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Summary
Rural Texas is struggling to contain its worst measles outbreak in 30 years due to crumbling public health infrastructure, hospital shortages, and limited medical staff.
The outbreak, concentrated in unvaccinated communities, has sickened nearly 200 people and caused one child’s death.
Local health officials rely on makeshift solutions and long-distance testing while facing slow state and federal support.
Funding from pandemic-era grants helped some areas, but overall investment remains low, leaving rural communities vulnerable to future outbreaks.
Experts warn proactive vaccination efforts should have started earlier.
Just to be very VERY clear about this:
This happened, as expected, in a community where kids weren’t vaccinated. All this could have been prevented if those kids had been vaccinated and all the suffering is all on their parents.
Fuck them, I’ve stopped caring
Texas has been extremely proud of their rugged individualism and independence. They actively work at handicapping their government at all levels: they hate the feds; their state legislature meets for 140 days every two years; and they actively restrict the ability of more-local governments to respond to health crises.
On the public health front, they underfund public health and health infrastructure; they’ve actively refused Medicaid expansion; they banned mask and vaccine mandates during covid; and they have extremely easy childhood vaccine exemptions. On the provider front, they have an almost complete abortion ban with vague laws on ‘allowable’ abortions that they mostly refuse to clarify, that allows them to charge people with murder, and offers a bounty for turning in anyone who’s helped with an abortion, all of which has driven away providers who care about women and children’s health.
For me, it’s like the Texas ice storms: despite repeated warnings, they’ve been extremely proud of all the conditions that lead to this situation, and they’re going to actively avoid changing anything once the situation passes. You can’t fix stupid, and I’m tired of trying.
Thoughts and prayers to the victims, and what are you planning for dinner?
4140 days every two years is a lot. I’m going to assume you meant 40?
Ugh, fixed. It was supposed to be 140 - thanks!
By the time the population at highest risk is able to vote, Trump and RFK Jr will be too old to be alive. Unless the voting-eligible parents make the obvious connection between MAGA policy and the well-being of their kids, there won’t be any repercussions to the ruling elite for sick and dead children in rural Texas. Based on shit I saw along rural roads and on FB before I completely abandoned that platform, “Jesus has this,” so no need to worry, I guess.
Make America Great Again!
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It’s great (for breeding measles).
This is why they need more babies to make up for all the ones that will die because of their ignorance and incompetence.
“Stop complaining about children dying”
Well you wanted fucking private health infrastructure, so dont fucking spam my feed with people dying from your incompetence. Go and shove those Corpses up their ass until they notice
Go and fucking cry about it .world trash
