Confirmed measles case in Virginia, local spread suspected

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Maryland confirms measles case in resident who traveled ...
As of early May 2026, the Maryland Department of Health has confirmed three cases of measles in Maryland residents, all reported in April 2026. These cases are linked to recent international and out-of-state travel. While there is no evidence of widespread, ongoing transmission, officials are monitoring the situation closely following a surge in national cases.


Case Count: Three confirmed cases (one international travel-related on April 19, two out-of-state travel-related on April 24).
Location: The cases involve residents in the Baltimore metro area.

"These cases are linked to recent international and out-of-state travel."

It would be helpful to know where they traveled. It's crazy to me that they don't say!

[Anonymous]

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Huh? Regardless of the demographics of Patient Zero, viral spread (and subsequent mutations) happens when there is a sufficient vulnerable population - e.g., unvaccinated people. In a perfect world, the vulnerable population would "just" be infants and the immunocompromised, but now you've got millions of unvaccinated school-age children in that camp who can catch and further spread it, plus adults who refuse boosters when it would be medically advised. Those unvaccinated children and vaccine-refusing adults are overwhelmingly MAGA/MAHA. Facts don't care about your feelings.


So ignore patient zero and all of their close contacts? That's a really effective strategy.

You know what is an effective strategy? try to identify and isolate those with measles AND ensure herd immunity through widespread vaccination.

Also, yes, greater percentage of MAGA is definitely vaccine (and science) skeptical. But there's also the fringe liberal left who don't vaccinate either.

The common denominator among many vaccine skeptics is lack of trust and faith in science/institutions; tendency to privilege intuitive/anecdotal reasoning over statistical reasoning (and being science illiterate); consumption of media that affirms and echoes cultural and political beliefs; a deep desire for certainty over uncertainty, in part as a way to feel more powerful in a challenging and unmoored time; self-concept as being more informed and can see "the truth" where others cant; etc.

In other words, social and cultural influences, combined with personality traits and access to media, really can shape all kinds of beliefs. I believe that many people, when faced with the existential crisis of our powerlessness in the world (and esp in contemporaray capitalism) seek clarity and certainty by divding the world into black/white, right/wrong, and by seeking to locate their own feelings of powerlessness and lack of agency in some vague idea of "the elite", "experts," etc. `

You're still ignoring all the travelers who keep importing the virus and bringing it back to our communities and schools. Why is it so hard to call them out? Every single one of these cases originates from someone traveling while unvaccinated. It's not your poor MAGA from Kentucky, by the way.

[Anonymous]

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Maryland confirms measles case in resident who traveled ...
As of early May 2026, the Maryland Department of Health has confirmed three cases of measles in Maryland residents, all reported in April 2026. These cases are linked to recent international and out-of-state travel. While there is no evidence of widespread, ongoing transmission, officials are monitoring the situation closely following a surge in national cases.


Case Count: Three confirmed cases (one international travel-related on April 19, two out-of-state travel-related on April 24).
Location: The cases involve residents in the Baltimore metro area.

"These cases are linked to recent international and out-of-state travel."

It would be helpful to know where they traveled. It's crazy to me that they don't say!

You know why they don't say. We all do.

[Anonymous]

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Huh? Regardless of the demographics of Patient Zero, viral spread (and subsequent mutations) happens when there is a sufficient vulnerable population - e.g., unvaccinated people. In a perfect world, the vulnerable population would "just" be infants and the immunocompromised, but now you've got millions of unvaccinated school-age children in that camp who can catch and further spread it, plus adults who refuse boosters when it would be medically advised. Those unvaccinated children and vaccine-refusing adults are overwhelmingly MAGA/MAHA. Facts don't care about your feelings.


So ignore patient zero and all of their close contacts? That's a really effective strategy.

You know what is an effective strategy? try to identify and isolate those with measles AND ensure herd immunity through widespread vaccination.

Also, yes, greater percentage of MAGA is definitely vaccine (and science) skeptical. But there's also the fringe liberal left who don't vaccinate either.

The common denominator among many vaccine skeptics is lack of trust and faith in science/institutions; tendency to privilege intuitive/anecdotal reasoning over statistical reasoning (and being science illiterate); consumption of media that affirms and echoes cultural and political beliefs; a deep desire for certainty over uncertainty, in part as a way to feel more powerful in a challenging and unmoored time; self-concept as being more informed and can see "the truth" where others cant; etc.

