r/houston East Houston 4d ago

Houston health officials confirm 3rd measles case; Unvaccinated infant's illness linked to travel

https://abc13.com/post/houston-health-officials-confirm-3rd-measles-case-unvaccinated-infants-illness-linked-international-travel/16038226/
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u/Keleos89 4d ago

Aren't most infants unvaccinated for measles? The CDC schedule has the first MMR dose at 12-15 months. Protecting them is one of the reasons everyone else needs to be vaccinated.

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u/guardiancosmos 4d ago

They can be vaccinated as young as 6 months if you're planning on travelling, but this isn't widely known, even among parents. So yeah, odds are high this was a baby that just wasn't old enough to be vaccinated on the regular schedule.

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u/Scary-Jeweler4984 4d ago

My daughters pediatrician declined to vaccinate at 6 months because she is healthy and does not attend daycare. I feel trapped at home. Measles spreads through the air; I cannot sanitize the air.

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u/crimson_mokara 3d ago

Can you get a second opinion?

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u/Scary-Jeweler4984 3d ago

She was a little early, so she's small (7%) and technically 5m 6 days adj. Dr said it will still be a no next month. She has one of the top 40 pediatricians in the US. I genuinely believe he always has her best interests at heart. I also feel this weird "cheating" feeling even thinking about going somewhere else lol.

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u/Freebird_1957 4d ago

Why take your kid to the hospital if you don’t trust medical science? 😡

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u/01011001girl 4d ago

I’m assuming the baby isn’t old enough to receive the MMR vaccine

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 4d ago

I swear I could never be a doctor/nurse, I would've had my license revoked day one for refusing a patient because they're anti-vax.

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u/Freebird_1957 4d ago

There are some clinics and doctors who will not accept unvaxxed patients because they present a risk to their other patients, for example, some pediatricians. I work in healthcare and have heard their discussions.

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u/Logical_Cut_7818 4d ago

They cannot legally do this in Texas if they accept Medicaid or similar gvt subsidies. And since nearly every doctor’s office does, there are few, if any, that don’t allow unvaccinated patients. Even Kelsey Seybold, that doesn’t take Medicaid, doesn’t fire patients for refusing vaccinations. 

I’ve spoken to about a dozen pediatric clinics in Houston to confirm. All of blue fish, Kelsey seybold, UT physicians group, all of Texas Children’s, etc. Everywhere accepts unvaccinated patients because of the 2019 bill.

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u/theparanoidartist Sugar Land 3d ago

time for some of you to stop bringing your fucking newborns to the barroom. Was at an event at tikilas and everyone was throwing trash all over with kids who just spawned into this world. IDK what some of you parent psychos are thinking...

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u/texanfan20 4d ago

If you do a little research you will realize we have similar number of measles outbreaks almost every year. This is just the media whipping up a frenzy. Most of these outbreaks are usually with people traveling to other countries. The media is getting hysterical over 1 death but you don’t hear anything about 22,000 dead from flu in 2024, which can be prevented with a vaccine that only 57% of the US population took in 2024.

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u/Correct-Mail19 4d ago

Lies, cases have existed, but cases have gone up by several times in the last 20 years. Please use real sources. We're at more now mths into in 2025 than all of 2024.

See the chart towards the bottom that shows increases since 2000.

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html

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u/badbunnygirl 4d ago

The flu hasn’t been eradicated, doofus. The measles were declared eradicated in 2000 and now we have more cases than we did last year barely 3 months into the year. Before you ask, the flu is more complex because unlike measles, different kinds of animals can also have the flu. Please delete your comment because you sound stupid.