Measles in Maryland and Virginia--Buckle Up, Buttercup

[Anonymous]

I was born in the mid-60's and recent routine blood work showed that I have immunity. I don't need another vaccine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born in the mid-60's and recent routine blood work showed that I have immunity. I don't need another vaccine.

Same here. I tested ok on measles, mumps and rubella. I don’t know if that’s due to vaccination or having had the diseases. I remember having the mumps, but not the others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born in the mid-60's and recent routine blood work showed that I have immunity. I don't need another vaccine.

I was born in 1973 and recent blood work showed my measles immunity was low (mumps and rubella were fine) so I got a booster.

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Anonymous wrote:Newborns exposed to measles in Texas hospital. I hate the anti-vaxxers

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-hospital-newborn-babies-exposed-rcna196519

So you really think the measles outbreaks in Texas are from anti-vaxxers? Why is the truth about these outbreaks so underreported?

Yes, because they were. Amish/mennonite communities don’t vax and that’s where it originated from.

Point of fact, it didn't "originate" there, measles has been around for who knows how long, thousands of years.

It came in from out of country, as many immigrants are not vaccinated, but affected the non-vaccinated people in that community where it exploded.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Newborns exposed to measles in Texas hospital. I hate the anti-vaxxers

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-hospital-newborn-babies-exposed-rcna196519

So you really think the measles outbreaks in Texas are from anti-vaxxers? Why is the truth about these outbreaks so underreported?

Yes, because they were. Amish/mennonite communities don’t vax and that’s where it originated from.

Point of fact, it didn't "originate" there, measles has been around for who knows how long, thousands of years.

It came in from out of country, as many immigrants are not vaccinated, but affected the non-vaccinated people in that community where it exploded.

Don’t be an idiot, you know when I used the work “originated”, I was talking about the current outbreak. But you needed to sound smart on DCUM…did it feel good?

[Anonymous]

DC patient and exposure risks:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Newborns exposed to measles in Texas hospital. I hate the anti-vaxxers

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-hospital-newborn-babies-exposed-rcna196519

So you really think the measles outbreaks in Texas are from anti-vaxxers? Why is the truth about these outbreaks so underreported?

Yes, because they were. Amish/mennonite communities don’t vax and that’s where it originated from.

Point of fact, it didn't "originate" there, measles has been around for who knows how long, thousands of years.

It came in from out of country, as many immigrants are not vaccinated, but affected the non-vaccinated people in that community where it exploded.

I don't know why we're always blaming immigrants when legal international travel to/from the US and rest of the world for tourism is many multiples/magnitudes more than illegal immigration, yes, even under Biden. Most recent TB case in my workplace was a US born and raised citizen who traveled abroad. For contagious, airborne diseases, they will arrive in the US regardless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Newborns exposed to measles in Texas hospital. I hate the anti-vaxxers

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-hospital-newborn-babies-exposed-rcna196519

So you really think the measles outbreaks in Texas are from anti-vaxxers? Why is the truth about these outbreaks so underreported?

Yes, because they were. Amish/mennonite communities don’t vax and that’s where it originated from.

Point of fact, it didn't "originate" there, measles has been around for who knows how long, thousands of years.

It came in from out of country, as many immigrants are not vaccinated, but affected the non-vaccinated people in that community where it exploded.

Don’t be an idiot, you know when I used the work “originated”, I was talking about the current outbreak. But you needed to sound smart on DCUM…did it feel good?

I don't think the PP sounds smart. What evidence does the PP had that it "came from out of the country." They have none. The only thing we know is that it started with the Amish/Mennonites in Texas, who, yes, mostly don't vax, because "god's will." So here we are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Newborns exposed to measles in Texas hospital. I hate the anti-vaxxers

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-hospital-newborn-babies-exposed-rcna196519

So you really think the measles outbreaks in Texas are from anti-vaxxers? Why is the truth about these outbreaks so underreported?

Yes, because they were. Amish/mennonite communities don’t vax and that’s where it originated from.

Point of fact, it didn't "originate" there, measles has been around for who knows how long, thousands of years.

It came in from out of country, as many immigrants are not vaccinated, but affected the non-vaccinated people in that community where it exploded.

Or, it came from an unvaccinated American who traveled overseas and got it and brought it back. Just as likely scenario.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Newborns exposed to measles in Texas hospital. I hate the anti-vaxxers

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-hospital-newborn-babies-exposed-rcna196519

So you really think the measles outbreaks in Texas are from anti-vaxxers? Why is the truth about these outbreaks so underreported?