In other words, social and cultural influences, combined with personality traits and access to media, really can shape all kinds of beliefs. I believe that many people, when faced with the existential crisis of our powerlessness in the world (and esp in contemporaray capitalism) seek clarity and certainty by divding the world into black/white, right/wrong, and by seeking to locate their own feelings of powerlessness and lack of agency in some vague idea of "the elite", "experts," etc. `

You're still ignoring all the travelers who keep importing the virus and bringing it back to our communities and schools. Why is it so hard to call them out? Every single one of these cases originates from someone traveling while unvaccinated. It's not your poor MAGA from Kentucky, by the way.

The case in Virginia that started this thread is not from a traveler. And the kids who died in Texas last year didn't travel either. Nor did all the folks in the South Carolina outbreak earlier this year.

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Huh? Regardless of the demographics of Patient Zero, viral spread (and subsequent mutations) happens when there is a sufficient vulnerable population - e.g., unvaccinated people. In a perfect world, the vulnerable population would "just" be infants and the immunocompromised, but now you've got millions of unvaccinated school-age children in that camp who can catch and further spread it, plus adults who refuse boosters when it would be medically advised. Those unvaccinated children and vaccine-refusing adults are overwhelmingly MAGA/MAHA. Facts don't care about your feelings.


So ignore patient zero and all of their close contacts? That's a really effective strategy.

You know what is an effective strategy? try to identify and isolate those with measles AND ensure herd immunity through widespread vaccination.

Also, yes, greater percentage of MAGA is definitely vaccine (and science) skeptical. But there's also the fringe liberal left who don't vaccinate either.

The common denominator among many vaccine skeptics is lack of trust and faith in science/institutions; tendency to privilege intuitive/anecdotal reasoning over statistical reasoning (and being science illiterate); consumption of media that affirms and echoes cultural and political beliefs; a deep desire for certainty over uncertainty, in part as a way to feel more powerful in a challenging and unmoored time; self-concept as being more informed and can see "the truth" where others cant; etc.

In other words, social and cultural influences, combined with personality traits and access to media, really can shape all kinds of beliefs. I believe that many people, when faced with the existential crisis of our powerlessness in the world (and esp in contemporaray capitalism) seek clarity and certainty by divding the world into black/white, right/wrong, and by seeking to locate their own feelings of powerlessness and lack of agency in some vague idea of "the elite", "experts," etc. `

You're still ignoring all the travelers who keep importing the virus and bringing it back to our communities and schools. Why is it so hard to call them out? Every single one of these cases originates from someone traveling while unvaccinated. It's not your poor MAGA from Kentucky, by the way.

Idiot. No one is "ignoring" them. That is how the viruses are introduced to our communities.

The bigger issue is that the way that viruses spread through communities via unvaccinated people.

One person being sick isn't great for that person but isn't bad for the community if the community has herd immunity.

A whole bunch of unvaccinated people spreading the virus is bad for the community.

[Anonymous]

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Huh? Regardless of the demographics of Patient Zero, viral spread (and subsequent mutations) happens when there is a sufficient vulnerable population - e.g., unvaccinated people. In a perfect world, the vulnerable population would "just" be infants and the immunocompromised, but now you've got millions of unvaccinated school-age children in that camp who can catch and further spread it, plus adults who refuse boosters when it would be medically advised. Those unvaccinated children and vaccine-refusing adults are overwhelmingly MAGA/MAHA. Facts don't care about your feelings.


So ignore patient zero and all of their close contacts? That's a really effective strategy.

You know what is an effective strategy? try to identify and isolate those with measles AND ensure herd immunity through widespread vaccination.

Also, yes, greater percentage of MAGA is definitely vaccine (and science) skeptical. But there's also the fringe liberal left who don't vaccinate either.

The common denominator among many vaccine skeptics is lack of trust and faith in science/institutions; tendency to privilege intuitive/anecdotal reasoning over statistical reasoning (and being science illiterate); consumption of media that affirms and echoes cultural and political beliefs; a deep desire for certainty over uncertainty, in part as a way to feel more powerful in a challenging and unmoored time; self-concept as being more informed and can see "the truth" where others cant; etc.

