Texas has reached 400 cases of measles in an outbreak that started two months ago. Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, Kansas and Oklahoma all have active measles outbreaks.

Already, the U.S. has more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said. Other states with outbreaks — defined as three or more cases — include New Mexico, Kansas, Ohio and Oklahoma. Since February, two unvaccinated people have died from measles-related causes.

The new outbreaks confirm health experts’ fears that the virus will take hold in other U.S. communities with low vaccination rates and that the spread could stretch on for a year. The World Health Organization said this week cases in Mexico are linked to the Texas outbreak.

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
    50·
    19 days ago

    I don’t think we should ever forgive the anti-vaxxers. I mean, we probably should if any of them come around, but in my heart I want to just brand “STUPID” on their forehead.

    • AarynBlack@lemm.eeEnglish
      16·
      18 days ago

      It’s a problem that solves itself. Just seems to be taking a while for them all to drop off.

        • AarynBlack@lemm.eeEnglish
          18·
          18 days ago

          People don’t get vaccinated, they die from preventable diseases. That’s exactly how it works.

          • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
            151·
            18 days ago

            But they also kill their children and innocent bystanders.

            I know someone who is immune compromised because she had a rare genetic disorder, and the medicine she needs to live fucks up her immune system. She can’t benefit from vaccines. If some anti-vaxxer refuses a vaccine, gets sick, and sneezes on her on the subway, she’ll might die.

            Plus very old and young people are vulnerable, too.

            The person who didn’t get vaccinated might not even die, if they’re otherwise healthy.

          • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
            121·
            18 days ago

            Oh for fucks sake. You do realize that when you don’t have herd immunity, the virus gets a wonderful chance to evolve and become resistant or even immune to the vaccine right? A vaccine isn’t nearly as effective when herd immunity isn’t at play and vaccines aren’t 100% effective, wanes over time, not everyone can get them, newborns can’t get them right way, and immunocompromised still have problems even with the vaccine.

            These assholes will find a way to fuck over the sane.

  • blady_blah@lemmy.world
    33·
    18 days ago

    Don’t worry, this number will go down very shortly. Oh, not because we’ll stop the spread, but because these morons will fire all the people in charge of tracking why all the kids are dying.

    • ripcord@lemmy.world
      121·
      18 days ago

      Dipwhit actually had a good idea. See, if you get the measles once, then your body will build up an immunity to it. Now, if you could get the measles without any of the negative effects, that would be even better. But is probably science fiction.

  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
    14·
    18 days ago

    The Mennonite woman in west Texas who basically said that she was fine with her son dying to avoid the vaccine really disgusted me. She is also implying that death is better than any form of autism (that connection claim has been thoroughly discredited).

    • exothermic@lemmy.world
      5·
      18 days ago

      But the social media research I did says Vitamin A is the natural way to build up immunity! /s

      Snake oil sales persons everywhere. Supplements should have been regulated by the FDA from its inception.

  • skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de
    5·
    18 days ago

    Likely higher than that due to piss poor reporting. I recall seeing an alt government account hinting it could have already been in the 2000s a few weeks back but they couldn’t speak officially.