CDC Data Confirms US is 2 Months Away From Losing Measles Elimination Status
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- News link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/11/19/1540212/cdc-data-confirms-us-is-2-months-away-from-losing-measles-elimination-status
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> Federal health officials have linked two massive US measles outbreaks, confirming that the country is about [1]two months away from losing its measles elimination status , according to [2]a report by The New York Times . The Times obtained a recording of a call during which officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to state health departments that the ongoing measles outbreak at the border of Arizona and Utah is a continuation of the explosive outbreak in West Texas that began in mid- to late-January. That is, the two massive outbreaks are being caused by the same subtype of measles virus.
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> This is a significant link that hasn't previously been reported despite persistent questions from journalists and concerns from health experts, particularly in light of Canada losing its elimination status last week. The loss of an elimination status means that measles will once again be considered endemic to the US, an embarrassing public health backslide for a vaccine-preventable disease.
[1] https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/11/cdc-data-confirms-us-is-2-months-away-from-losing-measles-elimination-status/
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/health/measles-us-elimination-status-outbreaks.html
Applause please (Score:4, Informative)
I think we should all stop and give antivaxxers a round of applause. Never has anyone regressed the human race so quickly. They wanted the dark ages and I'll be damned, they are getting it!
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> I think we should all stop and give antivaxxers a round of applause.
No doubt they'll refuse it and instead prefer the sound of slapping a soggy sock against their face.
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When a disease gone for decades returns, it is safe to say its vaccine was efficient and safe enough to continue being administered.
It is not the same to say a brand-new vaccine for a never seen disease that affects the entire planet has the same safety. That is what the anti-vaxxers get wrong. And that is what dormant diseases on vaccinated people tend to cause when more people decide vaccination is a binary thing.
Land of the Free (Score:2)
America, where people are free stop make stupid decisions that negatively effect not only themselves but others around them. To be fair, you have to include Canada there too as they have sustained measles outbreaks there as well. Both originally brought on by Mennonites.
Re:Canada problems (Score:1)
Canada has troglodytes also. Via the Webtubes they get much of the same fake news MAGA and Q does.
Confirm that your vaccination is still good... (Score:3)
I went to my MD several months ago to see whether my vaccination against measles was still good. I got my shots back in the late 60's/early 70's. They did a blood test and confirmed that my immunity had lapsed, and I needed another shot.
If it's been a while since your vaccination, then do not assume that your immunity is still good. Get tested, and get a follow-up shot if needed.
Republicans did this (Score:1)
They are objectively bad for the economy and they know it. People are starting to know it too no matter how much propaganda there is.
Google it. It is a fact that the Republican party is worse for the economy than the Democratic party. Trickle down economics doesn't work and never has.
We have been trained to get angry when we see anyone discussing the two political parties. So it's tough to have this discussion but it's a discussion we need to have.
Because without positive economic gains for 90%
F*** you, Andrew Wakefield (Score:3)
F*** you to all the celebs who blindly parrot his BS. And F*** you to RFK Jr
Oh, Such Greatness (Score:5, Informative)
Let's put idiots in charge of formulating medical guidance.
We'll have the greatest measles epidemic in the world if we stay the course.
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Gotta please all the people who trust random armchair youtubers more than experienced and learned professionals
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You know what would be really good? Someone with half a brain eaten by a worm. But where to find such a person?
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I think I saw someone swimming in some sewage en route from scraping a bear carcass off the road, let me go check.
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Fucking troglodytes like the "good ol' days", with (preventable) plagues and locusts. Time to split the USA, otherwise these neanderclowns will drag us into their lead-filled trailer park.
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Splitting won't do those of us that don't live in bigger cities much good. We'd have to have a mass exodus in several different directions at once to contain the festering braindump that some seem to be suffering from, and I have a funny feeling it'd be an enforcement nightmare since so many that seem lost in the stupid have connections, whether familial or business, with those that are at least attempting to kick their brain into something above neutral from time to time. I think the better solution would
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Splitting isn't a perfect solution, but better than what we have now. Lincoln made a mistake, should have let the South go. Sanctions could be used by both Europe and the North half to expire slavery.