[OC] Should people be legitimately concerned about the rise in cases of Measles?
A lot of folks are pointing to the general rise in 2025, and many have political opinions about it. I'm trying to determine if the rise is real or anecdotal. Curious about people's views.
Of course. But that requires rational thought. The lack thereof explains this chart.
Measles was a significant issue until a vaccine was developed. Then people stopped taking the vaccine, and it returned. That’s not political. It’s provable cause and effect.
pocketdare on
Probably, but this chart alone doesn’t give us much to go on. Really needs a much longer time horizon. Also, Divide this number by the U.S. population and you get an extremely low percentage.
Hamezz5u on
You can thank the idiot antivaxxers for this
omnizach on
This number of cases is extremely small, so in a vacuum, this isn’t necessarily something to worry about. However, this is one of the most contagious diseases ever discovered, so it’s definitely a concern. The reason that this is political is that it’s a completely solved problem, and people are (rightly) annoyed that we allow it to be a problem at all.
Complex210 on
Immunized people dont have anything to worry about, and non-inmunized people dont think measles are real.
So, no, no one is concerned.
Edit: apparently some people should be concerned.
kempff on
I’m curious to know *who* is getting measles and where.
bareboneschicken on
Even if you are vaccinated, you should still be concerned.
Maxasaurus on
Lol the Y axis is only goes to 100. There are about 350,000,000 people in US.
_SilentHunter on
What the hell is this bad faith question bullshit???? Either you got the data from reputable sources or you collected anecdotes. No source. Gtfo
A quick look over that shows 2025 being a pretty bad year, but there are other similarly bad years (although less so) in 2019 and 2014. If you look at the data as far back as 1990 you can see rates far far higher. Dropped a lot in 1992 and has stayed pretty low since then.
Tldr; measles rates are high in 2025 but nothing crazy based on historical data.
Connathon on
Is there any data to disprove or support the claim that undocumented people have brought measles to the US? I see that floating around however I feel like that is very hard to validate since they are undocumented
randomusername3OOO on
It’s super localized and only impacts people that haven’t been inoculated, right? I don’t see any reason I should be worried.
Looking at the map data right now and I see a third of all cases are in Texas, and half of the cases in Texas are in one county. To date, three people have died.
Confident-Mix1243 on
Measles is about as big an issue for vaccinated/otherwise immune people, as the opioid epidemic is for non-druggies. You can opt yourself out of the risk almost entirely, but you still have to live in a society with people who have opted in for themselves and their children.
PodLady on
If there were confirmed cases near me and one of my kids was still too young to be vaccinated, I would definitely be concerned and avoiding crowded indoor places. Â
cyberfrog777 on
We should be considered about all the things. Measles has been growing and we are are about to lose our measles elimation status (obtained in 2000) in Jan due to 12 consecutive months of growth. Measles cause immune amnesia, making the body forget about how to respond to previous disease. Kids have died of whooping cough recently for the first time in God knows when. The current garbage CDC committee voted to delay the hep b vaccine from 24 hours to now 2 month. 24 hrs was the recommendation since 1992, and resulted in a 99 percent drop in hep b infections – formally 200k were getting hep b annually. Infants that get hep b have a 90 percent chance of getting chronic hep b and a 25 percent chance of dying prematurely from liver issues.
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Of course. But that requires rational thought. The lack thereof explains this chart.
Measles was a significant issue until a vaccine was developed. Then people stopped taking the vaccine, and it returned. That’s not political. It’s provable cause and effect.
Probably, but this chart alone doesn’t give us much to go on. Really needs a much longer time horizon. Also, Divide this number by the U.S. population and you get an extremely low percentage.
You can thank the idiot antivaxxers for this
This number of cases is extremely small, so in a vacuum, this isn’t necessarily something to worry about. However, this is one of the most contagious diseases ever discovered, so it’s definitely a concern. The reason that this is political is that it’s a completely solved problem, and people are (rightly) annoyed that we allow it to be a problem at all.
Immunized people dont have anything to worry about, and non-inmunized people dont think measles are real.
So, no, no one is concerned.
Edit: apparently some people should be concerned.
I’m curious to know *who* is getting measles and where.
Even if you are vaccinated, you should still be concerned.
Lol the Y axis is only goes to 100. There are about 350,000,000 people in US.
What the hell is this bad faith question bullshit???? Either you got the data from reputable sources or you collected anecdotes. No source. Gtfo
The chart you’ve attached is not really relevant since it’s only data from 2025, there is good data available from the CDC at https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
A quick look over that shows 2025 being a pretty bad year, but there are other similarly bad years (although less so) in 2019 and 2014. If you look at the data as far back as 1990 you can see rates far far higher. Dropped a lot in 1992 and has stayed pretty low since then.
Tldr; measles rates are high in 2025 but nothing crazy based on historical data.
Is there any data to disprove or support the claim that undocumented people have brought measles to the US? I see that floating around however I feel like that is very hard to validate since they are undocumented
It’s super localized and only impacts people that haven’t been inoculated, right? I don’t see any reason I should be worried.
Looking at the map data right now and I see a third of all cases are in Texas, and half of the cases in Texas are in one county. To date, three people have died.
Measles is about as big an issue for vaccinated/otherwise immune people, as the opioid epidemic is for non-druggies. You can opt yourself out of the risk almost entirely, but you still have to live in a society with people who have opted in for themselves and their children.
If there were confirmed cases near me and one of my kids was still too young to be vaccinated, I would definitely be concerned and avoiding crowded indoor places. Â
We should be considered about all the things. Measles has been growing and we are are about to lose our measles elimation status (obtained in 2000) in Jan due to 12 consecutive months of growth. Measles cause immune amnesia, making the body forget about how to respond to previous disease. Kids have died of whooping cough recently for the first time in God knows when. The current garbage CDC committee voted to delay the hep b vaccine from 24 hours to now 2 month. 24 hrs was the recommendation since 1992, and resulted in a 99 percent drop in hep b infections – formally 200k were getting hep b annually. Infants that get hep b have a 90 percent chance of getting chronic hep b and a 25 percent chance of dying prematurely from liver issues.