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Re: 2026 US Measles Tracking Thread
DIR By: Data Report
Date: February 1, 2026, 11:34 pm
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Oh boy, let's see if this quickly multiplies.
2 measles infections confirmed at Texas facility where
5-year-old detained in Minnesota was held.
Source of information.
1. NBC News.
HTML https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-measles-infections-confirmed-texas-facility-5-year-old-detained-minn-rcna256993<br
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Re: 2026 US Measles Tracking Thread
DIR By: Data Report
Date: February 2, 2026, 12:04 am
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A traveler with measles visited Disneyland, California
Adventures and the Disneyland Hotel.
Source of information.
1. New Santa Ana.
HTML https://newsantaana.com/a-traveler-with-measles-visited-disneyland-california-adventures-and-the-disneyland-hotel/<br
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Re: 2026 US Measles Tracking Thread
DIR By: Data Report
Date: February 3, 2026, 5:17 am
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Wisconsin: UW-Madison student infected with measles, marking
first Dane County case this year.
Source of information.
WMTV 15 News.
HTML https://www.wmtv15news.com/2026/02/02/measles-case-reported-dane-county-wisconsin-dept-health-services-says/<br
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Re: 2026 US Measles Tracking Thread
DIR By: Data Report
Date: February 3, 2026, 5:03 pm
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Pennsylvania: Lancaster County's 5 measles cases are 1st cases
in Pennsylvania this year.
Source of information.
1. Lancaster Online.
HTML https://lancasteronline.com/news/health/lancaster-countys-5-measles-cases-are-1st-cases-in-pennsylvania-this-year/article_3521f657-d3c4-46c1-a0f8-6ab63454c8cf.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=user-share
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Re: 2026 US Measles Tracking Thread
DIR By: Masked Man
Date: February 3, 2026, 5:21 pm
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Texas ICE center
A public health emergency': doctors sound alarm on measles
outbreak at Texas ICE center
Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson
Mon, February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM EST
SUMMARY:
Warning of a potential public health crisis, physicians at UT
Health San Antonio are calling for an urgent, coordinated effort
to contain a measles outbreak at a federal immigrant detention
center in South Texas.
Two cases of measles have been confirmed at the South Texas
Family Residential Center in Dilley, 70 miles southwest of San
Antonio.
The discovery has raised concern because detainees, staff and
contractors move in and out of the facility routinely and
because some families were released or transferred shortly
before or after the outbreak was disclosed on Sunday. Measles is
highly contagious and poses a special risk to infants and young
children who have not been vaccinated.
In a letter to the state's top health official, Dr. Lee C.
Rogers, chief of podiatric medicine and surgery at UT Health San
Antonio, called for "an immediate, unified command-and-control
of the measles outbreak."
The letter, addressed to Dr. Jennifer Shuford, commissioner of
the Texas Department of State Health Services, bore the heading:
"Public Health Emergency: The measles outbreak at Dilley
Detention Center will become an epidemic if we don't act
immediately."
"This is a public health emergency," Rogers wrote. "This is not
a law enforcement issue." He wrote that in a detention center,
where people live in close contact and breathe the same air,
"everyone has to be presumed exposed." He said that releases or
transfers of detainees during an outbreak could spread the virus
beyond South Texas.
LINK:
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/public-health-emergency-doctors-sound-222009241.html
P.S.
"Rogers said he was speaking out even though infectious diseases
are not his specialty because he believed other physicians would
be reluctant to do so.
UT Health officials said Rogers was voicing his own views and
was not speaking on behalf of the institution."
COMMENT: I'm with Rogers!.. of course releases or transfers of
detainees/people during an outbreak will spread the virus beyond
South Texas and not only that this is unethical and immoral to
not treat and prevent illnesses amongst detainees.
My grandfather was in WW2 and he said his own prisoners of war
tried to nurse him when he caught malaria. We are all in the
same boat when it comes to contagious illnesses...
..."In World War II, American soldiers generally treated German
and Italian prisoners of war (POWs) well,
often adhering to Geneva Convention standards, providing good
food, medical care, and, in the U.S., opportunities for labor,
education, and recreation(there were exceptions but the overall
trend was positive)" Regardless more measles equals more measles
for everybody therefore...
I say disease and illness is the common enemy.
When it comes to contagious illness,
What goes around comes around.
"the measles virus can and does mutate, just like other
single-stranded RNA viruses (such as influenza or COVID-19).
However, unlike those viruses, measles mutations rarely lead to
new variants that can escape the immune protection provided by
the measles vaccine"..
