Measles Resurgence in the U.S. Reaches 33-Year High Amid Vaccine Hesitancy

 

The United States is grappling with its worst measles outbreak in over three decades, as nearly 1,300 confirmed infections have been reported across the country, marking a dangerous reversal in public health progress against a disease once considered eliminated.

 

According to new data released by Johns Hopkins University, measles cases have now been confirmed in 38 states and the District of Columbia. The illness has claimed at least three lives and hospitalized 155 people. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that 92% of the infected were either unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination status, highlighting a growing vulnerability to a disease that is both highly contagious and preventable.

 

Texas has emerged as the epicenter of the outbreak, accounting for more than 700 cases. Kansas and New Mexico have also reported dozens of infections. Health officials have noted that the virus is spreading most rapidly in communities with lower vaccination rates, such as some Mennonite populations in Texas who traditionally reject modern medical practices.

 

The rising case count comes amid a broader trend of increasing vaccine skepticism in the United States and globally. This shift has been fueled in part by political figures and public personalities who have questioned vaccine safety, despite overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary. Among them is Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who previously downplayed the severity of measles outbreaks and disseminated misinformation regarding childhood vaccines. However, as the 2025 outbreak worsened, Kennedy reversed course and publicly endorsed the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. In a post on X, he acknowledged that the MMR shot is “the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles.”

 

The CDC reports that the current outbreak has now surpassed the 2019 case count of 1,274 confirmed infections, reaching 1,277 as of Friday. This makes it the worst outbreak since 1990, when nearly 28,000 cases were recorded. At that time, low vaccination rates were also to blame. However, following concerted public health efforts and widespread immunization campaigns, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. around the year 2000.

That status is now at risk. Public health experts warn that if the virus continues to spread at the current pace for over a year, the U.S. could lose its measles elimination designation. "It’s a reminder of how fragile public health victories can be when vaccination rates decline," one CDC official noted.

 

Despite the grim numbers, the outbreak has also led to a renewed push for immunization. In Texas, where the outbreak is most severe, more than 173,000 measles vaccine doses were administered between January 1 and March 16, an increase from 158,000 during the same period last year.

 

The MMR vaccine remains the cornerstone of measles prevention. It is 97% effective and provides protection against three dangerous viruses:

measles, mumps, and rubella. Measles, in particular, can cause severe complications such as pneumonia, encephalitis (brain swelling), and death.

Other countries are also facing similar challenges. The UK recorded its highest number of confirmed measles cases since 2012 last year, totaling nearly 3,000, while 529 new cases have been reported in England in 2025 alone. In Canada, over 3,000 cases have been documented this year, with the provinces of Ontario and Alberta hardest hit.

 

The global surge underscores the importance of maintaining high vaccination coverage. As U.S. health officials race to contain the outbreak, they are emphasizing a simple but critical message: vaccines save lives.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from BBC  2025-07-09

 

 

They can blame vaccine hesitancy.  But that hasn't changed in, for example, the Mennonite community. 

 

What has changed is their odds of being exposed to 3rd world "newcomers" who came across the border unvetted.

 

I'd add that Europe has had over 127,000 cases in 2024 in case anyone wants to blame RFK, Jr and the Bad Orange Man.  That's double the 2023 numbers.

 

According to an analysis by WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 127 350 measles cases were reported in the European Region for 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the highest number since 1997.

 

European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe

 

https://www.who.int/

 

 

Why force MMR vaccine when there's an outbreak of Measles?

Shouldn't they just be pressing for Measles vaccine?

But no, every opportunity to give three when one would do the job!

Blame RFK Jnr for vaccine hesitancy or blame Pfizer, Moderna, Fauci and the MSM.

2 minutes ago, dinsdale said:

Blame RFK Jnr for vaccine hesitancy or blame Pfizer, Moderna, Fauci and the MSM.

I blame Obama.

1 hour ago, impulse said:

They can blame vaccine hesitancy.  But that hasn't changed in, for example, the Mennonite community. 

 

What has changed is their odds of being exposed to 3rd world "newcomers" who came across the border unvetted.

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

I blame Obama.

 From the sublime to ridiculous!