Yes, because they were. Amish/mennonite communities don’t vax and that’s where it originated from.

Point of fact, it didn't "originate" there, measles has been around for who knows how long, thousands of years.

It came in from out of country, as many immigrants are not vaccinated, but affected the non-vaccinated people in that community where it exploded.

Or, it came from an unvaccinated American who traveled overseas and got it and brought it back. Just as likely scenario.

Unvaxxed illegal migrants or unvaxxed U.S. citizen. Either way, they are unvaxxed right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Newborns exposed to measles in Texas hospital. I hate the anti-vaxxers

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-hospital-newborn-babies-exposed-rcna196519

So you really think the measles outbreaks in Texas are from anti-vaxxers? Why is the truth about these outbreaks so underreported?

Yes, because they were. Amish/mennonite communities don’t vax and that’s where it originated from.

Point of fact, it didn't "originate" there, measles has been around for who knows how long, thousands of years.

It came in from out of country, as many immigrants are not vaccinated, but affected the non-vaccinated people in that community where it exploded.

I don't know why we're always blaming immigrants when legal international travel to/from the US and rest of the world for tourism is many multiples/magnitudes more than illegal immigration, yes, even under Biden. Most recent TB case in my workplace was a US born and raised citizen who traveled abroad. For contagious, airborne diseases, they will arrive in the US regardless.

The initial outbreak was in a border town. It just so happened that the border community affected was Mennonite and they don't vaccinate. It's a poor area and people are not traveling internationally.

[Anonymous]

Mexico also requires the measles vaccine.

[Anonymous]

Do we know exactly who is bringing measles in from overseas? Are these adults whose vaccines have expired? Are they completely unvaccinated?

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Anonymous wrote:I thought it was the law for kids to have all vaccinations prior to getting enrolled in school.

Did they do away with that local law due to the flood of illegal immigrants who have no vaccination records?

Yes.

Up until 2020, VA requirements were not aligned with the CDC vaccine schedule. They had a shorter list and an older age ranges in some cases.

VA has long published the vax stats from schools who are required to report them to the state. The rates in our area are very high. https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/immunization/sis-reports-2021-present/

According to your data, only 79% of 12th graders in FCPS are fully vaccinated. I wouldn't call that very high.

Could be students don’t get the HPV vax. HPV is a required vaccine but has an exemption that is very simple - parents sign an acknowledgement about the vaccine and the risks of not getting it. A lot of parents opt out of it.

I really can't wrap my head around parents not vaccinating their kids against cancer.

A lot of mistrust regarding this vaccine and for good reason. In my small circle, I know of a colleague's teen who became ill and later died presumably from a Gardisil reaction. Another teen I know personally experienced fainting episodes.

Our family is vaxed to the max but I am holding off on HPV for my son, for now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was the law for kids to have all vaccinations prior to getting enrolled in school.

Did they do away with that local law due to the flood of illegal immigrants who have no vaccination records?

Yes.

Up until 2020, VA requirements were not aligned with the CDC vaccine schedule. They had a shorter list and an older age ranges in some cases.

VA has long published the vax stats from schools who are required to report them to the state. The rates in our area are very high. https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/immunization/sis-reports-2021-present/

According to your data, only 79% of 12th graders in FCPS are fully vaccinated. I wouldn't call that very high.

Could be students don’t get the HPV vax. HPV is a required vaccine but has an exemption that is very simple - parents sign an acknowledgement about the vaccine and the risks of not getting it. A lot of parents opt out of it.

I really can't wrap my head around parents not vaccinating their kids against cancer.

A lot of mistrust regarding this vaccine and for good reason. In my small circle, I know of a colleague's teen who became ill and later died presumably from a Gardisil reaction. Another teen I know personally experienced fainting episodes.

Our family is vaxed to the max but I am holding off on HPV for my son, for now.

This is how people end up making individual decisions based on their experiences or their community experiences. The PP above made a decision based on her community experiences and that makes sense for them. We made the opposite decision because our community experience included a dear family friend dying of HPV related cervical cancer.

I get that people will say “measles is different” and perhaps that’s right but no one should be dying of measles in this day and age, vaccinated or not. Even before the vaccine was introduced and basically every single person got it, it killed about 400-500 people a year in the US. It’s not a high mortality disease.

And yes, I’ve been vaccinated for measles twice and will probably go for a 3rd because I don’t like getting sick, period.