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Ninety measles cases (almost a third under age 5) are now being reported in West Texas, 32 new cases since Tuesday. Hopefully, we'll get lucky, and none of those kids will die. But we should also be mindful that young children and the elderly are the most vulnerable.

It's now spread across seven counties, with one case each in Lubbock and Odessa, but it remains mostly concentrated around Seminole and Brownfield. I think I've heard it's spilled over across the state line now into New Mexico around Hobbs.

Don't be dumbass or listen to insane people like the jackoff who's now in charge of our entire healthcare system, who played a role in causing 80 children in Samoa to die from this disease.

Get your kids vaccinated NOW if you haven't already done so (it's 97% effective). The crazy Mennonites aren't the only fucking yahoos in this state who are vaccine deniers, so this outbreak might have legs. 

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2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

i’m having trouble with my internal dialogue, telling me it would be fantastic if the bat virus crosses the bat-human barrier and requires vaccination to survive it.

That could solve multiple problems.

 

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And @bolverk I know it’s been a few years but omg I’m so sorry can’t imagine how tragic, infuriating, maddening, and helpless that all made you feel. Fuck these purveyors of lies. Fuck them straight to hell. 

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4 minutes ago, troph said:

What’s the deal on 50 year olds and teenagers all vaccinated - do we need boosters? 

I’m gonna guess this new variant will have a cure built into this fall’s vax.  Just gotta live that long.

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1 hour ago, bolverk said:

Condolences.

I had to bury a father who died of Covid in the hospital the morning after Christmas 2020. None of our family got to see him before he died, either.

My sister, a PA who was treating hundreds of Covid patients, and I tried to combat all the misinformation directed toward our small-town, Fox News-addicted parents from afar about the severity of the disease, but they'd been inundated by a firehose of lies and succumbed to the absolute insane stupidity. After they saw a famous old fat man recover from it (after receiving the very best medical care in the entire world), they determined it must be no big deal. They believed the lie that it was really pretty much like the flu.

Dad went out to play cards with some buddies. One of them had it; everyone at the table caught it; and all but one was dead within a month while the vaccine was being rolled out.

I can see why you'd be bitter about not seeing loved ones before they passed away. That's understandable. What doesn't make sense is the motivation to lie to gullible old people and cause their deaths for political advantage. That's what makes me bitter.

Mom eventually recovered, but cancer got her a couple of years later.

Fuck cancer, and fuck anyone who discourages vulnerable groups from bolstering their immune systems. As far as I'm concerned, anyone who does that is basically a terrorist and deserves to be beaten within an inch of their life, and I'd happily volunteer to relentlessly pummel that piece of shit.

I’m sorry to hear about this.

Definitely some the saddest and darkest times I’ve ever been through.

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1 hour ago, bolverk said:

Ninety measles cases (almost a third under age 5) are now being reported in West Texas, 32 new cases since Tuesday. Hopefully, we'll get lucky, and none of those kids will die. But we should also be mindful that young children and the elderly are the most vulnerable.

It's now spread across seven counties, with one case each in Lubbock and Odessa, but it remains mostly concentrated around Seminole and Brownfield. I think I've heard it's spilled over across the state line now into New Mexico around Hobbs.

Don't be dumbass or listen to insane people like the jackoff who's now in charge of our entire healthcare system, who played a role in causing 80 children in Samoa to die from this disease.

Get your kids vaccinated NOW if you haven't already done so (it's 97% effective). The crazy Mennonites aren't the only fucking yahoos in this state who are vaccine deniers, so this outbreak might have legs. 

I'd rather freedom than protect my kids, you commie bastard!!!!!

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18 minutes ago, Parliament said:

I’m gonna guess this new variant will have a cure built into this fall’s vax.  Just gotta live that long.

So everyone should get a booster ?

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Measles not going to be contained

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Health officials in Hays County are warning residents about a possible measles exposure after a person who tested positive for the illness visited San Marcos on Feb. 14.

According to the Hays County Health Department, a Gaines County resident who tested positive for measles was in San Marcos from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. that Friday.

People who were at Texas State University from approximately 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Twin Peaks Restaurant from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. may be at risk of developing measles.

Individuals who may have been exposed will be notified by their local health authority, health officials said. The Hays County Health Department, the Texas Department of State Health Services and other local health agencies are working together to investigate potential contacts.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/hays-county/hays-county-san-marcos-measles-exposure/269-42a46302-f24d-46af-af3e-98f0ee7f2f6b

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1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

Measles not going to be contained

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Health officials in Hays County are warning residents about a possible measles exposure after a person who tested positive for the illness visited San Marcos on Feb. 14.

According to the Hays County Health Department, a Gaines County resident who tested positive for measles was in San Marcos from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. that Friday.

