Measles cases in West Texas more than double since last week, health officials say - https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5300086/measles-cases-in-west-texas-more-than-double-since-last-week-health-officials-say
Measles is one of the world’s most contagious diseases, and one person infected by measles can infect nine out of 10 of their unvaccinated close contacts. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/measles
It's 5x more contagious than COVID. Cases doubling in a week is still tame. Exponential growth will get ugly fast...
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