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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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[–] tunetardis 33 points 6 days ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago

In West Texas? It'll be a supervillain.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It's adorable that you think a hero would come out of Texas...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wait, didn't Preacher come out of Texas?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Written by a guy from Northern Ireland.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Walker Texas ranger would like a word with you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

That's a world with hope.

We'll just get an infectious form of super-cancer that's spread by mutant mosquitoes.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

we've got the makings of a ~~superhero origin story~~ zombie apocalypse.

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Even better! Let's do this!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In reality they just end up with a debilitating form of cancer, and die penniless under a bridge.

[–] Canadian_anarchist 1 points 4 days ago

With homelessness becoming increasingly illegal, they'll die in some kind of work gulag... sorry, "freedom" camp.