Public Health News | Measles outbreak, RFK Etc

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“… As of Friday afternoon, the outbreak has jumped to 14 confirmed cases and six probable cases among people who are symptomatic and had close contact with infected individuals, Zach Holbrooks, executive director of the South Plains Public Health District, told CNN.

Investigations are ongoing, as cases have been identified in parts of the region that are outside the Gaines County lines where the first cases were reported.

… All the cases are believed to be among people who are not vaccinated against measles, Holbrooks said, and most of them are in children.

A record share of US kindergartners had an exemption for required vaccinations last school year, leaving more than 125,000 new schoolchildren without coverage for at least one state-mandated vaccine, according to data published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in October.

… MMR coverage is particularly low in Gaines County, where nearly 1 in 5 incoming kindergartners in the 2023-24 school year did not get the vaccine. The 18% vaccine exemption rate for the county is one of the highest in the state, according to data from the Texas Department of State Health Services.

At the state level, vaccine exemptions were highest in Idaho, where more than 14% of incoming kindergartners did not have their required shots, according to CDC data from last school year. Texas overall was slightly above the national average, with about 4% exemptions. …”
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I had measles, mumps, and rubella (which we called German measles back then) when I was a kid. The mumps were particularly miserable. There are old photos of me wherein I look like a chipmunk I’m so swollen. Now all it takes is a couple vaccines and kids don’t have to deal with this shit like I did. I can’t believe parents are this stupid and selfish.
 
farce© said:
I had measles, mumps, and rubella (which we called German measles back then) when I was a kid. The mumps were particularly miserable. There are old photos of me wherein I look like a chipmunk I’m so swollen. Now all it takes is a couple vaccines and kids don’t have to deal with this shit like I did. I can’t believe parents are this stupid and selfish.
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I had them too farce. I have immense sympathy for the children. I have none for the parents.
I remember my mother saying she set in a chair and cried when she heard a vaccine had been developed for polio. I can remember a couple who were friends of my parents. They were older and obviously had money. The reason I say that is because their daughter was in an iron lung from polio and they were able to pay for 24/7 nursing care. I remember seeing her in her lung.
Why people refuse to get their children vaccinated is beyond me:
 
nycfan said:
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Not surprised, because its West Texas, but anti-vaccine goofiness is some bipartisan nonsense. Asheville had a Chickenpox outbreak a few years back at a school that has the highest vaccination exemption rate and is about as granola as it gets.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
Not surprised, because its West Texas, but anti-vaccine goofiness is some bipartisan nonsense. Asheville had a Chickenpox outbreak a few years back at a school that has the highest vaccination exemption rate and is about as granola as it gets.
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Yeah, antivax left caused some outbreaks in California, too, but more and more MAHA and MAGA seem to have merged.
 
farce© said:
I had measles, mumps, and rubella (which we called German measles back then) when I was a kid. The mumps were particularly miserable. There are old photos of me wherein I look like a chipmunk I’m so swollen. Now all it takes is a couple vaccines and kids don’t have to deal with this shit like I did. I can’t believe parents are this stupid and selfish.
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I can believe that Kennedy Lite gets wealthier from the BS he spews about vaccines.

I can believe Trump and President Musk spew such BS.
 
farce© said:
I can’t believe parents are this stupid and selfish.
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There are a lot of truly stupid people out there. And a lot of completely brainwashed people (which is not inherently the same group).

Add the two together and there are a lot of folks ready to make terrible, terrible decisions.
 


“… “We’re following them,” she said at the meeting. “For 21 days, they have to report their symptoms to us. If they don’t report, we’re calling them.”

GNR Public Health and other Georgia health departments have not found anyone with measles outside the initial family.

“It’s just a very labor-intensive kind of process just to, again, make sure that we’re not missing anyone,” Francis-Christian said.

In Gwinnett County, clinicians administered preventive measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations to nine people. If received within three days of exposure, the vaccine can help prevent infections in patients who were never immunized against the disease. Additionally, an infant and a pregnant woman in Gwinnett were treated with antibody medications designed to bolster the immune system against measles. …”
 
Wasn’t sure if there was a health coverage thread so posting this here.

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NC Senate looks to stop expanding health insurances mandates for millions, including state employees​


The North Carolina Senate, concerned about rising health care costs, plans to soon vote on a bill that would ban any further expansion of the list of procedures that health insurance must pay for.

The rules wouldn’t apply to many of those who get health insurance through their employers, if they work in the private sector for large companies. But the rules would apply to people on other insurance plans — including from the individual marketplace or some private group plans, as well as the 750,000 government workers, retirees and family members on the State Health Plan.

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NC Senate looks to stop expanding health insurances mandates for millions, including state employees

North Carolina mandates 58 types of medical coverage that health insurance must pay for. Republican state senators are backing a bill to ensure that list will never grow larger, citing concerns over rising costs.
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DiehardHeelFan said:
Wasn’t sure if there was a health coverage thread so posting this here.

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NC Senate looks to stop expanding health insurances mandates for millions, including state employees​


The North Carolina Senate, concerned about rising health care costs, plans to soon vote on a bill that would ban any further expansion of the list of procedures that health insurance must pay for.

The rules wouldn’t apply to many of those who get health insurance through their employers, if they work in the private sector for large companies. But the rules would apply to people on other insurance plans — including from the individual marketplace or some private group plans, as well as the 750,000 government workers, retirees and family members on the State Health Plan.

www.wral.com

NC Senate looks to stop expanding health insurances mandates for millions, including state employees

North Carolina mandates 58 types of medical coverage that health insurance must pay for. Republican state senators are backing a bill to ensure that list will never grow larger, citing concerns over rising costs.
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Well I can tell you already that the State Health Plan has gone significantly downhill since Dale Folwell decided to switch us from BCBS to Aetna this year. Have heard A LOT of people complaining about it too.
 
What does this likely portend for things like seasonal flu vaccines, Covid vaccines, MMR vaccines, etc.
 
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