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Via https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/18/health/texas-measles-outbreak-declared-over
This outbreak was also responsible for spreading to Oklahoma, Kansas, and New Mexico, and there were 3 cases reported in N.M. last Thursday that DHS officials there indicated were part of the larger outbreak starting in Texas.
Texas DHS has also recommended that trying to push for acceptance of a measles vaccine is actually driving people away and so vaccine messaging should be reduced or eliminated.
To give you an idea of the outbreak, of the ~1350 people who have been reported with measles so far this year, 762 of them (more than half) were reported in Texas only, from THIS outbreak. Which is still confirmed as ongoing in the bordering state(s).
CDC had sent a whole 3-person team there in March, but had to recall it in April due to all those jobs being cut, so it's not like there's any legitimate oversight.
REOJackwagon
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MostAwesomeDan
CanIGetSomeExtraSalt
no reported cases if nobody is left to report them
tantallous
Or if nobody is left to take the report bc they closed the offices or fired the people.
coffeeandprozac
So it got worse, is what they mean?
kimbozo
Givin off these vibes for sure
SteveMND
"Our measles outbreak is over! And it certainly isn't because we just stopped REPORTING a lot of cases. Nope, we'd NEVER do something like that!"
MaybeIllDisappear
"We stopped recording cases and our numbers went down. Crazy."
powwerbottom
"And we changed the definition of 'outbreak' too! Mission Accomplished ™️"
DukePhelan
'We stopped testing and the numbers dropped to zero so obviously there is no problem'- Republican logic
DriverIRQnotlessOrEqual
Pressing X to doubt
Zetor
Anybody want to buy a bridge?
fractalsphere
Shouldn't have had to have been 'over', it should have been prevented in the first place.
baals
Cases in Oklahoma currently
thesameasyours
Freedom Freckles
qshamtech
The number of cases also dropped during Covid when they stopped reporting them.
CloseupCaptionReaction
"If they didn't report it, we wouldn't have such high numbers"...
Davedavedavedavedave
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theyallwenttoMexico
"Texas Department of State Health is not exactly the most reliable source...", and they're the experts, then I have to assume they're lying.
quietwalker
Well, they fired the scientists, or at least the ones that won't say what they want them to, like "This could have been prevented if only we had the 10 commandments in every classroom".
It's a political organization, not a scientific one, and in Texas, that means it's just a propaganda machine.
LieutenantDansNewLegs
“…it suggests that there two week incubation…” their* Still not how I would have written it.
Froggie243
*schedules booster shots faster*
Fargus57
I got the MMR shot few months ago, just to be sure as its been a long time since my original vaccination. Plus it was free on my insurance.
TacoFox
GOP texas is full of shit
PicassoCT
Just because it works for the cattle , doesn't mean it works for trumps cattle . herd immunity is not cowboy until somebody gets hurt.
icurays1
SF0X
It’s not criminal for public officials to lie to you. Most states protect public officials who cause harm to people. (If you were looking for a law to UPDATE, this might be one)
Sebastopol140
This administration is working hard on hiding everything and refuting science... so... everything here is unreliable.
xj4low
The CDC has to route all their announcements, health updates, warnings, and everything through the Whitehouse now. Even when the center got shot up last week, JFK Jr posted photos of fish he caught on a weekend trip before he said anything about the shooting. We still have Covid, bird flu, measles, food recalls for listeria, ect going on. Good luck trying to find info on any of it though.
Jewdakris
They still haven't said anything about the shooting. They don't fucking care.
KirbyUOR
Oh damn you're right there was a shooting. Fuck the news!
xj4low
It made the headlines for half a day. Something like 100+ bullets fired. Just had so many other fucky things going on so it wouldn't even make the front page.
Firearm incidents at schools don't even make the headlines now unless it's local.
KirbyUOR
We live in a society where mass murder is normalized and accepted
PineappleLoopsBrOether
They couldn’t be more obvious in in their deliberate efforts to ensure the most amount of people get it, probably fanning the flames to other states as well.
oozabooza
Suuuuuuuurrrrrrrreeeeee/s
mrpotatodick
GoombaLord
Just in time for the new school year to bring it back.
BananaSpiceOfLife
THIS! I was going to comment kids were out for summer. Let's see how quickly it ramps back up.
iamgnat
SciFiGuy2018
Is this the same state that chose not to publish deaths caused by Covid to lower the number of deaths under the Trump regime?
ratrider524360
They also stopped recording women's mortality rates to hide the numbers of women dying from easily preventable maternal issues.
quietwalker
Yuuuuuuuup. Suckin' that orange prong.
Kotarisu
More of an orange tic-tac I heard
DschermanGuy
*doubt*
Wizzbit
Well its gone, or it might mean vaccines are needed.............
Nandortherelentless
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tooomanystevesgotbanned
toddlerfights
Just stop testing and *boom* outbreak over. Worked on covid…. I think
karlfrack
ausernamewhat
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4Astaroth
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WienerBeener
No no. Im sure, *reads prompter* everything is fine. *sweats*
TheGodEmperorOfChaos
Soufange
I want it to be true, just because I work in healthcare and I'm still pissed about a family taking a relative out for Christmas knowing DAMN WELL a brother or some such dumbfuck has tested positive. Multiply this by 160 residents and you have c h a o s
redbear1999
Measles has been eradicated by the maggats. There is no measles. If there has been measles, Biden spread it.
WarlockSniper
There are no measels in Ma Ga Country. *Jo Dee Smile*
ImGonnaMissThisPlace
The /s has never been more important