LubBock Public Health Director now recommends that children will be vaccinated for six months without waiting until they are one year old.
This announcement comes after an eight -year -old girl dies.
LubBock’s Public Health Director Katherines Wells talked with Fox 4 how much it is infectious when the measles viruses discover the pockets of an individual who has not been vaccinated.
Measles spread
Measles spread rapidly between West Texas’ Menonite community, but Wells says that it is not the only person who has seen the case.
What they say:
“It started in a more decisive community within the Gainz County, but we knew that measles began to find a population that had not been vaccinated. We had a case in the nursery here. Now we have been exposed to the medical room, and now people may have started shopping.”
Lower the recommended vaccination age
Seminol, Texas -February 27: The sign pointed out the measles testing method at the Seminole of Texas on February 27, 2025, Wigwam Stadium’s Seminole Hospital District Parking Lot. 80 measles have been reported at the Gainz County.
WELLS recommends that others in the LubBock area get a vaccine to prevent the possibility of community exposure.
What they say:
Wells said, “We recommend that all children of more than six months are vaccinated. In general, regular recommendations of pediatric associations are getting vaccines one by one. We emphasize or emphasize that parents should eat the vaccine early to prevent the measles through potential community exposure.” “If you have never been vaccinated and adults, we also encourage vaccines at that point. Most people are considered immune because they lived when measles were very common. So in reality, our goals are actually focusing on our school age and day care children.”
Wells also talks about what to expect from the virus when summer is approaching and students come out of school.
“In some ways, there are few children in the group environment due to the school ending, but Daycare continues 365 days a year. So we will still be looking at the day care group. Like the summer camp, we need to be vaccinated by children in close environments,” Wells said.
Texas measles occurs
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The eight -year -old and six -year -old child died of complications due to measles.
According to the Texas Nate Department of State Health Services, more than 56 people with measles have been hospitalized.
Measles symptoms
The general symptoms of measles are as follows.
- High fever (up to 105 ° F)
- cough
- snot
- Red and watery eyes
- A small white spot that can appear in the mouth 2-3 days after the symptoms begin
- 3-5 days after other diseases. “Measles rash” usually starts on your face and spreads to the rest of your body.
How to prevent measles
The best way to prevent sick illness is to be vaccinated as a two -dose vaccine for measles. The two capacity of the MMR vaccine are very effective in preventing measles.
People who have been vaccinated sometimes can sometimes cause measles. But they usually experience light symptoms and are unlikely to spread disease to others.
What should be done when exposed to measles
What you can:
Measles are infectious respiratory diseases. The virus is transmitted by a public spread when directly in contact with the infected water droplets or when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes.
Measles viruses can be infected in the air for up to two hours after an infected person leaves the area.
The disease (high fever, cough, runny nose and red eyes) begins a week or two weeks after someone is exposed. A few days later, Telltale Rash flows into flat and red spots on the face and spreads the neck and body into the rest of the body.
A person is contagious for about 4 days before the rash appears 4 days. People with measles must be at home or school during that period.
Source: This article comes from an interview with LubBock Public Health Director Katherine Wells, CDC, Ministry of Health and Welfare and Texas State Health Service.
