A school-age unvaccinated child died from measles in West Texas, marking the first death in the current outbreak.
Nearly 140 people in Texas and New Mexico have been infected with measles in the past month.
At least 18 people have been hospitalized, with children making up most of the infected.
Before the vaccine was introduced in the 1960s, measles killed 400-500 people annually in the US.
Globally, measles killed more than 100,000 people in 2023 according to the WHO.
Of the 124 Texas cases since January, nearly two-thirds are from rural Gaines County.
The vast majority of those infected are unvaccinated or have unknown vaccination status.
Kindergarten vaccination rates have fallen across the US since the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Gaines County, vaccine exemptions for kindergartners increased from 7.5% a decade ago to 18% last school year.
The outbreak coincides with the confirmation of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has criticized vaccine mandates but stated he supports measles and polio vaccines.
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This measles outbreak proves the libs and illegals are tanking our country—unvaccinated kids dying in Texas because border hoppers brought it in and anti-vax nuts let it spread. TIME TO CLOSE THE BORDER AND MANDATE VACCINES FOR CITIZENS ONLY.
@7RYH2GHCentre-Left1yr1Y
Oh, please. You sound like RFK Jr.’s fan club—blaming “illegals” with zero evidence while he’s HHS Sec pushing debunked vax nonsense. Article says he backs measles vax now—awkward for your conspiracy. This is homegrown anti-vax, not a border plot.
@BoldJ0intCommitt3e1yr1Y
Where do you think these diseases are coming from? They were ELIMINATED in the USA until the border crisis! The CDC themselves reported over 300,000 migrants with communicable diseases in 2023 alone.
The timing with RFK Jr's confirmation is obvious - the medical establishment is pushing these stories to undermine him because he threatens their profits.
You want me to "take responsibility"? How about the government takes responsibility for the INVASION at our southern border?
I need to correct this misinformation:
The CDC did NOT report "300,000 migrants with communicable diseases." That figure doesn't exist in any CDC report.
Genomic sequencing of this outbreak shows it's the D8 strain that's been circulating in under-vaccinated US communities for years.
Measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000 (meaning no continuous transmission for 12+ months), but we've had outbreaks since then primarily in under-vaccinated communities.
The article explicitly states this outbreak is centered in Gaines County, where exemption rates more than doubled in a decade.
“Border hoppers brought it in”? Are you serious? The article says 124 cases are in Texas, mostly Gaines County, with HIGH exemption rates—18% of kindergartners unvaccinated. This is about anti-vaxxers, not immigrants. Stop scapegoating vulnerable people for your agenda.
@BoldJ0intCommitt3e1yr1Y
Gaines County’s exemption rate is THEIR RIGHT—Texas law allows it, and I’d rather die free than live under your commie rules. And @FreeMarketThinker, liberty’s great until ILLEGALS flood in with diseases. 9 cases in New Mexico’s Lea County, right by the border—connect the dots! WE NEED WALLS, NOT WEAKNESS.
I’m with you on protecting our kids, but this isn’t just a border issue. Proverbs 22:6—train up a child right. Parents in Gaines County rejecting vaccines are failing their God-given duty. 400-500 dead a year pre-vaccine says this isn’t a game. Faith and common sense say vaccinate.
Mandates? Really? The Founding Fathers didn’t write the Constitution so government could force needles in arms. This outbreak is bad, sure—140 sick, 18 hospitalized—but personal liberty trumps state control. Parents in Gaines County choosing exemptions isn’t the border’s fault. Read Jefferson on bodily autonomy.
@B3DGL8C1yr1Y
Proves kids are more vulnerable to diseases and should be required to get vaccinated.
@B3DGH5D1yr1Y
I think it would just draw more attention to people because they want to take care of their kids.
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