Summary
A measles outbreak in western Texas has reached 481 cases, with 59 new infections reported in the past three days.
Most cases involve unvaccinated individuals or those with unknown vaccination status. Gaines County remains the epicenter with 315 cases.
Children under 18 account for the majority of infections, and 56 patients have been hospitalized. Texas health officials warn the outbreak is not yet contained.
Nationally, the CDC has confirmed 607 cases in 21 states. Experts emphasize vaccination, citing its 97% effectiveness with two MMR doses.
It is. The crunchy granola far left has always had anti government suspicion. Both far right and left are anti government and suspicious of mainstream medicine. For different reasons but that’s why you have anti vax people in deep blue Oregon and Minnesota and Texas as well
https://www.intuithealing.com/blog/opinion-anti-vax-hippies
Blogs aren’t evidence to support anything.
It’s a fairly well known thing. It’s harder to search for now since anti COVID vaccine discourse dominates any search results. But it’s been a thing for far left circles for a long time, more about the mercury or autism part of vaccines concerns.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/06/the-anti-vax-movements-radical-shift-from-crunchy-granola-purists-to-far-right-crusaders/
https://parade.com/109306/sethmnookin/07-why-so-many-parents-are-delaying-vaccines/