 

Nothing to do of course with putting a roadkill eating madman with a bunch of quack friends in charge of Public health!

10 minutes ago, JAG said:

 From the sublime to ridiculous!

 

Nothing to do of course with putting a roadkill eating madman with a bunch of quack friends in charge of Public health!

Don't think the Rebs have been in charge long enough for them to be responsible.

Vax, anti-vax is a long term issue not a 4 month issue.

1 hour ago, impulse said:

They can blame vaccine hesitancy.  But that hasn't changed in, for example, the Mennonite community. 

 

What has changed is their odds of being exposed to 3rd world "newcomers" who came across the border unvetted.

 

I'd add that Europe has had over 127,000 cases in 2024 in case anyone wants to blame RFK, Jr and the Bad Orange Man.  That's double the 2023 numbers.

 

According to an analysis by WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 127 350 measles cases were reported in the European Region for 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the highest number since 1997.

 

European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe

 

https://www.who.int/

 

 

Schhh, you will ruin the acronym posses bitching, slagging, crying session.

15 minutes ago, JAG said:

 

 From the sublime to ridiculous!

 

Nothing to do of course with putting a roadkill eating madman with a bunch of quack friends in charge of Public health!

You mean the guy who illegally pumped heroin into his veins for years and still has a dead worm rotting in his partially eaten brain? Ridiculous doesn't BEGIN to describe how we are now in the upside down.

Another 1000% psyop from the decepticons.

 

Number 33 of course    

1 hour ago, JAG said:

 

 From the sublime to ridiculous!

 

Nothing to do of course with putting a roadkill eating madman with a bunch of quack friends in charge of Public health!

 

The USA is doing better than Canada, the UK and Europe.  They're all having measles caseloads orders of magnitude higher than the USA. 

 

Europe had over 127,000 in 2024.

 

How do you 'splain that?  Perhaps it's because Europe is also seeing unprecedented migration?

 

 

 

16 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

The USA is doing better than Canada, the UK and Europe.  They're all having measles caseloads orders of magnitude higher than the USA. 

 

Europe had over 127,000 in 2024.

 

How do you 'splain that?  Perhaps it's because Europe is also seeing unprecedented migration?

 

 

 

Got a link for that?

11 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Got a link for that?

 

Canada and the UK numbers are in the OP. 

 

Other countries are also facing similar challenges. The UK recorded its highest number of confirmed measles cases since 2012 last year, totaling nearly 3,000, while 529 new cases have been reported in England in 2025 alone. In Canada, over 3,000 cases have been documented this year, with the provinces of Ontario and Alberta hardest hit.

 

I posted the link to the Euro numbers from the WHO in my post above.  But here it is again for the folks that don't read before they post:

 

According to an analysis by WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 127 350 measles cases were reported in the European Region for 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the highest number since 1997.

 

European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe

 

https://www.who.int/

 

1 hour ago, HappyExpat57 said:

You mean the guy who illegally pumped heroin into his veins for years and still has a dead worm rotting in his partially eaten brain? Ridiculous doesn't BEGIN to describe how we are now in the upside down.

Ridiculous does begin to explain you though. 

3 hours ago, impulse said:

They can blame vaccine hesitancy.  But that hasn't changed in, for example, the Mennonite community. 

 

What has changed is their odds of being exposed to 3rd world "newcomers" who came across the border unvetted.

 

I'd add that Europe has had over 127,000 cases in 2024 in case anyone wants to blame RFK, Jr and the Bad Orange Man.  That's double the 2023 numbers.

 

According to an analysis by WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 127 350 measles cases were reported in the European Region for 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the highest number since 1997.

 

European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe

 

https://www.who.int/

 

 

Straight to blaming immigrants.

 

Yes Europe has a problem with vaccine hesitancy too.

We should perhaps have a thread on that.

 

 

14 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

Canada and the UK numbers are in the OP. 

 

Other countries are also facing similar challenges. The UK recorded its highest number of confirmed measles cases since 2012 last year, totaling nearly 3,000, while 529 new cases have been reported in England in 2025 alone. In Canada, over 3,000 cases have been documented this year, with the provinces of Ontario and Alberta hardest hit.