In other words, social and cultural influences, combined with personality traits and access to media, really can shape all kinds of beliefs. I believe that many people, when faced with the existential crisis of our powerlessness in the world (and esp in contemporaray capitalism) seek clarity and certainty by divding the world into black/white, right/wrong, and by seeking to locate their own feelings of powerlessness and lack of agency in some vague idea of "the elite", "experts," etc. `

You're still ignoring all the travelers who keep importing the virus and bringing it back to our communities and schools. Why is it so hard to call them out? Every single one of these cases originates from someone traveling while unvaccinated. It's not your poor MAGA from Kentucky, by the way.

Idiot. No one is "ignoring" them. That is how the viruses are introduced to our communities.

The bigger issue is that the way that viruses spread through communities via unvaccinated people.

One person being sick isn't great for that person but isn't bad for the community if the community has herd immunity.

A whole bunch of unvaccinated people spreading the virus is bad for the community.

If it wasn’t introduced it wouldn’t spread. Your lackadaisical traveler is also not vaccinated but traipsing around the 3rd world bringing formerly eradicated diseases back. But they aren’t a problem?

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Huh? Regardless of the demographics of Patient Zero, viral spread (and subsequent mutations) happens when there is a sufficient vulnerable population - e.g., unvaccinated people. In a perfect world, the vulnerable population would "just" be infants and the immunocompromised, but now you've got millions of unvaccinated school-age children in that camp who can catch and further spread it, plus adults who refuse boosters when it would be medically advised. Those unvaccinated children and vaccine-refusing adults are overwhelmingly MAGA/MAHA. Facts don't care about your feelings.


So ignore patient zero and all of their close contacts? That's a really effective strategy.

You know what is an effective strategy? try to identify and isolate those with measles AND ensure herd immunity through widespread vaccination.

Also, yes, greater percentage of MAGA is definitely vaccine (and science) skeptical. But there's also the fringe liberal left who don't vaccinate either.

The common denominator among many vaccine skeptics is lack of trust and faith in science/institutions; tendency to privilege intuitive/anecdotal reasoning over statistical reasoning (and being science illiterate); consumption of media that affirms and echoes cultural and political beliefs; a deep desire for certainty over uncertainty, in part as a way to feel more powerful in a challenging and unmoored time; self-concept as being more informed and can see "the truth" where others cant; etc.

In other words, social and cultural influences, combined with personality traits and access to media, really can shape all kinds of beliefs. I believe that many people, when faced with the existential crisis of our powerlessness in the world (and esp in contemporaray capitalism) seek clarity and certainty by divding the world into black/white, right/wrong, and by seeking to locate their own feelings of powerlessness and lack of agency in some vague idea of "the elite", "experts," etc. `

You're still ignoring all the travelers who keep importing the virus and bringing it back to our communities and schools. Why is it so hard to call them out? Every single one of these cases originates from someone traveling while unvaccinated. It's not your poor MAGA from Kentucky, by the way.

Idiot. No one is "ignoring" them. That is how the viruses are introduced to our communities.

The bigger issue is that the way that viruses spread through communities via unvaccinated people.

One person being sick isn't great for that person but isn't bad for the community if the community has herd immunity.

A whole bunch of unvaccinated people spreading the virus is bad for the community.

If it wasn’t introduced it wouldn’t spread. Your lackadaisical traveler is also not vaccinated but traipsing around the 3rd world bringing formerly eradicated diseases back. But they aren’t a problem?

They are a problem. But travelers bringing home diseases is a problem that has existed for as long as humans could travel.

If you knew a serial killer was on the loose, would you sleep with the door open? That’s what the antivaxxers are doing.

[Anonymous]

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Huh? Regardless of the demographics of Patient Zero, viral spread (and subsequent mutations) happens when there is a sufficient vulnerable population - e.g., unvaccinated people. In a perfect world, the vulnerable population would "just" be infants and the immunocompromised, but now you've got millions of unvaccinated school-age children in that camp who can catch and further spread it, plus adults who refuse boosters when it would be medically advised. Those unvaccinated children and vaccine-refusing adults are overwhelmingly MAGA/MAHA. Facts don't care about your feelings.


So ignore patient zero and all of their close contacts? That's a really effective strategy.

You know what is an effective strategy? try to identify and isolate those with measles AND ensure herd immunity through widespread vaccination.

Also, yes, greater percentage of MAGA is definitely vaccine (and science) skeptical. But there's also the fringe liberal left who don't vaccinate either.

