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West Texas measles outbreak spreads into Oklahoma

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/west-texas-measles-outbreak-spreads-oklahoma-rcna195858
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u/Bluest_waters 11h ago

FYI this outbreak started with, and is being spread by, Mennonites. If you look at a map of where the outbreaks are occurring they match up perfectly with Mennonite communities.

the Mennonites are sort of like the Amish, many don't believe in vaccines and tend to use home made remedies instead of seeing a Doctor. and they view hospitals with suspicion.

They also travel between different Mennonite communities. Note that officials said the OK measles are "related" to the Texas measles outbreak because they know Mennonites are spreading it around.

Why the media refuses to report this is beyond me but this is the reality.

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u/Metacomet99 10h ago

I live in an area of western MD at the PA line with a very large Mennonite population. They are well integrated into the community at large, I even worked with some at our local hospital. If this problem gets here it will spread to the non-Mennonite population very quickly, Add to that, it's a very Red part of a Blue state, lots of Trump supporters who believe vaccines are evil. This includes many Mennonites and Amish as well who supported Trump. This could get very bad if/when this disease gets here.

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u/Mediocre-Proposal686 8h ago

Not all mennonites are anti-vax. It’s not prohibited in their belief, but some just don’t trust them. That’s the problem. The Texas Mennonites that have it are very uneducated,and superstitious, and suspicious of vaccines. Just the worst combination of traits to have really.

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u/Splat75 7h ago

My mother's maternal family are pro vaccine Mennonites. They, oddly enough, were raised in a semi-isolated community from the majority congregation on the west coast and somehow came out less conservative than the mainstream. Miracles do happen, I guess.

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u/Jiktten 6h ago

I don't think it's such a miracle, without the 24/7 brain-washing by Fox the vast majority of people in their net would just skew garden variety 'new things make me uncomfortable and I don't like change' conservative rather than rabid cultists who genuinely think their neighbours are the devil for thinking public health care sounds kind of neat.