Have You Had the Measles?

[Briar Lee]

The Texas Department of State Health Services is reporting an outbreak of measles in the South Plains region of Texas. At this time, 146 cases have been identified since late January. Twenty of the patients have been hospitalized.

There has been one fatality in a school-aged child who lived in the outbreak area. The child was not vaccinated.

Due to the highly contagious nature of this disease, additional cases are likely to occur in the outbreak area and the surrounding communities. DSHS is working with local health departments to investigate the outbreak.

Measles Outbreak – Feb. 28, 2025 | Texas DSHS

www.dshs.texas.gov

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My wife has health problems and I know I’d had the measles and the mumps (on both sides) and the chicken pox, which my mother sent me over to the neighbors to catch.

I read a little further and down in Texas I guess the measles is making a swath through the Mennonites, which surprised me because our Amish vaccinate all their children the same as we English.

So I asked my 55 year old wife if she’d had measles, and she no she had her shots as a little girl.

And she asked me if I had my shingles shots and I said I will tomorrow.

Are you geezer enough to have had the measles?.

 

[BingBong]

Yup, had all the "childhood diseases" at age 3 or 4, like yourself Briar Lee, taken by my mum to infection parties. 100% protection, which is the payoff - I was quite unwell with rubella and it affected my hearing, which became hypersensitive; I remember a steam engine safety valve blowing off at 250 psi in Waterloo station around 1961 or '62 as we travelled for summer holidays, unbearably loud.

I've only had two tetanus and a BCG (TB) jab my whole life, nothing the last 40 years and that's plenty enough.

 

[Briar Lee]

Yup, had all the "childhood diseases" at age 3 or 4, like yourself Briar Lee, taken by my mum to infection parties. 100% protection, which is the payoff - I was quite unwell with rubella and it affected my hearing, which became hypersensitive; I remember a steam engine safety valve blowing off at 250 psi in Waterloo station around 1961 or '62 as we travelled for summer holidays, unbearably loud.

I've only had two tetanus and a BCG (TB) jab my whole life, nothing the last 40 years and that's plenty enough.

I’m only 66 which makes me a very young geezer.

But geezer enough to get a shingles shot.

Shingles (herpes zoster) is usually not dangerous for healthy people, but it can cause severe pain and complications.

Serious complications

• Post-herpetic neuralgia: Severe nerve pain that can last for months or years after the rash heals
• Eye problems: Vision loss can occur if the rash affects the eye
• • Bacterial infections: The rash can become infected with bacteria
  • Pneumonia: A lung infection
  • Encephalitis: Brain inflammation
  • Stroke: A rare complication

Risk factors

• • Age: The risk of developing shingles increases with age
  • Immune system: Complications are more likely if your immune system is low

Prevention

• • The best way to protect yourself from shingles is vaccination
  • The CDC recommends the shingles vaccine for people over age 60
  • You should talk to your doctor to see if a shingles vaccine would be

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It’s bad enough going through the buffets and getting my dollar old man discount.

 

[BingBong]

I take 4,000 - 5,000 IU Vitamin D3 + K2 supplement daily over winter, haven't had so much as a sniffle while others have keeled over crocked. Essential for the immune system in us geezers.

 

[VDL_Piper]

Had everything and had the Shingles 5 years ago or so but not been vaccinated for it, figure I've had it now and my body is full of antibodies from winning that battle. I know it can return but I'll deal with that when and if it arrives but I'm done with vaccines for now, lost faith in the medical profession top to bottom after covid.

 

[xrundog]

I had serious versions of all the childhood diseases. Measles at six. High fever, very listless. I was out of school for at least a week. My doctor actually came to the house.
I can see why people die from it.

 

[VDL_Piper]

Worst thing I've ever has was Dengue Fever, it damn near killed me.

 

[Kobold]

Thankfully no measles for me. I did get chickenpox and then later shingles in my teens. It wasn’t pleasant. Wonder if I can get it again?

 

[VDL_Piper]

Thankfully no measles for me. I did get chickenpox and then later shingles in my teens. It wasn’t pleasant. Wonder if I can get it again?

If I remember correctly the shingles virus sits in your lower spine after chickenpox and can activate at a whim after about 50 years of age, unusual that you had it as a child and yes it can come multiple times.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Measles isn't a deadly disease... Ffs.

All of this news is related to forcing vaccines... And they can go to hell with that shit.

 

[Ahi Ka]

Yup, had all the "childhood diseases" at age 3 or 4, like yourself Briar Lee, taken by my mum to infection parties. 100% protection, which is the payoff - I was quite unwell with rubella and it affected my hearing, which became hypersensitive; I remember a steam engine safety valve blowing off at 250 psi in Waterloo station around 1961 or '62 as we travelled for summer holidays, unbearably loud.

I've only had two tetanus and a BCG (TB) jab my whole life, nothing the last 40 years and that's plenty enough.

Yes but you smoke a hundred bowls of cabbies mixture a day. That alone is immunity against anything

 

[The Libertine]

I have taken precautions against some diseases by pickling my liver in wine and vodka.

 

[Briar Lee]

Measles isn't a deadly disease... Ffs.

All of this news is related to forcing vaccines... And they can go to hell with that shit.

Different generations.

I had an operation the day I was born I didn’t consent to and under no circumstances would consent to today.

