A second person has died of measles in this outbreak, an unvaccinated person across the border in New Mexico. There's been at least 169 cases in the W Texas-NM outbreak. These are the first measles fatalities in a decade. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/... - ThreadSky

amymaxmen.bsky.social • 3 days ago

A second person has died of measles in this outbreak, an unvaccinated person across the border in New Mexico. There's been at least 169 cases in the W Texas-NM outbreak.

These are the first measles fatalities in a decade.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/03/06/measles-death-outbreak-new-mexico/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert

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leecle.bsky.social•3 days ago

The worst part is it doesn’t have to be this way.
#vaccinate

moveoverandforward.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not having your children vaccinated is child abuse!

monkeykatma.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well our beloved Governor “Hot Wheels” Abbott likes to brag that everything is better in Texas. Apparently including a measles outbreak. This would almost be funny if it wasn’t so horribly sad and heartbreaking. Just a matter of time before it spreads further.

rjejr.bsky.social•3 days ago

Is someone doing a survey of all the sick kids parents to see if they themselves were vaccinated as kids, b/c their parents weren’t idiot cult members?

I do feel really bad for the kids, growing up MAGA you get corporal punishment and the measles. 😢

shamrockchickens.bsky.social•2 days ago

“But public health experts say there are some adults who should consider getting revaccinated. That includes older adults who were born after 1957 and were vaccinated before 1968” https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5304458/measles-vaccine-booster-health

jlp2024.bsky.social•3 days ago

How many deaths will it take?

mimibbee.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well done anti-vax crowd, just helping to spread disease wherever you go: young, old, immunocompromised - everyone is fair game. You sure are showing the rest of us!