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

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

SBG San Antonio
by Jessica Warner
February 27th 2025

CIBOLO, Texas - A confirmed case of Rubella has been reported at a San Antonio-area school.

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.

According to DHSH, there are currently no confirmed cases of Measles (Rubeola) in San Antonio or surrounding areas.

There is currently an outbreak of Measles (Rubeola) with more than 100 confirmed cases and several exposure warnings across the state, including San Antonio.

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https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/case-of-german-measles-confirmed-in-san-antonio-at-legacy-traditional-school-local-news-near-me-health-pulic-safety

[catfish1957]

Not good news..   Reaching urban centers means its going to be a lot tougher to control/eradicate.

The worst aspect of what they did during the pandemic, is creating the mistrust of vaccines in general.  Fauxci is a criminal needing dealing with.    Hopefully not too many parents were scared off of making sure their kiddos got the MMR inoculation,

[The_Reader_David]

Oh, not the dreaded "German measles"?  I had all of the childhood diseases (though I joke I only had mump not mumps, since my parotid gland only swelled on one side), and only measles was really a big deal.  Still, I'm glad my kids got spared all of them thanks to vaccines.

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Texas leaders quiet amid the biggest measles outbreak in decades

Texas Tribune
By Eleanor Klibanoff
Feb. 28, 2025



Texas is facing its worst measles outbreak in decades, as cases have jumped from two to 146 in just one month. A child is dead, 20 more are hospitalized and the worst is likely still ahead, public health experts say, as Texas’ decreasing vaccination rates leave swaths of the state exposed to the most contagious virus humans currently face.

State and local health officials are setting up vaccine clinics and encouraging people to get the shot, which is more than 97% effective at warding off measles.

But neither Gov. Greg Abbott nor lawmakers from the hardest hit areas have addressed the outbreak publicly in press conferences, social media posts or public calls for people to consider getting vaccinated. State and local authorities in West Texas have not yet enacted more significant measures that other places have adopted during outbreaks, like excluding unvaccinated students from school before they are exposed, or enforcing quarantine after exposure.

The response to Texas’ first major public health crisis since COVID is being shaped by the long-term consequences of the pandemic, experts say — stronger vaccine hesitancy, decreased trust in science and authorities, and an unwillingness from politicians to aggressively push public health measures like vaccination and quarantine.

“Everybody is so sensitive to the vaccine topic due to COVID,” said Ector County Judge Dustin Fawcett. “We need to be very careful about how we address this topic … Our job is to provide the resources, not to tell people what they need to do.”

If there was ever an appetite for more aggressive government response to a disease outbreak, it’s long gone in Texas, said Catherine Troisi, an infectious disease epidemiologist at UTHealth Houston.

“I think there’s less political will now” than before COVID, she said. “Texas is such an independent state. People don’t want to be told what to do, forgetting that what they do can affect others. And measles is an example of that.”

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https://www.texastribune.org/2025/02/28/texas-measles-abbott-lawmakers-response

[DB]

Well...

Millions of illegal aliens carrying god knows what just walked into the country so this is a consequence.

I grew up and got the measles and so did virtually everyone else at that time. While I don't object to getting vaccinated for measles the government burned their credibility on lie after lie about the COVID "vaccine". There are consequences for that too.

[Wingnut]

2/3 of the cases are in the Mennonite community's outside of Lubbock.  Low vax rates with those folks.