At least 49 cases have been confirmed. Health officials — who are scrambling to get a handle on the vaccine-preventable outbreak — suspect 200 to 300 people may be infected.

Summary

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.

  • @Hobbes_Dent
    12•7 days ago

    Careful.

    Sec. 2.  Establishing a Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias.  (a)  There is hereby established within the Department of Justice the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias (Task Force).\
     (b)  The Attorney General shall serve as Chair of the Task Force.\
     (c)  In addition to the Chair, the Task Force shall consist of the following other members:\
          (i)     the Secretary of State;\
          (ii)    the Secretary of the Treasury;\
          (iii)   the Secretary of Defense;\
          (iv)    the Secretary of Labor;\
          (v)     the Secretary of Health and Human Services;\
          (vi)    the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;\
          (vii)   the Secretary of Education;\
          (viii)  the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;\
          (ix)    the Secretary of Homeland Security;\
          (x)     the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;\
          (xi)    Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations;\
          (xii)   the Administrator of the Small Business Administration;\
          (xiii)  the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;\
          (xiv)   the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;\
          (xv)    the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;\
          (xvi)   the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and\
          (xvii)  the heads of such other executive departments, agencies, and offices that the Chair may, from time to time, invite to participate.

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/eradicating-anti-christian-bias/

    Kinda worried posting myself and I’m not american owned yet. Which is my way of saying that I don’t insinuate you’re American, just it’s that absurd.

    Everybody expects this inquisition.