Measles

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Thoughts and prayers.

[MU82]

Looks like a second measles death in Texas. And the parents of the first one are standing by their decision not to have vaccinated.

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/20/texas-measles-family-gaines-county-death/?

"We would absolutely not take the MMR. The measles wasn't that bad. They got over it pretty quickly," she said of her other four surviving children, who were treated with castor oil and inhaled steroids and recovered.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Looks like a second measles death in Texas. And the parents of the first one are standing by their decision not to have vaccinated.

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/03/20/texas-measles-family-gaines-county-death/?

"We would absolutely not take the MMR. The measles wasn't that bad. They got over it pretty quickly," she said of her other four surviving children, who were treated with castor oil and inhaled steroids and recovered.

Goodness gracious, only one died is acceptable?

[Uncle Rico]

Goodness gracious, only one died is acceptable?

America is a fundamentally stupid country

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Goodness gracious, only one died is acceptable?

Some context (i don't think it's acceptable but helps explain their thought process) they are mennonites. Distrust of technology and a belief that death is gods will is central to their beliefs.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Some context (i don't think it's acceptable but helps explain their thought process) they are mennonites. Distrust of technology and a belief that death is gods will is central to their beliefs.

I was not aware but at least that's a real "religious exemption" vs "I don't like vaccines just because".

[MU82]

If my religion believes in child sacrifice, am I allowed to torch my child in a bonfire in the village square? If not, why not? It's the lord's will!

[#UnleashSean]

Goodness gracious, only one died is acceptable?

Well... They're doing fantastic by 1840's standards.

[#UnleashSean]

If my religion believes in child sacrifice, am I allowed to torch my child in a bonfire in the village square? If not, why not? It's the lord's will!

Religious exemptions to medical procedures are incredibly wild. Like I'm not allowed to beat the crap out of my child, regardless of what my religion states. But I can actively prevent medical doctors from saving my childs life with medicine because of ReLiGiOn.

[MU82]

You literally can argue that you can hurt your own children because if they die they'll be in a better place anyway - and some wingnut judges will agree with that argument.

Meanwhile, kids are getting sick from Vitamin A overdoses.

Because, you know, our worm-brained health czar promotes Vitamin A as a measles prevention and cure.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2025/04/05/multiple-texas-children-with-vitamin-a-toxicity-from-use-vs-measles/

More voodoo science from the "merit" hire who was brought in to "go wild on health."

[MU82]

Measles exploded in Texas after stagnant vaccine funding. New cuts threaten the same across the US

https://apnews.com/article/measles-texas-vaccines-funding-cuts-5785985d6b74024b0502f6a2fc1576e2?

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn't happen just by chance.

The easily preventable disease, declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, ripped through communities sprawling across more than 20 Texas counties in part because health departments were starved of the funding needed to run vaccine programs, officials say.

"We haven't had a strong immunization program that can really do a lot of boots-on-the-ground work for years," said Katherine Wells, the health director in Lubbock, a 90-minute drive from the outbreak's epicenter.

Immunization programs nationwide have been left brittle by years of stagnant funding by federal, state and local governments. In Texas and elsewhere, this helped set the stage for the measles outbreak and fueled its spread. Now cuts to federal funding threaten efforts to prevent more cases and outbreaks.

[Billy Hoyle]

Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories: In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/health/measles-texas-kennedy-fox.html?

Sigh. We live in batsh!t crazy times.

Meh, nothing that can't be solved with eight glasses of beef tallow and raw milk every day.

[MU82]

From ABC News:

Louisiana, Virginia and Missouri reported their first measles cases of 2025, bringing the total number of states with at least one case to 27. Officials say 96% of this year's cases are in the unvaccinated or those whose status is unknown.

[Uncle Rico]

From ABC News:

Louisiana, Virginia and Missouri reported their first measles cases of 2025, bringing the total number of states with at least one case to 27. Officials say 96% of this year's cases are in the unvaccinated or those whose status is unknown.

The pope was vaccinated and now he's dead.  Do the math

[cheebs09]

The pope was vaccinated and now he's dead.  Do the math

He didn't pray hard enough.

[Skatastrophy]

He didn't pray hard enough.

If praying worked, mubb would be better at basketball.

[MU82]

Measles shouldn't have all the fun. Whooping cough is also making a nice comeback!

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/whooping-cough-surges-vaccines-decline-us-rcna201853

So far this year, there have been 8,064 reported cases of whooping cough in the U.S., compared with 3,835 for the same time in 2024, according to the CDC. And there were more than four times as many whooping cough cases in the U.S. in 2024 compared with 2023.

According to the medical journal BMJ, if the current trend continues, the U.S. may be on course for the highest number of infections since vaccination was introduced in 1948.

Vaccine hesitancy in general is playing a major role in the increase.

[Skatastrophy]

"Vaccine hesitancy" is language for snowflakes. Anti-science idiots. Luddites.

[Uncle Rico]

"Vaccine hesitancy" is language for snowflakes. Anti-science idiots. Luddites.

Was Jesus vaccinated?  No.  End of story

[rocky_warrior]

Vaccine hesitancy in general is playing a major role in the increase.[/i]

I'm certainly not vaccine hesitant, but I'm not sure I would have thought about re-upping my tdap if a travel doctor hadn't recommended it before a trip to SE asia a few years ago.