When measles struck, a surge of parents in Texas stepped up to vaccinate their children. [OC]
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When measles struck, a surge of parents in Texas stepped up to vaccinate their children. [OC]
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[New data from Truveta](https://www.truveta.com/blog/research/research-insights/2025-early-measles-vaccinations-in-texas/), a health care and analytics company, shows that the percentage of 6-month-old babies in Texas getting their measles vaccination in April increased by more than 30 times the prior year’s average.
“That means parents aren’t just getting the vaccine early, they’re getting it as early as they can,” Nina Masters, a senior scientist at Truveta and part of the research team, said in an interview with NBC News.
More here: [https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-vaccine-effort-parents-babies-rcna207819](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-vaccine-effort-parents-babies-rcna207819)
The chart is a bit deceiving as it implies almost no one in texas is getting vaccinated.
>The recommended schedule for the MMR vaccine includes two doses for children: the first dose is given between 12 and 15 months of age, and the second dose is given between 4 and 6 years of age. Some exceptions apply, such as for infants traveling internationally who may receive a dose earlier.
So realistically, people are getting it earlier than the schedule recommends *because* of the outbreak, not because of antivax reasons.
The MMR is recommended for 1-year olds, and six month vaccination is usually a stopgap given for travel/high risk situations. Doctors will recommend that the one year vaccine is given anyway.
So this is at least partly a surge of people who would have vaccinated their kids anyway pushing to get an early extra shot.
You want me to believe that only 2% of infants in the entire State of Texas were vaccinated from measles? That sounds false. Only two deaths from Texas directly related with measles as well this year. So, 2 deaths while 2% vaccinated I guess. Nice chart.
I fear that this is just parents that would have vaccinated their kid *anyways* and they’re simply doing it sooner rather than later to be safe.
The underlying issue of people not vaccinating their kids is still there.
Also IIRC (but I might be wrong, so correct me in that case) babies that get breastfed have their mom’s antibodies around – so most would have had some degree of protection regardless.
This is interesting, but it’s important to note that the CDC’s childhood vaccination schedule recommends the first dose of MMR (including measles vaccination) at 12-15 months, with early vaccination (6-11 months) only recommended for infants planning international travel, so it’s not surprising that vaccination rates were previously so low. To see the impact on parents’ decisions on non-vaccination or delayed vaccination, it would be more interesting to see this trend in 12-24 month olds rather than 6-11 month olds.
Gotta downvote because you dodged the 12 month line like Neo in The Matrix. That line is the most important, it’s the scheduled vaccination date. That line going down is when babies start dying.
what this graph actually shows is a lot of parents vaccinating ahead of schedule because they can’t trust their neighbors
Guess there’s going to be an up tick in… Wait, what is it they say is caused by vaccinations again?
They should be investigated for child abuse for not getting them vaccinated earlier.
Showing data about a vaccine scheduled to be administered at 12 months of age with nothing but age groups under 12 months is certainly a decision.
RFKjr is so disappointed in them
Stepped up? Or did their job as responsible parents for everyone’s benefit?