WaPo: “At least 24 cases of measles have been detected in Gaines County, Texas, the state’s Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said this weekas it warned that additional cases were likely given the highly infectious nature of the disease.
None of the 24 infected individuals had been immunized with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine, the health authority said. Two of them are adults, and the other 22 are children. Nine patients were hospitalized.
U.S. vaccination ratesfor measles have fallen in recent years and continue to decrease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts say measles outbreaks in recent years are linked to an increase in the number of parents seeking exemptions from childhood vaccinations following political backlash to coronavirus restrictions and rampant misinformation about vaccine safety, The Washington Post has reported.”