The common denominator among many vaccine skeptics is lack of trust and faith in science/institutions; tendency to privilege intuitive/anecdotal reasoning over statistical reasoning (and being science illiterate); consumption of media that affirms and echoes cultural and political beliefs; a deep desire for certainty over uncertainty, in part as a way to feel more powerful in a challenging and unmoored time; self-concept as being more informed and can see "the truth" where others cant; etc.

In other words, social and cultural influences, combined with personality traits and access to media, really can shape all kinds of beliefs. I believe that many people, when faced with the existential crisis of our powerlessness in the world (and esp in contemporaray capitalism) seek clarity and certainty by divding the world into black/white, right/wrong, and by seeking to locate their own feelings of powerlessness and lack of agency in some vague idea of "the elite", "experts," etc. `

You're still ignoring all the travelers who keep importing the virus and bringing it back to our communities and schools. Why is it so hard to call them out? Every single one of these cases originates from someone traveling while unvaccinated. It's not your poor MAGA from Kentucky, by the way.

Idiot. No one is "ignoring" them. That is how the viruses are introduced to our communities.

The bigger issue is that the way that viruses spread through communities via unvaccinated people.

One person being sick isn't great for that person but isn't bad for the community if the community has herd immunity.

A whole bunch of unvaccinated people spreading the virus is bad for the community.

+1 There were 700+ cases in a Texas town in 2025, including 2 deaths from measles. The community was undervaxxed Amish mennonites. They aren't jumping on planes on the regular...it's just the lack of herd immunity allowed the disease to spread like wildfire.

[Anonymous]

Be careful with your babies!

[Anonymous]

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Huh? Regardless of the demographics of Patient Zero, viral spread (and subsequent mutations) happens when there is a sufficient vulnerable population - e.g., unvaccinated people. In a perfect world, the vulnerable population would "just" be infants and the immunocompromised, but now you've got millions of unvaccinated school-age children in that camp who can catch and further spread it, plus adults who refuse boosters when it would be medically advised. Those unvaccinated children and vaccine-refusing adults are overwhelmingly MAGA/MAHA. Facts don't care about your feelings.


So ignore patient zero and all of their close contacts? That's a really effective strategy.

You know what is an effective strategy? try to identify and isolate those with measles AND ensure herd immunity through widespread vaccination.

Also, yes, greater percentage of MAGA is definitely vaccine (and science) skeptical. But there's also the fringe liberal left who don't vaccinate either.

The common denominator among many vaccine skeptics is lack of trust and faith in science/institutions; tendency to privilege intuitive/anecdotal reasoning over statistical reasoning (and being science illiterate); consumption of media that affirms and echoes cultural and political beliefs; a deep desire for certainty over uncertainty, in part as a way to feel more powerful in a challenging and unmoored time; self-concept as being more informed and can see "the truth" where others cant; etc.

In other words, social and cultural influences, combined with personality traits and access to media, really can shape all kinds of beliefs. I believe that many people, when faced with the existential crisis of our powerlessness in the world (and esp in contemporaray capitalism) seek clarity and certainty by divding the world into black/white, right/wrong, and by seeking to locate their own feelings of powerlessness and lack of agency in some vague idea of "the elite", "experts," etc. `

You're still ignoring all the travelers who keep importing the virus and bringing it back to our communities and schools. Why is it so hard to call them out? Every single one of these cases originates from someone traveling while unvaccinated. It's not your poor MAGA from Kentucky, by the way.

Idiot. No one is "ignoring" them. That is how the viruses are introduced to our communities.

The bigger issue is that the way that viruses spread through communities via unvaccinated people.

One person being sick isn't great for that person but isn't bad for the community if the community has herd immunity.

A whole bunch of unvaccinated people spreading the virus is bad for the community.

If it wasn’t introduced it wouldn’t spread. Your lackadaisical traveler is also not vaccinated but traipsing around the 3rd world bringing formerly eradicated diseases back. But they aren’t a problem?

They probably got it from MAGA/MAHA losers in Texas. No need to travel abroad - we already have 3rd world country viruses.

[Anonymous]

Buckingham County has large Amish and Mennonite communities. I wouldn't be surprised is the cases are related to them.

[Anonymous]

Incredibly sad that a preventable deadly disease has made such a comeback.

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html

As of May 14, 2026, 1,893 confirmed* measles cases were reported in the United States in 2026. Among these, 1,884 measles cases were reported by 40 jurisdictions: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York City, New York State, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. A total of 9 measles cases were reported among international visitors to the United States.

