Texas measles outbreak nears 100 cases, raising concerns about undetected spread https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022125_tx_measles_spread/texas-measles-outbreak-nears-100-cases-raising-concerns-undetected-spread/
Some private schools have shut down because of a rapidly escalating measles outbreak in West Texas. Local health departments are overstretched, pausing other important work as they race to limit the spread of this highly contagious virus.
#Tucson #Arizona
@epistatacadam @TucsonSentinel and presumably, the majority of the population is vaccinated, so there's a small upper bound on how many can be infected.
@hyc @TucsonSentinel that's true but immunisation is generally very clustered with communities of close contacts with similar views, so quite large local outbreaks are possible. Not sure if Texas has good reporting, I recall being told that Amazonia had a better idea of the number and location of all its measles cases than the USA. Indeed the USA was the reservoir of measles in the Americas! So it's not a new problem as I've been retired for almost 10 years....!
@TucsonSentinel We all know, #measles is #JoeBiden's fault. /s
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No, no, stay open. Remember, closing schools for disease is bad and unnecessary.
@TucsonSentinel to get an outbreak in a measles free area there must have been undetected spread from the off.
You can't catch measles by reaching your fifth birthday, you need exposure directly or indirectly to an infected person, who has not been out in isolation as they should.