Yawn.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 11:04 AM
Feb 2025

Wake me up when the ‘alarm’ reaches the “I Guess We’d Better Vaccinate After All” stage.

NickB79

(20,412 posts)
27. The Trump administration is looking for excuses to close the border
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 12:05 PM
Feb 2025

I wouldn't be surprised if they use this measles outbreak to do so, claiming it was brought in by illegal immigrants.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/us/politics/trump-title-42-migrants.html

Inside Trump’s Search for a Health Threat to Justify His Immigration Crackdown

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s advisers have spent months trying to identify a disease that will help them build their case for closing the border.

sakabatou

(46,411 posts)
32. That argument has been used for hundreds of years
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 02:53 PM
Feb 2025

"This disaster was brought about by [insert minority of any kind]!"

flashman13

(2,586 posts)
29. Serious question - Do we still have a CDC? I thought Trump destroyed the CDC his first week.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 12:47 PM
Feb 2025

Then again, it's hard to keep up in the chaos.

mercuryblues

(16,519 posts)
34. I'm sure RFKJR will get right on that.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 03:14 PM
Feb 2025


Luckily (?) as part of my post recovery, I needed to be revacc'ed for all childhood diseases. It took 2 years, but I am up to date on everything, with the latest vaccines available.

mahina

(20,755 posts)
39. Here is a hope sent out to all that people in Texas and everywhere have access to the vaccines they need & will be safe.
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 04:41 PM
Feb 2025

People I love live in Texas but even if they didn't, I wouldn't wish this on anyone.
What a nightmare.

4catsmom

(667 posts)
45. My nephew and his wife have a newborn in Houston
Sun Feb 9, 2025, 08:45 PM
Feb 2025

Effing anti-vaxxers in red states will put them at risk

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