[Anonymous]

I got an MMR booster about 10 years ago when there were outbreaks in Germany, because I fly through FRA or MUC monthly. People are idiots when it comes to estimating risk. No other way to put it.

[Anonymous]

Will we ever be able to reverse this trend?

It’s just so sad to think of all these kids being taught by their parents that vaccines are evil and it’s better to get sick and take your chances. What will they be like as adults. Not to mention all those who are unfairly put at risk.

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Anonymous wrote:DC has multiple confirmed cases of measles, and it now appears to be spreading locally in Virginia. Sad times for our public health system.

https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2026/05/09/measles-case-confirmed-in-central-virginia-local-spread-suspected/90008594007/

Measles case confirmed in Central Virginia, local spread suspected

A school-aged child in Virginia's Central Region has a confirmed case of measles from a local exposure.
The Virginia Department of Health suspects community transmission in the Buckingham County area and believes more cases are likely.
Due to the potential outbreak, VDH has issued updated vaccine recommendations for infants, children, and adults in the affected area.
The Virginia Department of Health has reported a confirmed case of measles in a school age child (5-12 years) in the Central Region, according to a press release from the VDH Central Virginia Region on May 8. The patient did not travel and was exposed to measles locally. To protect the family’s privacy, VDH will not provide any additional information about the patient.

Based on this information, VDH said it has reason to suspect that measles virus is circulating in the Buckingham County area, and that there are likely more cases than have been reported. VDH is advising people in the area to make sure they are up to date on their MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) vaccine, watch for symptoms of measles, and if they feel sick to stay home and contact their healthcare provider.

I don't see anywhere in this article that says there were several cases in DC. Or did I miss it?

You missed the other news articles about the DC cases, which is probably what the OP was referring to.
https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2026/05/confirmed-case-of-measles-in-dc-as-country-faces-significant-resurgence/

Confirmed cases of measles in DC and Virginia as country faces significant resurgence

Two cases of measles have been confirmed in the DC-area: Officials with the District’s Department of Health announced a confirmed case of measles in the city on Thursday, and the Virginia Department of Health was notified of a confirmed case of measles that traveled through the Dulles International Airport on April 23 and April 24.

In a release, VDH said the person traveled internationally and is an out of state resident.

Thank you, I had not seen this.

Measles is now all over the USA. Brought to you by our MAGA/MAHA neighbors.
https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
As of May 7, 2026, the U.S. has reported 1,842 confirmed measles cases across 39 jurisdictions, indicating a significant surge that threatens to surpass 2025's total. With over 90% of cases linked to outbreaks and linked to unvaccinated individuals, officials warn of increased risk during summer travel.

all those people traveling internationally... are MAGA? That doesn't compute.

The two PP's (or 1 sock puppet) wants to blame everything wrong in their life on MAGA but that's not the case.

I'm sure it's all MAGAs fault for traveling to places with measles outbreaks like Yemen and Pakistan and bringing it back to the US. Sounds very likely.

If the MAGAs would vaccinate, this wouldn't be an issue if one random traveled from an infected area overseas.

Our only option right now is to mask in public places.

Your "one random" isn't vaccinated themselves. But all the heat is on the people who didn't travel and bring the virus in? Please.

There are always going to be one offs. You can't stop that from happening. But you can stop the spread.

The only reason why viruses get any traction is because of the dumb ass MAGAs/MAHAs.

You wish.

Huh? Regardless of the demographics of Patient Zero, viral spread (and subsequent mutations) happens when there is a sufficient vulnerable population - e.g., unvaccinated people. In a perfect world, the vulnerable population would "just" be infants and the immunocompromised, but now you've got millions of unvaccinated school-age children in that camp who can catch and further spread it, plus adults who refuse boosters when it would be medically advised. Those unvaccinated children and vaccine-refusing adults are overwhelmingly MAGA/MAHA. Facts don't care about your feelings.

So ignore patient zero and all of their close contacts? That's a really effective strategy.

Oh god, this person is so dumb, and so desperate to avoid any responsibility.

Is the "spark" responsible for bringing a virus back? Yeah. Are you ALSO RESPONSIBLE for making sure that spark lands in a cardboard box instead of on a cinder block? Yeah, you are.

You have the common sense of an oyster farm. Grow up.