 

I posted the link to the Euro numbers from the WHO in my post above.  But here it is again for the folks that don't read before they post:

 

According to an analysis by WHO and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), 127 350 measles cases were reported in the European Region for 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the highest number since 1997.

 

European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe

 

https://www.who.int/

 

To be meaningful it needs to be per capita, not raw numbers.

And RFK Jr has a history long before he got a govt position. He is clearly responsible for the 83 deaths due to measles in Samoa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Samoa_measles_outbreak

48 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

The USA is doing better than Canada, the UK and Europe.  They're all having measles caseloads orders of magnitude higher than the USA. 

 

Europe had over 127,000 in 2024.

 

How do you 'splain that?  Perhaps it's because Europe is also seeing unprecedented migration?

 

 

 

Ever heard of herd immunity? If everyone was vaccinated, infected people would have no impact.

Canada's measles outbreak

From  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6422778

 

An outbreak of measles in Canada is what public health officials say they have been fearing. The most likely scenario for an outbreak is an unvaccinated visitor from an endemic area, or an unvaccinated Canadian returning from such an area, bringing in the virus and spreading it among contacts.

 

That appears to be what happened in Vancouver, where a recent outbreak started with an unvaccinated 11-year-old boy returning from a family trip to Vietnam. His parents had reportedly not vaccinated him because of concerns about the safety of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.

 

and from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/06/measles-outbreak-ontario-canada

 

Nearly 40% of cases in Ontario have been reported by the Southwestern Public Health Unit, which services Oxford county, Elgin county and the city of St Thomas, all about a two-hour drive south-west of Toronto.

 

A confluence of antiquated local public health vaccination strategies, sparse access to family doctors, delays in routine immunization due to Covid-19 and a surge in vaccine hesitancy propelled by online misinformation since the pandemic all have contributed to the crisis.

South-western Ontario is also home to populations of close-knit vaccine-hesitant religious communities who are less exposed to public health messaging, such as Mennonites. The current outbreak has been traced to a Mennonite wedding in New Brunswick, from which a guest returned to Ontario with the virus.

3 hours ago, JAG said:

 

 From the sublime to ridiculous!

 

Nothing to do of course with putting a roadkill eating madman with a bunch of quack friends in charge of Public health!

The quacks have been in charge of Public Health for decades. Time for a new broom to sweep the anti-science rabble away.

1 minute ago, Stiddle Mump said:

The quacks have been in charge of Public Health for decades. Time for a new broom to sweep the anti-science rabble away.

 

1 hour ago, gargamon said:

To be meaningful it needs to be per capita, not raw numbers.

And RFK Jr has a history long before he got a govt position. He is clearly responsible for the 83 deaths due to measles in Samoa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Samoa_measles_outbreak

 

It's even worse per capita.  Canada and the UK have a much smaller population than the USA and yet, more cases.

 

Europe has marginally more people, but 50-100 times as many cases.

 

6 hours ago, Social Media said:

 

Measles Resurgence in the U.S. Reaches 33-Year High Amid Vaccine Hesitancy

 

The United States is grappling with its worst measles outbreak in over three decades, as nearly 1,300 confirmed infections have been reported across the country, marking a dangerous reversal in public health progress against a disease once considered eliminated.

 

According to new data released by Johns Hopkins University, measles cases have now been confirmed in 38 states and the District of Columbia. The illness has claimed at least three lives and hospitalized 155 people. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that 92% of the infected were either unvaccinated or had unknown vaccination status, highlighting a growing vulnerability to a disease that is both highly contagious and preventable.

 

Texas has emerged as the epicenter of the outbreak, accounting for more than 700 cases. Kansas and New Mexico have also reported dozens of infections. Health officials have noted that the virus is spreading most rapidly in communities with lower vaccination rates, such as some Mennonite populations in Texas who traditionally reject modern medical practices.

 

The rising case count comes amid a broader trend of increasing vaccine skepticism in the United States and globally. This shift has been fueled in part by political figures and public personalities who have questioned vaccine safety, despite overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary. Among them is Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who previously downplayed the severity of measles outbreaks and disseminated misinformation regarding childhood vaccines. However, as the 2025 outbreak worsened, Kennedy reversed course and publicly endorsed the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine. In a post on X, he acknowledged that the MMR shot is “the most effective way to prevent the spread of measles.”

