Inside the perfect storm of the deadly measles outbreak in Texas
Gaines County is a vast, flat expanse far in the west of Texas: more than 1,500 square miles of sparsely populated farmland. And right now, this is the epicenter of a measles outbreak the likes of which this state hasn’t seen in more than 30 years.
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Measles has sickened nearly 150 mostly unvaccinated people in rural West Texas, and a school-age child has died.
What began in a tight-knit West Texas Mennonite community ... has a lot of energy and steam behind it,” he said of the measles outbreak. “And that energy and steam are all the unvaccinated ...
“The Mennonite church allows for free choice ... The HHS did not respond to repeated inquiries by The Hill regarding the measles outbreak in Texas and what the department may do to assist ...
The life-threatening outbreak in West Texas starkly illustrates ... Tina Siemens, a local Mennonite historian and author, described the ongoing measles outbreak as just another trial endured ...
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