At least four cases of measles, including two involving school-aged children, have been reported in Texas in less than two weeks. [Texas vaccination rate has fallen to 94.3%. A rate of at least 95% is required to prevent outbreaks.] www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/t... $ www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-... - ThreadSky

carlzimmer.com • 23 days ago

At least four cases of measles, including two involving school-aged children, have been reported in Texas in less than two weeks. [Texas vaccination rate has fallen to 94.3%. A rate of at least 95% is required to prevent outbreaks.] https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/30/texas-measles-vaccinations-schools/ $ https://www.cdc.gov/ncird/whats-new/measles-outbreak-risk-in-us.html

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carlzimmer.com•23 days ago

Sorry, that $ should be &. How I wish for an edit button.

nextis.bsky.social•23 days ago

Same wish. Please Bluesky, give me an edit button.

nsousanis.bsky.social•23 days ago

That’s the only thing we ever wanted in these platforms - instead we got nazis and trolls…

onisillos.bsky.social•23 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/onisillos.bsky.social/post/3lgxvyw7ql22f

dtipson.bsky.social•23 days ago

I've read and loved all your work and books for so long, and honestly, your byline upsets me. You are working for a company that has neutered its coverage of Trump and will almost certainly pay a settlement fealty bribe, as so many other outlets have, within months

laura718.bsky.social•23 days ago

I'm curious what happens with the families of infected children like these. Do the parents ever take responsibility and change their minds about vaccines, or do they stick to their fringe beliefs? Has anyone written about this?

bendyziggy.bsky.social•23 days ago

We have a massive outbreak of Measles in west Ontario🇨🇦 right now, where vaccines &health care are free, public health &edu are ROBUST. Why? We call them 🍁Maple MAGA. 🇨🇦s who follow trump, kennedy jr, rogan etc down the anti-vaxx rabbit hole.🙄They are a threat to us all.
Do they follow quarantine??🤔

bendyziggy.bsky.social•23 days ago

Parents of many infected kids are NOT co-operating w Public Health. Mainly fr communities that don’t vaxx, &so home school kids (vaxx are mandatory in 🇨🇦public schools). PH can’t get contact tracing or vaxx status, so unlikely to get handle on outbreak. Getting worse.😞

https://www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/article/measles-outbreak-declared-in-southwestern-ontario/

theemmy.bsky.social•23 days ago

What happened to the laws to protect us from the gullible cult members? Trump and his puppet masters have ruined the world.

arthurcraven.bsky.social•23 days ago

Distressing and depressing to think that until there are significant numbers of deaths this downward trend is going to continue.

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