"A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 58 confirmed cases, local health officials confirmed to CBS News Tuesday, making it the state's worst in over 30 years — and officials say additional cases are likely. At least 13 people have been hospitalized in the outbreak so far." - ThreadSky

therealtruther.bsky.social • 4 days ago

"A measles outbreak in Texas has grown to 58 confirmed cases, local health officials confirmed to CBS News Tuesday, making it the state's worst in over 30 years — and officials say additional cases are likely.

At least 13 people have been hospitalized in the outbreak so far."

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deebeebee.bsky.social•4 days ago

The "antivaxxers"have been working hard towards this since Covid.
As long as the uneducated among us listen to the "antivax" crowd, this will become more frequent and widespread.
RFK will undoubtably contribute to that outcome.

vafer2k.bsky.social•4 days ago

If there were only a proven, safe and effective way to protect people from getting such a tragic disease...🤔

waterfordslim.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thirteen too many.

kminnaugh.bsky.social•4 days ago

And the CDC now only updates their outbreak page monthly. It's still showing only 14 cases and reports it doesn't know the vaccination status of those infected. In Texas alone there are 58 cases and all but 4 were unvaccinated. WTF

itsjason.bsky.social•4 days ago

Poor kids with idiot parents

zackhouse.bsky.social•4 days ago

Both my kids got their MMR shots. :)

oneplanetleft.bsky.social•2 days ago

alwaysmelissaabq.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ignorance of science and belief in conspiracy theories lead to this and will only get worse under the deranged brain eaten one.

blupotluv.bsky.social•4 days ago

Texas! Have we heard a word from Greg Abbott about this? Have we heard a word from the new secretary of HHS? I haven’t seen anything but maybe I’m just looking at the wrong media outlets.

denny3.bsky.social•4 days ago

No. You won’t. Let’s be honest, conservatives don’t give a fuck about kids. No free school lunches, school food is of disgustingly low quality, no money for education, dismantling of the EPA so they can get brain damage, child labor, lax gun laws. Conservatives despise children & women, but ❤️ power

blupotluv.bsky.social•4 days ago

They just want women to give birth, but not take care of the children.

reneehere.bsky.social•4 days ago

Misery for little ones!

greenmeans.bsky.social•1 day ago

In 1963, I survived a severe measles case. Diagnosed from a distance & isolated at home in a dark room for ~ month. The youngest of a large family in the Appalachians, no traveling - highly contagious & it spread. My kids got their MMRs for them & others. You? https://www.cdc.gov/measles/index.html

knight4life.bsky.social•4 days ago

Vaccines work. They have for over 150 years. I don’t understand why people are so uniformed and miseducated that they let their children be exposed to this. 🤷🏾‍♂️

ohwell561.bsky.social•4 days ago

😑

whoajo.bsky.social•4 days ago

Way to go Texas🙄

einsteinshomie.bsky.social•4 days ago

If only there was a vaccine for this

davethibault.bsky.social•4 days ago

And these are just confirmed cases. Considering this is happening in deep MAGA county, there's likely far more.

lorerainandsnow.bsky.social•4 days ago

If I were any if those kids, I would sue my parents for trying to kill me when they had all the facts and ways to prevent this.

plants32.bsky.social•4 days ago

Now is the time to act on this ! Not when it has zero’s behind it ! All drug stores and Dr’s should be emailing useful information.

butterflysoul217.bsky.social•4 days ago

Yeah....all because parents didn't vaccinate their child(ren)
Pure stupidity 🙄

ortega-designs.bsky.social•4 days ago

It would NEVER cross my mind to let a child of mine suffer from something is preventable. I have no concept of what these parents are thinking and how they could put their children in harm’s way! Inconceivable!

awlnerdy.bsky.social•4 days ago

I think there's a vaccine for that... But, I bet if it was ebola more people would get THAT vaccine.

haulapiamountains.bsky.social•4 days ago

You need to quit listening to fake Fox News and social media otherwise your going to regret it!

feliciasouz.bsky.social•4 days ago

Shoot, if only there was something that could have been done to prevent this….

jezi.bsky.social•3 days ago

Will be a lot, lot more soon with thanks to the antivax- government

lsmith1231.bsky.social•4 days ago

The Senators who voted for RFK Jr need to lose their seats. Children are dying as he is promoting not vaccinating children as a result on strongly debunked conspiracies

gbownr.bsky.social•4 days ago

All the Republicans except McConnell voted for him. No Democrats did.

megl24.bsky.social•3 days ago

Where's the genius Kennedy?

greatestjudas.bsky.social•4 days ago

That’s a shame

pinupual-2.bsky.social•4 days ago

Thanks to uneducated parents. They think they can play roulette w/their kids. Well, they lost!! They think “it won’t happen to my child.” WRONG!!! These are proven & effective. If you don’t want Covid vax, fine… whatever! But don’t subject your child to avoidable diseases.

jenx107.bsky.social•4 days ago

At this point, anti Vax parents are abusing their children. Charge them with child abuse. Also, No, I don't care if I sound dramatic..this is fucked up!

redc4.bsky.social•4 days ago

They started at a religious school that think their deity can make it go away. Sadly, their delusions are affecting the health of others.

ro6air3.bsky.social•4 days ago

Infected people can infect 12-18 people. That’s over 1000 people based on 58 confirmed cases. You better believe there are significantly a lot more sick people out there right now. If you thought COVID was bad, you just wait until YOUR CHILDREN GET SICK. Some will DIE. Thanks RFK. Asshole.

noahsnark.bsky.social•4 days ago

RFKFTW

novladfirme.bsky.social•4 days ago

Hopefully more cases will get these idiots to learn about vaccines

silverpoet.bsky.social•4 days ago

I’m sad for these kids.

nepa22.bsky.social•3 days ago

No vaccination… They deserve what they get.
The stupidity is staggering

kathrynritter.bsky.social•4 days ago

Idiocy- kids are going to die

dianaowl.bsky.social•4 days ago

How depressing... going backwards instead of forward.

la-resistance.bsky.social•4 days ago

88 people died in American Samoa thanks to RFK Jr. Many of them children. Look it up.

mrsbonsu.bsky.social•4 days ago

So sad. Poor kids. Their lives matter, their health matters.

jamielm.bsky.social•3 days ago

These people obviously don't believe it vaccines, why do they go to the hospital? All of a sudden medical science is okay, makes no sense.

badboy987.bsky.social•3 days ago

This outbreak could have been prevented if people had taken the vaccine. Why are the American people so ignorant?fuck trump he is a traitor and should be in prison for treason to our country

darcee-says-stuff.bsky.social•4 days ago

It's a sad statement that so many people would have their kids dead, or injury impacting quality of life, rather than "have autism" when as a low support needs autistic adult, my autism is one of my favourite things about myself. Challenging, yes, but also amazing. 💛💙❤️

darcee-says-stuff.bsky.social•4 days ago

And yes, all of us, our merry little band of sane, science loving individuals, understand that's not how any of it works -- but hot damn. They sure don't like chemicals, despite their bodies being made up entirely of chemicals...