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Newborn babies exposed to measles in Texas hospital (www.nbcnews.com)

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Summary

Newborns at University Medical Center Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, Texas, were exposed to measles after an infected woman gave birth.

Hospital staff are administering immunoglobulin injections to protect infants, though long-term immunity requires vaccination.

Public health officials fear this exposure could worsen the ongoing outbreak, which has spread from Texas and New Mexico into Oklahoma. Texas has reported 259 cases, with one confirmed child death.

Officials continue tracing contacts to contain the virus, which can linger in the air or on surfaces for up to two hours.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Staggering incompetence by our ‘leaders’.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

RFK Jr. would argue that dying of measles as a baby offers excellent protection against vaccines.

Edit: I thought I was being absurd, but today there's a story about the father of an unvaccinated child who died of measles, saying he's still glad he didn't let her get vaccinated because he doesn't trust the vaccine to be safe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

If your child is dead they won't get autism.