As Texas measles outbreak grows, parents are choosing to vaccinate kids

[LetMyPeopleVote]

I am glad that many Texans are now vaccinating their children due to this outbreak. Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children are endangering their children are being stupid.
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As the measles outbreak in Texas keeps spreading, parents who previously chose not to vaccinate their children are now lining up to get their kids the shots needed to protect them from the serious illness.

“People are more and more nervous” as they watch the highly contagious virus spread in their communities, mostly among children, said Katherine Wells, director of public health for Lubbock's health department. “We’ve vaccinated multiple kids that have never been vaccinated before, some from families that didn’t believe in vaccines.”

About half of the approximately 100 doses of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR) given at the health department last week were to kids who were unvaccinated, Wells said.

On Tuesday, the Texas Department of State Health Services reported that 124 cases of measles have been confirmed since late January, mostly in counties in West Texas, near the New Mexico border. So far, 18 patients have been hospitalized, often because they were having trouble breathing.

Of the 124 cases identified, 101 are babies, school-age kids or teenagers.

[hlthe2b]

1. I am very sorry for all affected--especially those ignorant enough to be bamboozled into not vaccinating

their children--whose hospitalizations or deaths would leave those parents blaming themselves forever more.

But, Texas and all those counties, communities, schools, and people affected are going to do the rest of the country a great favor in exposing that measles is, indeed deadly, considered the MOST infectious virus (yes, even more so than COVID-19) and that vaccination really DOES matter.

And JFK JR can go straight to hell. "Measles outbreaks and deaths not uncommon," my ass.

[tanyev]

2. It's all fun and games until there are actual consequences looking you in the face.

Props to them for finally making the right choice, I guess.

[Bev54]

3. The problem is these ignorant parents who chose not to vaccinate

Their children put lives at risk for those who are not able to vaccinate due to other health problems. Sick of their antics and self absorbed bs.

[joshdawg]

4. Get The Shot!

FFS!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. Vaccines save lives

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