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Forty-eight cases of measles have been identified in Texas, sending 13 patients to the hospital, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. The number of cases has doubled over the past three days. Continue reading “Texas Measles Outbreak Continues To Spread Among Unvaccinated”
More measles cases are being reported in west Texas with at least 10 cases as of Friday according to The Texas Department of State Health Services. The outbreak has only affected unvaccinated students so far. Eight of the cases were found in Gaines County which (no surprise) has one of the highest levels of vaccine exempt students in the state.. Continue reading “Texas: Measles Continues To Spread Among Unvaccinated Students”
Amy Grant (via official Facebook)
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| Pat Gray (L) and Glenn Beck (R) |
As I understand it, there have been 646 reported cases of measles recently. Measles is quite the deadly disease when left untreated.
You’ll remember the GOP was all up in arms last fall when we had 4 people diagnosed and 1 death from Ebola.
It was ALLLL Obama’s fault! Why wasn’t he doing anything???
WHY???
And yet, here we have a preventable situation affecting hundreds of children, and fringe lunatics are calling the measles outbreak a “hoax” and “false flag” territory.
From Right Wing Watch:
Beck and co-host Pat Gray then went on to assert that even though immigrants from the Philippines are responsible for the measles outbreak, the media won’t report that because their intention is “to make the case that you’ve got to obey the government” and get vaccinated.
“Do everything you can just to obey the government.”
Nigerian satirist Elnathan John has used the current measles outbreak in the U.S. to poke fun at the American over-reaction to the Ebola virus last fall during which some politicians called for a travel ban on impacted west African countries.
It’s important to note that measles is MUCH easier to catch than Ebola.
Our thoughts are also with the measles-ravaged country America. I hope we are screening them before they come to Africa.
— Elnathan John (@elnathan) February 1, 2015
I’m just kidding America. You know I love you- measles, guns, Kim Kardashian and all…
— Elnathan John (@elnathan) February 1, 2015
In the wake of a measles outbreak that infected more than 100 children across 14 states, Speaker of the House John Boehner said this at a press conference at the Republican National Committee: “I don’t know that we need another [federal] law, but I do believe all children ought to be vaccinated.”
Two prominent GOP politicians, Sen. Rand Paul and Gov. Chris Christie have spoken out in the last few days against vaccinations. Paul said in a CNBC interview “The state doesn’t own your children, parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom and public health.”
Christie told reporters that parents should have the right to decide whether or not to vaccinate against deadly diseases.
How do you feel, readers? Measles, for example, is highly contagious. Would you be cool with your child coming home infected with measles because a neighbor decided they didn’t want to vaccinate their child? Is the issue about health risk or freedom to parent?
It’s worth noting that Gov. Christie recently ordered a nurse (with no indication of infection) who had worked with Ebola patients to be quarantined at home. Is there a difference between government getting involved in that health issue but not insisting children be vaccinated for measles?