A Texas medical agency is warning for human measles parties ” Outbreaks in West Texas developed At least 146 casesWith 20 hospitalization and A child of an unprecedented age. The outbreak continues mainly in children who have not been vaccinated.
In a press conference organized by Lubbock, Texas, on Friday, Ron Cook, Health Director at the Center for Health Sciences of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, issued a clear warning to Texas in their prospective claims.
What I want you to hear is: Not good when there are measles parties because what might happen is that we cannot predict who will do something poor with measles, hospitalized, likely to have pneumonia or encephalitis and die, Mr. Cook Cook said. So it is a stupid idea to have a measles party. The best thing to do is to ensure that you have been vaccinated well.
Lubbock is located about 90 miles from the focus of the outbreak to the Northwest In Gaines Districtis one of the least vaccinated districts of the state. It recorded 98 of the 146 cases of the epidemic. While Lubbock only reported two out of 146 cases, patients from elsewhere were treated in Lubbock. It consists of the first two cases in the epidemic as well as the child died of infection earlier this week, who was not a resident of Lubbock.
It is not clear whether any measles side is happening in Gaines or elsewhere. This is … Talking on social media, Mr. Cook Cook said to answer the next question from ARS. He noted that measles parties and chickenpox parties were more common practices from decades ago, before the vaccine for both diseases available. But he warned about the dangers today. “Please don't do that. It is stupid; It is playing Roulette, he said.
Cook, along with Lubbock's Community Health Director, Kinda Wells, said they did not see the end of the outbreak, currently lasting nine districts in Texas, many of which have low vaccination rates. This outbreak will continue to grow
So far, 116 out of 146 cases under 18 years old, with 46 is 4 or below. Only five out of 146 were vaccinated with at least one dose of measles vaccines, mumps and rubella (MMR).
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On a more positive note, Wells reported that the outbreak seemed to have affected some parents of vaccines to vaccinate their children. Just yesterday in Lubbock, more than 50 children came to the city's clinic to use measles vaccines. Ten of those children have been exempted from vaccines, which means their parents have previously experienced the state process to exempt their children from having to receive ordinary childhood vaccines to go to school. This is a really good sign; That means our message is out of there, Well Wells said.
So far, in the outbreak, broke out at the end of January, texting the disease and the importance of immunization has come from the state and local authorities. Disease control and prevention center is only released A brief statement At the end of Thursday, it was not sent through the agency's press distribution list. However, it has noted that the Viking vaccination is still the best defense against the infection of measles.
In a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, US Health Minister and VecCine Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Has answered a question about the outbreak, providing inaccurate information. Kennedy lowered the outbreak, declaring mistakenly that it was not abnormal. In fact, this is an unusual year for measles in the US. As the Kelyn Jetelina epidemiologist noted on Bluesky, the number of measles of the United States this year has Overcoming the total number of cases from eight of 15 years ago. And it is only February.