People who were at Texas State University from approximately 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Twin Peaks Restaurant from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. may be at risk of developing measles.

Individuals who may have been exposed will be notified by their local health authority, health officials said. The Hays County Health Department, the Texas Department of State Health Services and other local health agencies are working together to investigate potential contacts.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/hays-county/hays-county-san-marcos-measles-exposure/269-42a46302-f24d-46af-af3e-98f0ee7f2f6b

Dude....once a disease hits the Texas State coed population.....

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1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

Measles not going to be contained

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Health officials in Hays County are warning residents about a possible measles exposure after a person who tested positive for the illness visited San Marcos on Feb. 14.

According to the Hays County Health Department, a Gaines County resident who tested positive for measles was in San Marcos from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. that Friday.

People who were at Texas State University from approximately 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Twin Peaks Restaurant from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. may be at risk of developing measles.

Individuals who may have been exposed will be notified by their local health authority, health officials said. The Hays County Health Department, the Texas Department of State Health Services and other local health agencies are working together to investigate potential contacts.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/hays-county/hays-county-san-marcos-measles-exposure/269-42a46302-f24d-46af-af3e-98f0ee7f2f6b

I know it's not funny, but I can't help but picture some countrified German+Spanish-speaking Mennonites hanging out at a breastaurant with the IPIHB San Marcos crew with all sorts of ensuing zany antics. It'd be like The Hangover movie, but this time with measles!

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Most students of university age are vaccinated with both doses of the MMR inoculation. The state collects data for kindergarten and seventh grade students and most of the older children have the requisite 95% coverage for herd immunity. Likely because it wasn't until COVID and other political issues (no CR) broke people's brains and exemption rates shot up. There are multiple areas where coverage is <95% of the younger population. So it's going to be a bit of luck that could go either way whether the virus gains a foothold or not.

@Wiler77 if you had two doses of the live vaccine then you're probably good. A certain percentage of people that got the vaccine in the 1960s were advised to get boosters due to a killed virus vaccine that was commonly administered then, or if their immune system is weakened--you can ask your pcp for a titer test if you wish to know for certain your immunity. That's per the CDC and it's a common recommendation that has been around every time there is an outbreak.

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1 hour ago, Paper_jam said:

Does UT still have certain vaccination requirements for incoming freshmen? Wonder how long that lasts...

I would bet mandatory vaccination scheduled for public education are gonna be out the window by the end of this presidential term. We've got a heroin addict with a history of literal brain worms leading up the charge against vaccination guidelines as the goddamn Secretary of Health and Human Services.

The fucker used to sell baby onesies that said "Unvaxxed. Unafraid." for fucks sake.

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1 hour ago, Paper_jam said:

Does UT still have certain vaccination requirements for incoming freshmen? Wonder how long that lasts...

 

Two: bacterial meningitis and measles. For measles, one has to have proof of MMR or MMRV or birth prior to 1957 (this is the requirement for more than just freshman). It's interesting since most of the attendees would have received something like the MMR but the requirement is solely for the measles (you can also provide proof of immunity through a positive titer test) when mumps, while not as contagious, would not be something one would want spreading around campus either. Given the localized nature of most of the student body, mumps is not likely but it's not too much of an ask to make the requirement inclusive of that as well.

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3 hours ago, Captainant said:

Thank goodness everyone decided to do their own research on vaccines.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.

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3 hours ago, Parliament said:

I think the >90% efficacy holds for life.  But if you’re one of those 10%…

I’ve been wondering if those of us who aren’t stupid would benefit with a booster?

I got one when my first kid was born.  It had been decades since I was vaccinated for it - when I was a kid in school, and then I'm pretty sure the Army did it when they filled my arm full of whatever the early 90s version of Bill Gates' 5G vaccine chips there were, but the doc recommended it for rubella when my wife was pregnant and for the measles after the kid was born.

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5 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

People who were at Texas State University from approximately 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

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5 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

and Twin Peaks Restaurant from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. may be at risk of developing measles.

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5 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Map showed they walked all over the university. Had to have been a tour. No student would be doing that.

It's a viral illness.  We saw this with COVID.  Apparently, in this new century, the most common symptom of any viral illness is

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A Northwest Texas resident who has tested positive for measles potentially exposed University of Texas at San Antonio students and other residents while visiting San Antonio earlier this month.

The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District said the Gaines County resident tested positive for the virus and traveled to multiple locations here on Feb. 15, including UTSA's main campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day.

Afterwards, the traveler visited the Wax Museum, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and Ripley’s Illusion Lab near the Alamo between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. For dinner, the visitor dined at Mr. Crabby's Seafood and Bar in Live Oak between 6 and 8 p.m.

Earlier Sunday, The Hays County Health Department announced that an Gaines County resident with measles visited San Marcos from 3 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 14., entering several Texas State University buildings and spending the evening at the sports bar Twin Peaks. 

