The viral measles outbreak that began in West Texas has taken the lives of two children and one adult, and has reached over eight hundred cases, with thousands potentially exposed to the disease. This episode serves as a deep dive into the outbreak, when it started, how it spread, and will set the stage for the remaining four episodes.

Sources:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/05/20/measles-updates-texas-cases-pass-700-as-illness-reported-in-30-states/

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-measles-outbreak-in-west-texas-and-beyond

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2025/03/24/data-these-charts-show-how-measles-vaccination-rates-declined-in-texas-public-schools/ 

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2025/03/24/too-good-for-this-earth-parents-of-child-who-died-in-measles-outbreak-say-no-to-vaccine/

https://www.verywellhealth.com/measles-outbreak-texas-11682808 

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8828106/

https://www.latimes.com/newsletters/la-me-ln-essential-california-20190507-story.html 

https://slate.com/technology/2025/04/measles-cases-epidemic-worst-case-vaccine.html 

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/rfk-jr-plandemic-funding-1235173801/

The viral measles outbreak that began in West Texas has taken the lives of two children and one adult, and has reached over eight hundred cases, with thousands potentially exposed to the disease. This episode serves as a deep dive into the outbreak, when it started, how it spread, and will set the stage for the remaining four episodes.
Sources:
<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/05/20/measles-updates-texas-cases-pass-700-as-illness-reported-in-30-states/">https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/05/20/measles-updates-texas-cases-pass-700-as-illness-reported-in-30-states/</a>
<a href="https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-measles-outbreak-in-west-texas-and-beyond">https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-measles-outbreak-in-west-texas-and-beyond</a>
<a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2025/03/24/data-these-charts-show-how-measles-vaccination-rates-declined-in-texas-public-schools/">https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2025/03/24/data-these-charts-show-how-measles-vaccination-rates-declined-in-texas-public-schools/</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2025/03/24/too-good-for-this-earth-parents-of-child-who-died-in-measles-outbreak-say-no-to-vaccine/">https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2025/03/24/too-good-for-this-earth-parents-of-child-who-died-in-measles-outbreak-say-no-to-vaccine/</a>
<a href="https://www.verywellhealth.com/measles-outbreak-texas-11682808">https://www.verywellhealth.com/measles-outbreak-texas-11682808</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html">https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html</a>
<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8828106/">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8828106/</a>
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/newsletters/la-me-ln-essential-california-20190507-story.html">https://www.latimes.com/newsletters/la-me-ln-essential-california-20190507-story.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://slate.com/technology/2025/04/measles-cases-epidemic-worst-case-vaccine.html">https://slate.com/technology/2025/04/measles-cases-epidemic-worst-case-vaccine.html</a>&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/rfk-jr-plandemic-funding-1235173801/">https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/rfk-jr-plandemic-funding-1235173801/</a>

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

It Could Happen Here started as an exploration of the possibility of a new civil war. Now a daily show, it's evolved into a chronicle of collapse as it happens, and an exploration of how we might build a better future. Every day Robert Evans, Garrison Davis, Mia Wong, and James Stout take you on a jaunty walk through the burning ruins of the old world and towards a better one that lays just on the horizon.

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Anti-Vax America: Viral Texas

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