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RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] TIEPilot@lemmy.world -4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Virginia has confirmed a measles outbreak in Buckingham County (expanded to include Cumberland County) in 2026, with multiple cases linked to individuals who recently arrived from Afghanistan

The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has identified that some of these cases occurred among Afghan evacuees transported to the U.S.

https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/clinicians/update-on-measles-in-virginia/

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 12 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

that some of these cases occurred among Afghan evacuees transported to the U.S.

does not equal

Last outbreak we had in Virginia tracked back to an unvaxed Afghani family. We need to push on entry we vax everyone.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

While your logic is fine, the comparisons are inaccurate. The source says "Multiple cases of measles have been confirmed among individuals who have arrived in the United States from Afghanistan." Which sounds like they had measles before they got here. Though, the source isn't explicit one way or the other.