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Dr. Sugerman, a snr scientist leading #CDC’s #measles response, highlighted #COVID-19 #funding cuts before a fed advisory panel: “We are scraping to find the resources & personnel needed to provide support to #Texas, & other jurisdictions.”

#Health Secy #RFKJr has overseen the huge reductions in force & budget after casting doubt on #vaccines for decades. In the current measles #outbreak, he is promoting unproven treatments while giving a tepid endorsement of the measles, #mumps & #rubella vax.

Hey #GenX I'm a bit worried that a lot of you aren't clear about #Measles vs #Rubella

And it's still bloody confusing to me because another name for measles is apparently Rubeola and when I searched "Measles" just now I saw that and I thought there was just confusion on someone's part about how to spell a weird latin disease name.

But anyways, we all most of us got Rubella as kids, and the grownups called it Measles, or else German Measles, but that was Rubella. Little red rashies everywhere for a few days, no further ill effects. One of those "harmless childhood diseases" that antivax crew love to deathcult about.

Measles or "Red Measles" or Rubeola, on the other hand, that shit is bad. Real fuckin bad. And as I understand it, that's what is on the spread.

Rubella = German Measles = [panic less].

Measles = Rubeola = antivaxxers are participants in multiple homicides.

So my concern is, that a lot of you are brushing off the Measles outbreaks, because you think it's Rubella.

Case of German measles confirmed in San Antonio at Legacy Traditional School (rubella)

"On Thursday, Legacy Traditional School - Cibolo sent an email to parents and guardians of students, informing them of the confirmed infection.

Chris Van Deusen with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DHSH) said it is important to note the difference between German Measles (Rubella) and Measles (Rubeola), which is more contagious and poses a much greater health risk."

(Update: possible false alarm...)

news4sanantonio.com/news/local

WOAI · Case of German measles confirmed in San Antonio at Legacy Traditional SchoolA confirmed case of Rubella has been reported at a San Antonio-area school.

Even Adults May Soon Be Vulnerable to ‘Childhood’ Diseases
#Outbreaks among the #unvaccinated are a predictable consequence of falling immunization rates. But even #vaccinated adults may be vulnerable to some illnesses.
There were more than 32,000 cases of #whoopingcough in #2024.
#Antivaccine campaigns often targeted the #MMR #vaccine, which protects against #measles, #mumps and #rubella. Experts tend to worry most about a resurgence of measles.
nytimes.com/2025/01/13/health/
archive.ph/Kxmn5

The New York Times · Even Adults May Soon Be Vulnerable to ‘Childhood’ DiseasesBy Apoorva Mandavilli

#Measles outbreaks cause alarm: what the data say nature.com/articles/d41586-024 “On 19 January, the UK Health Security Agency (#UKHSA), the public-health authority, declared a national incident over rising cases of measles. The agency has logged more than 300 cases in England since 1 October 2023

A decline in uptake of the #measles, #mumps and #rubella (#MMR) vaccine, which is given in two doses, during the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred the spread of the disease across England and the rest of Europe”

www.nature.comMeasles surge causes alarm: what scientists thinkA drastic rise in infections in the United Kingdom and Europe follows a drop in vaccine uptake.