Public health officials urge those who visited these places to review their vaccine records and monitor themselves for symptoms for four to 21 days after initial exposure.

 

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7 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

A Northwest Texas resident who has tested positive for measles potentially exposed University of Texas at San Antonio students and other residents while visiting San Antonio earlier this month.

The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District said the Gaines County resident tested positive for the virus and traveled to multiple locations here on Feb. 15, including UTSA's main campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. that day.

Afterwards, the traveler visited the Wax Museum, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! and Ripley’s Illusion Lab near the Alamo between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. For dinner, the visitor dined at Mr. Crabby's Seafood and Bar in Live Oak between 6 and 8 p.m.

Earlier Sunday, The Hays County Health Department announced that an Gaines County resident with measles visited San Marcos from 3 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 14., entering several Texas State University buildings and spending the evening at the sports bar Twin Peaks. 

Public health officials urge those who visited these places to review their vaccine records and monitor themselves for symptoms for four to 21 days after initial exposure.

 

You know how one of the early symptoms of Covid seemed to involve going on adventures? The same seems to be the case with measles, but more specifically focused on causing the infected to go on campus tours up and down the I-35 Corridor.

Weird disease.

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9 hours ago, bolverk said:

You know how one of the early symptoms of Covid seemed to involve going on adventures? The same seems to be the case with measles, but more specifically focused on causing the infected to go on campus tours up and down the I-35 Corridor.

Weird disease.

Gaines County has around what. 22,000 residents? Many of whom belong to the Mennonite community that is ground zero? The cases began towards the end of January and were all over the news each day as the case counts climbed and someone says in mid February "I think I'll go on some college tours," because yeah, that's the way a lot of people behave.

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5 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Gaines County has around what. 22,000 residents? Many of whom belong to the Mennonite community that is ground zero? The cases began towards the end of January and were all over the news each day as the case counts climbed and someone says in mid February "I think I'll go on some college tours," because yeah, that's the way a lot of people behave.

meanwhile county is pretty quiet on it.

Judge said some BS about upping surveillance. Um, there is no staff for it. I was in SM during COVID. No one gave a fuck. They had to put up fences to stop people from going to the river. Of course the locals knew tricks so they would go to hidden unfenced spots.

Perfect town for an outbreak.

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10 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

meanwhile county is pretty quiet on it.

Judge said some BS about upping surveillance. Um, there is no staff for it. I was in SM during COVID. No one gave a fuck. They had to put up fences to stop people from going to the river. Of course the locals knew tricks so they would go to hidden unfenced spots.

Perfect town for an outbreak.

That's Hays Cty, correct? Overall, for 7th graders, the county has around a 96% vax rate for 7th graders, so that might be some reassurance that the older population (say high school on up) has immunity. That can help limit spread. I'm sure individual schools and campuses in the K-12 range have less coverage. It's worth noting that while vaccinated people (two shots or boostered) who are exposed can get measles and can also spread measles, that is (according to the CDC) pretty darn rare.

Where it gets bad, of course, is that babies don't get the shot until they're a little older and they can get quite sick.

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49 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

That's Hays Cty, correct? Overall, for 7th graders, the county has around a 96% vax rate for 7th graders, so that might be some reassurance that the older population (say high school on up) has immunity. That can help limit spread. I'm sure individual schools and campuses in the K-12 range have less coverage. It's worth noting that while vaccinated people (two shots or boostered) who are exposed can get measles and can also spread measles, that is (according to the CDC) pretty darn rare.

Where it gets bad, of course, is that babies don't get the shot until they're a little older and they can get quite sick.

Estimate from a teacher buddy is 95% at the HS. We have a very large migrant community plus outliers from the country at that school.

And yes. Oh, but the twin peaks will be full today.

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Migrants are offered routine vaccinations by USBP if they don't already have them. For the MMR, I don't think they have to receive it, but apparently many do. Given there have been outbreaks such as the one in Chicago that was linked to *child refugees from Venezuela spreading measles at a shelter, it would certainly be a good idea for some outreach in the county, but it sounds like that isn't going to easily happen if they are understaffed.

 

*one of the issues with children on the move, so to speak, is that the age at which the child should be receiving vaccinations has placed them in a transient environment, crowded places, and lots of virus opportunities. Plenty of people 'blame' the parents for this, but that is being incapable of seeing the big picture, nuance, and incredibly ignorant.

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7 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Migrants are offered routine vaccinations by USBP if they don't already have them. For the MMR, I don't think they have to receive it, but apparently many do. Given there have been outbreaks such as the one in Chicago that was linked to *child refugees from Venezuela spreading measles at a shelter, it would certainly be a good idea for some outreach in the county, but it sounds like that isn't going to easily happen if they are understaffed.

