200-300 people infected with measles in TX *sad update*

One of the school districts in Gaines County has a kindergarten vaccination exemption rate of over 47%, which is ridiculous!

Do they not do X-ray follow up? Dh tested positive one time and he was sent for an x-ray. It was clear. The County Health Dept said there are lots of false positives.

He has to be tested 3 months and 6 months later (no meds given).

Both were negative.

I had a questionable test once and had the X-ray that was clear. Tested again and negative. Next one 2 years later was negative too.

That just breaks my heart for that child who didn't have to die. It's all so senseless.

Exposure has now spread to San Antonio because a person from Gaines County who later tested positive for measles traveled there and went to an event at UTSA, many popular tourist attractions and Buc-ee's in New Braunfels. For those who are not familiar with Texas, San Antonio is a long ways from the area where it all originated.

www.ksat.com/news/local/2025/02/24/tourist-may-have-exposed-hundreds-of-thousands-of-people-in-san-antonio-to-measles-health-experts-say/

It's worse than that! The R 0 value for measles is actually 18. This means that, on average, an infected person can transmit that infection to 18 others. I fear that this is going to explode...the vaccination levels that I have been reading about throughout many communities in Texas are scary low. My heart aches for the child who died. I just can't imagine. Will this wake people up? I don't know...so much damage has been done to science credibility over the last five years.

Junior's statement that 2 children died is being refuted. I guess he doesn't have the latest information. I hope it is true that it is wrong

I believe those of us who had measles during childhood are still supposed to be immune now. Do you have an advice nurse or someone like that you can ask?

The current information is that if you had measles once in your life,  you are immune. If you are not 100% sure that you either had it or was vaccinated, they suggest getting a booster now. 

"Adults who were vaccinated for measles between 1963 and 1968 should check their vaccination history to determine which vaccine they received. During that time, a version of the vaccine that used an inactivated form of the virus was available that was found to not be as effective..."


"Older adults who were born before 1957 are presumed to have naturally induced immunity, because they were likely exposed to measles before vaccines became available."

publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/what-to-know-about-measles-and-vaccines

I'm older. I didn't get measles until my son was an infant in 1962..

From the article mom posted is what I posted the other day about long term affects of measles:

Scientists have found that measles wipes out the body’s memory of bacteria and viruses. This weakens your immune system, making you more likely to get sick from other diseases. This effect can last for years.

But remember Rubella ('German' measles) is very dangerous for fetuses...

Some good news about vaccinations (albeit too little too late for the innocent dead child):

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

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.

Nearly all were either unvaccinated or hadn’t received their second MMR shot, which is usually given around age 5. That dose, plus one given around a child’s first birthday, are 97% effective at preventing measles, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

While that level of protection is extremely high, it’s not 100%. Five of the 124 people with measles in Texas said they’d had at least one dose of the MMR shot.

Good that they are vaccinating, unfortunately probably too late for some this round. I think it takes two weeks to become affective.

When Jay was immunized for chicken pox, I also had the vaccine. I’ve never had any of the childhood diseases, until Jay and I had 5th disease when he was 6 months old.

Anyway, the doctor told me to just get vaccinated. He was of the mind I had had a mild form due to having been through both of my siblings’ chicken pox (years apart). 

I need to have another round of the chicken pox vax. Honestly, at this point, I am so close to not returning to work due to all the illnesses going around. 2024 was hell health wise. Plus, I have become allergic to the flu vaccine. 

My heart goes out to the children who suffer. The parents not at all. Fortunately, I survived my childhood because I never needed a blood transfusion. My mother would have let me die rather than allow a blood transfusion due to her religious beliefs.