 

The CDC reports that the current outbreak has now surpassed the 2019 case count of 1,274 confirmed infections, reaching 1,277 as of Friday. This makes it the worst outbreak since 1990, when nearly 28,000 cases were recorded. At that time, low vaccination rates were also to blame. However, following concerted public health efforts and widespread immunization campaigns, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. around the year 2000.

That status is now at risk. Public health experts warn that if the virus continues to spread at the current pace for over a year, the U.S. could lose its measles elimination designation. "It’s a reminder of how fragile public health victories can be when vaccination rates decline," one CDC official noted.

 

Despite the grim numbers, the outbreak has also led to a renewed push for immunization. In Texas, where the outbreak is most severe, more than 173,000 measles vaccine doses were administered between January 1 and March 16, an increase from 158,000 during the same period last year.

 

The MMR vaccine remains the cornerstone of measles prevention. It is 97% effective and provides protection against three dangerous viruses:

measles, mumps, and rubella. Measles, in particular, can cause severe complications such as pneumonia, encephalitis (brain swelling), and death.

Other countries are also facing similar challenges. The UK recorded its highest number of confirmed measles cases since 2012 last year, totaling nearly 3,000, while 529 new cases have been reported in England in 2025 alone. In Canada, over 3,000 cases have been documented this year, with the provinces of Ontario and Alberta hardest hit.

 

The global surge underscores the importance of maintaining high vaccination coverage. As U.S. health officials race to contain the outbreak, they are emphasizing a simple but critical message: vaccines save lives.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from BBC  2025-07-09

 

 

Fearmongering nonsense. 

 

Their profits are dwindling. Ramp up the vaxx drive.

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Straight to blaming immigrants.

 

Yes Europe has a problem with vaccine hesitancy too.

We should perhaps have a thread on that.

 

What's the variable in the equation? 

 

Mennonites have always had "vaccine hesitancy".  The variable is how many unvetted "newcomers" they're exposed to after the Biden open borders.  

 

Same with Europe.  They had 2x as many cases in 2024 as 2023.  Vaccine hesitancy doesn't explain that because most Europeans were either vaccinated or not.  In any given year, about 2% of the population is even scheduled to get the vaccine.  The variable is the number of unvetted asylum seekers.

 

4 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

It's even worse per capita.  Canada and the UK have a much smaller population than the USA and yet, more cases.

 

Europe has marginally more people, but 50-100 times as many cases.

 

So no link then. Ok.

2 minutes ago, gargamon said:

So no link then. Ok.

 

I gave you the links above.  Twice.

 

But lefties want it spoon fed to them by the MSM, instead of looking at the numbers and doing a little math with their own brain.

 

8 minutes ago, impulse said:

 

What's the variable in the equation? 

 

Mennonites have always had "vaccine hesitancy".  The variable is how many unvetted "newcomers" they're exposed to after the Biden open borders.  

 

Same with Europe.  They had 2x as many cases in 2024 as 2023.  Vaccine hesitancy doesn't explain that because most Europeans were either vaccinated or not.  In any given year, about 2% of the population is even scheduled to get the vaccine.  The variable is the number of unvetted asylum seekers.

 

There’s no variable at all.

 

Your immigrant bashing is a constant.

Its a shame if true but its hard to believe anything the lamestream media says anymore

Won’t take a vaccine but happy to take fentanyl, cocaine, ice etc.

They really are idiotic over there.

5 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Why force MMR vaccine when there's an outbreak of Measles?

Shouldn't they just be pressing for Measles vaccine?

But no, every opportunity to give three when one would do the job!

What they should be doing is establishing the root causes of what is causing the symptoms of measles.

 

Of course the white-coats don't do that do they! just give drugs to lessen the symptoms. It's all white-coat quackery.

 

And the people are still falling for it all.

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Don't think the Rebs have been in charge long enough for them to be responsible.

Vax, anti-vax is a long term issue not a 4 month issue.

The vaccination provides immunity when injected. It doesn't take four months.