 

*one of the issues with children on the move, so to speak, is that the age at which the child should be receiving vaccinations has placed them in a transient environment, crowded places, and lots of virus opportunities. Plenty of people 'blame' the parents for this, but that is being incapable of seeing the big picture, nuance, and incredibly ignorant.

1- If they are processed. If not, doubtful. Latin America is pretty good about vaccines. PAHO made it a cornerstone. Other parts of the world? Nope. Processed? yep, for sure.

2- County? In Texas? Reaching out to immigrants for community health? LMAO.

3- The biggest risk is going to be our homegrown ant-vax community. I get some do need exemptions. Others just don't want to. Some could not. My wife is unsure if she had her second MMR. Heading to the clinic today. She is not an anti-vaxxer, it was on her mom. And Texas State did not make her get it when she went back for her masters.

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Daughter is away at college and has had a persistent cough for about 6 weeks.  It doesn't affect her energy level.  She says she can still workout and stay on top of her classes and homework just fine.  She finally went to the university health center last week, and they think it's viral bronchitis that she just needs to work through, though they asked her to come back in a week if it hasn't gotten any better.  They didn't test for anything.

My eighth-grader had something similar over winter break, mainly a nagging cough that lasted at least a month before it was finally gone, but like his sister, didn't affect his energy.  His doctor did test him for pneumonia and strep, and it came back negative, and they thought it was just a virus.

Anyone have similar experience recently?

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4 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Daughter is away at college and has had a persistent cough for about 6 weeks.  It doesn't affect her energy level.  She says she can still workout and stay on top of her classes and homework just fine.  She finally went to the university health center last week, and they think it's viral bronchitis that she just needs to work through, though they asked her to come back in a week if it hasn't gotten any better.  They didn't test for anything.

My eighth-grader had something similar over winter break, mainly a nagging cough that lasted at least a month before it was finally gone, but like his sister, didn't affect his energy.  His doctor did test him for pneumonia and strep, and it came back negative, and they thought it was just a virus.

Anyone have similar experience recently?

Not recently, but that happens to me almost every time I get a cough from one of my kid's school illnesses. Annoying but I can work through it. 

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8 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Daughter is away at college and has had a persistent cough for about 6 weeks.  It doesn't affect her energy level.  She says she can still workout and stay on top of her classes and homework just fine.  She finally went to the university health center last week, and they think it's viral bronchitis that she just needs to work through, though they asked her to come back in a week if it hasn't gotten any better.  They didn't test for anything.

My eighth-grader had something similar over winter break, mainly a nagging cough that lasted at least a month before it was finally gone, but like his sister, didn't affect his energy.  His doctor did test him for pneumonia and strep, and it came back negative, and they thought it was just a virus.

Anyone have similar experience recently?

Due to multiple bouts with pneumonia, the doctors usually run an x-ray on me to rule that out, but I will say that I've also had a couple of battles with pleurisy which sounds like an old person disease (it usually is) but can affect younger patients esp following a viral illness. It can make one fatigued, coughing is also a symptom, and if it gets bad enough it will feel like there is an elephant sitting on your chest. Anecdotal, but my experience was usually similar, docs would suggest bronchitis and to wait and in my case it was 50-50 that it would resolve or I'd have to go back because it was one or the other of those two I mentioned earlier. Antibiotics (for pneumonia) and steroids (for pleurisy) were the usual treatments.

Hope she feels better soon.

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17 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Daughter is away at college and has had a persistent cough for about 6 weeks.  It doesn't affect her energy level.  She says she can still workout and stay on top of her classes and homework just fine.  She finally went to the university health center last week, and they think it's viral bronchitis that she just needs to work through, though they asked her to come back in a week if it hasn't gotten any better.  They didn't test for anything.

My eighth-grader had something similar over winter break, mainly a nagging cough that lasted at least a month before it was finally gone, but like his sister, didn't affect his energy.  His doctor did test him for pneumonia and strep, and it came back negative, and they thought it was just a virus.

Anyone have similar experience recently?

Need pics to diagnose properly.

 

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23 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Daughter is away at college and has had a persistent cough for about 6 weeks.  It doesn't affect her energy level.  She says she can still workout and stay on top of her classes and homework just fine.  She finally went to the university health center last week, and they think it's viral bronchitis that she just needs to work through, though they asked her to come back in a week if it hasn't gotten any better.  They didn't test for anything.

My eighth-grader had something similar over winter break, mainly a nagging cough that lasted at least a month before it was finally gone, but like his sister, didn't affect his energy.  His doctor did test him for pneumonia and strep, and it came back negative, and they thought it was just a virus.

Anyone have similar experience recently?

Mine's had that same lingering cough for a little over a week, but she seems fine otherwise.

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