And if I got sick in school it was not a pass to go home. I had to go to the sick room and lie still on a cot with a burly mean looking nurse until I recovered enough to return to class, or go to see Dr Robison at the hospital. Going home was not an option. Children made amazing recoveries under such a system.

There were all kinds of shots and every one hurt and then I’d get ice cream.

There was a smallpox inoculation where I can still see the scar. They stopped those in 1972, too late for me.

But the only way you can get measles since about 1972 is not enrolling in kindergarten. Serious.

Mennonites have their own really good schools.

Wonder where the measles came from?

 

[Dave760]

I was fortunate enough to get the measles vaccine before I got the measles. But when I got the vaccine they were only giving one round of shots. Later they went to two shots but somehow I never got the second. I'm probably going to get an MMR the next time I see my doctor.

I did get chicken pox when I was young. Twice. (If your first case is mild enough you don't develop immunity. Lucky me!)

My late brother got the measles before vaccines were available and had near complete hearing loss in one ear. Measles ain't chicken pox...only a few will die from measles but a few is more than zero. Ask the family in Texas.

 

[Briar Lee]

I was fortunate enough to get the measles vaccine before I got the measles. But when I got the vaccine they were only giving one round of shots. Later they went to two shots but somehow I never got the second. I'm probably going to get an MMR the next time I see my doctor.

I did get chicken pox when I was young. Twice. (If your first case is mild enough you don't develop immunity. Lucky me!)

My late brother got the measles before vaccines were available and had near complete hearing loss in one ear. Measles ain't chicken pox...only a few will die from measles but a few is more than zero. Ask the family in Texas.

My mother assisted the local Amish in setting up their schools and they require full childhood shots before enrollment.

Mennonites are more modern but still have their own school system.

Somebody messed up, or they would not have the outbreak.

There’s not been one child ever born that said please Mommy let’s go get my shots.

There’s a mighty sad Mommy in Texas.

 

[wyfbane]

Measles isn't a deadly disease... Ffs.

All of this news is related to forcing vaccines... And they can go to hell with that shit.

Yup. Wonder how all that measles got introduced into Texas...? Inquiring minds want to know.

Different generations.


There was a smallpox inoculation where I can still see the scar. They stopped those in 1972, too late for me.

The military will still innoculate against Smallpox if one is being deployed to a shitbox. I got mine inbound for AF.

Funny story, due to my skeptical opinion of how much the army loves its Soldiers, I was reluctant about getting their Anthrax jab. In fact, once we got our WARNO about the pending vacation in the lovely mountains of Afghanistan I had a decision to make. I asked if our Anthrax shot was the same as the civilian one. I was told it was. So I said I would go get a civilian jab on my own dime and have the clinic send over the records. They said that wouldn't work. I said then I guess I am going to bow out of the military. By some miracle, there was a memo that came out in the summer of 2005 that suspended the military Anthrax jab in the nick of time, so I deployed without it and went on to serve until 2016.

 

[xrundog]

Most diseases we get immunized for aren’t dead. They just aren’t prevalent in this country. They can come back. And if people stop getting immunized, in this age of easy world travel, they will.

 

[Dave760]

Yup. Wonder how all that measles got introduced into Texas...? Inquiring minds want to know.

The overwhelming majority of measles transmissions in the US can be tracked to citizens returning from overseas locations where measles is an ongoing problem.

Mexico clocks in with a 97% vaccination rate. It's extremely unlikely that the outbreak in Texas started south of the border. (The fact that there's no reported outbreak in Mexico would seem to support this.) But the bigger factor is that Gaines county children have a vaccination rate of less than 87%. That's why we have an outbreak rather than just a couple of cases.

 

[Kobold]

Yup. Wonder how all that measles got introduced into Texas...? Inquiring minds want to know.


The military will still innoculate against Smallpox if one is being deployed to a shitbox. I got mine inbound for AF.

Funny story, due to my skeptical opinion of how much the army loves its Soldiers, I was reluctant about getting their Anthrax jab. In fact, once we got our WARNO about the pending vacation in the lovely mountains of Afghanistan I had a decision to make. I asked if our Anthrax shot was the same as the civilian one. I was told it was. So I said I would go get a civilian jab on my own dime and have the clinic send over the records. They said that wouldn't work. I said then I guess I am going to bow out of the military. By some miracle, there was a memo that came out in the summer of 2005 that suspended the military Anthrax jab in the nick of time, so I deployed without it and went on to serve until 2016.

I got the anthrax shot when I worked at the wastewater plant. I couldn’t lift my arm over my head for weeks.

 

[wyfbane]

The overwhelming majority of measles transmissions in the US can be tracked to citizens returning from overseas locations where measles is an ongoing problem.

Mexico clocks in with a 97% vaccination rate. It's extremely unlikely that the outbreak in Texas started south of the border. (The fact that there's no reported outbreak in Mexico would seem to support this.) But the bigger factor is that Gaines county children have a vaccination rate of less than 87%. That's why we have an outbreak rather than just a couple of cases.

And that is the cause in this case, they are reporting. Who in their right mind takes an infant overseas to a spot where it can get exposed to that sort of thing? I am about the most skeptical cat on this sort ofthing, but basic vaccinations have been around for decades.

I would not give a blanket pass to those 'south of the border' as many of the folks crossing have been shown to come from exceptionally rural parts of all over central america, and many have not been vaccinated.