NonilexJul 7

This year's #measles #outbreak is the worst since the disease was declared eliminated in 2000. [Only] Halfway through 2025, reported cases have already surpassed 1,274 − the peak for all of 2019.

According to data from the #JohnsHopkins University Center for Outbreak Response Innovation, it reported a total of 1,277 confirmed cases, as of July 5. The majority of cases are linked to a large outbreak that originated in west #Texas.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/07/05/2025-record-breaking-measles-outbreak/83994445007/

Measles cases hit highest level since it was declared eradicated in the U.S. in 2000

Measles cases have been reported by 39 states and jurisdictions in the United States, the worst outbreak since 2019.

USA TODAY
Show threadNonilexJul 7

The #outbreak has led to at least 155 hospitalizations, including 431 adults & 824 children. There have been 3 confirmed deaths.

The #measles #virus is one of the most contagious #InfectiousDiseases. It's so #contagious that 92% of #unvaccinated people who are exposed end up contracting the disease. And 1 in 5 of those people end up in the #hospital, according to [what’s left of] the CDC.

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Show threadNonilexJul 7
Confirmed #measles cases have been reported by 39 #states & jurisdictions as of July 5. Most of the cases have been reported in #Texas, #NewMexico & #Kansas, acc/to the #JohnsHopkins Center for Outbreak Response Innovation & the #CDC.
The measles #outbreak in west TX is growing; 36 counties have reported cases, acc/to the TX Dept of State Health Services. As of July 1, TX has recorded 753 confirmed cases since Jan, including 2 deaths among school-age children living in the largest outbreak area.
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Knowing the #symptoms of this #vaccine-preventable #disease can help reduce its chance of spreading. Here is a comparison of #measles symptoms in children & adults.

According to the [fmr] #CDC, measles symptoms appear 7 to 14 days after contact with the #virus & typically include high fever, cough, runny nose & watery eyes. Measles rash appears 3 to 5 days after the first symptoms.

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Jul 7 at 2:27pmWeb
Show threadNonilexJul 7

Other signs & #symptoms of #measles include:

Koplik's spots, tiny white spots that may appear inside the mouth 2 to 3 days after symptoms begin.

Small raised bumps may also appear on top of the flat red spots (the spots may become joined as they spread from the head to the rest of the body).

When the rash appears, a person’s fever may spike to more than 104°F.

#JohnsHopkins University CORI measles page:
https://cori.centerforhealthsecurity.org/resources/measles-outbreak-response

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Measles Outbreak Response | Center for Outbreak Response Innovation

Center for Outbreak Response Innovation
Show threadUrzlJul 7
@Nonilex The only bright side to the Texas flooding is the slowing of their measles factories.
Show threadShirley EugestJul 7
@Nonilex
Koplik's spots. There were once examples on the CDC website, before the nuts got into power and had DOGE scrub the site.
#KolpiksSpots
You can still find photos on sites from less backward countries, like Canada, New Zealand, Australia, UK.
https://www.carlislehealthcare.co.uk/news/think-measles
Show threadShirley EugestJul 7
@Nonilex
Still available on American Family Physician.
https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2017/0601/p729.html
Rash Inside the Mouth

A 40-years-old woman presented with a four-day history of sore throat, dry cough, malaise, and myalgia. One day prior to presentation, she noted a rash on the inside of her mouth.

Show threadShirley EugestJul 7

@Nonilex
There are photos on
Science Photo Library.

This is important, because younger physicians in the US may never have seen a case in person, until the anti-vax movement took hold, causing this resurgence.
https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/259736/view/koplik-s-spots-in-measles

Show threadShirley EugestJul 7
@Nonilex
The Anti-Vax "movement" in the US was largely Kremlin backed social media bot and troll posts. It goes back at least as far as 2014.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6137759/
Weaponized Health Communication: Twitter Bots and Russian Trolls Amplify the Vaccine Debate

Objectives. To understand how Twitter bots and trolls (“bots”) promote online health content. Methods. We compared bots’ to average users’ rates of vaccine-relevant messages, which we collected online from July 2014 through September 2017. We ...

PubMed Central (PMC)