In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight
In rural West Texas, a measles outbreak grows with no end in sight
At least 49 cases have been confirmed. Health officials — who are scrambling to get a handle on the vaccine-preventable outbreak — suspect 200 to 300 people may be infected.
Summary
A measles outbreak in rural West Texas has surged to 49 confirmed cases, mostly among unvaccinated school-age children, with officials suspecting hundreds more unreported infections.
The outbreak is centered in Gaines County, home to a large Mennonite population with low vaccination rates. Despite CDC support, Texas has not requested federal intervention.
The outbreak has now spread to Lubbock, raising wider public health concerns.
Experts warn it could persist for months without increased vaccination efforts, but skepticism toward vaccines remains a significant barrier.
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So from what lemmy is reporting, we know West Texas has a measles outbreak and some giant fracking earthquake to contend with. Maybe toss in some radioactive exposure from a now-unmonitored nuclear facility and we've got the makings of a superhero origin story.
In West Texas? It'll be a supervillain.
It's adorable that you think a hero would come out of Texas...
Wait, didn't Preacher come out of Texas?
Written by a guy from Northern Ireland.
Walker Texas ranger would like a word with you.
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/08/15/texas-rangers-racist-violent-history/
The original purpose of the Rangers was to kill Indians and capture escaped slaves. They were killing native Texans with the wrong color skin for decades.
That's a world with hope.
We'll just get an infectious form of super-cancer that's spread by mutant mosquitoes.
we've got the makings of a
superhero origin storyzombie apocalypse.FTFY
Even better! Let's do this!
In reality they just end up with a debilitating form of cancer, and die penniless under a bridge.
With homelessness becoming increasingly illegal, they'll die in some kind of work gulag... sorry, "freedom" camp.