...the keyword here is rarely. ..That being said it only stands
to reason that if the more measles circulates amongst masses of
people that might greaten the chance of mutation and make make a
rare instance happen as rare as that might be. Just because
something is rare doesn't mean it can't or won't happen. Its
certainly is not something I'd play around with . I don't gamble
on such things personally. With my luck, something 'rare' might
happen. I don't like relying on luck...I like a sure thing.
I'd rather be a 'no-risk' kind of guy than a 'low risk' one,
The Masked Man
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Re: 2026 US Measles Tracking Thread
DIR By: Masked Man
Date: February 4, 2026, 1:27 am
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--- Quote from: Masked Man link ---
>
> Texas ICE center
> A public health emergency': doctors sound alarm on measles
outbreak at Texas ICE center
> Nancy M. Preyor-Johnson
> Mon, February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM EST
>
> SUMMARY:
> Warning of a potential public health crisis, physicians at UT
Health San Antonio are calling for an urgent, coordinated effort
to contain a measles outbreak at a federal immigrant detention
center in South Texas.
>
> Two cases of measles have been confirmed at the South Texas
Family Residential Center in Dilley, 70 miles southwest of San
Antonio.
>
> The discovery has raised concern because detainees, staff and
contractors move in and out of the facility routinely and
because some families were released or transferred shortly
before or after the outbreak was disclosed on Sunday. Measles is
highly contagious and poses a special risk to infants and young
children who have not been vaccinated.
>
> In a letter to the state's top health official, Dr. Lee C.
Rogers, chief of podiatric medicine and surgery at UT Health San
Antonio, called for "an immediate, unified command-and-control
of the measles outbreak."
>
> The letter, addressed to Dr. Jennifer Shuford, commissioner of
the Texas Department of State Health Services, bore the heading:
"Public Health Emergency: The measles outbreak at Dilley
Detention Center will become an epidemic if we don't act
immediately."
>
> "This is a public health emergency," Rogers wrote. "This is
not a law enforcement issue." He wrote that in a detention
center, where people live in close contact and breathe the same
air, "everyone has to be presumed exposed." He said that
releases or transfers of detainees during an outbreak could
spread the virus beyond South Texas.
>
> LINK:
>
HTML https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/public-health-emergency-doctors-sound-222009241.html
>
> P.S.
> "Rogers said he was speaking out even though infectious
diseases are not his specialty because he believed other
physicians would be reluctant to do so.
>
> UT Health officials said Rogers was voicing his own views and
was not speaking on behalf of the institution."
>
> COMMENT: I'm with Rogers!.. of course releases or transfers of
detainees/people during an outbreak will spread the virus beyond
South Texas and not only that this is unethical and immoral to
not treat and prevent illnesses amongst detainees.
>
> My grandfather was in WW2 and he said his own prisoners of war
tried to nurse him when he caught malaria. We are all in the
same boat when it comes to contagious illnesses...
>
> ..."In World War II, American soldiers generally treated
German and Italian prisoners of war (POWs) well,
> often adhering to Geneva Convention standards, providing good
food, medical care, and, in the U.S., opportunities for labor,
education, and recreation(there were exceptions but the overall
trend was positive)" Regardless more measles equals more measles
for everybody therefore...
>
> I say disease and illness is the common enemy.
> When it comes to contagious illness,
> What goes around comes around.
>
> "the measles virus can and does mutate, just like other
single-stranded RNA viruses (such as influenza or COVID-19).
However, unlike those viruses, measles mutations rarely lead to
new variants that can escape the immune protection provided by
the measles vaccine"..
> ...the keyword here is rarely. ..That being said it only
stands to reason that if the more measles circulates amongst
masses of people that might greaten the chance of mutation and
make make a rare instance happen as rare as that might be. Just
because something is rare doesn't mean it can't or won't happen.
Its certainly is not something I'd play around with . I don't
gamble on such things personally. With my luck, something 'rare'
might happen. I don't like relying on luck...I like a sure
thing.
>
> I'd rather be a 'no-risk' kind of guy than a 'low risk' one,
> The Masked Man
>
--- End Quote ---
Here is an overview of The Geneva Conventions which I think (
although it would be argued that ICE operates in a domestic, law
enforcement context, not a state of war, making the Conventions
inapplicable to immigration detentions and deportations...that
being said ..I see elements of war involved such as armed
conflict, war tactics by a somewhat militaristic coop are
involved and so I am led to believe the Geneva the Geneva
Conventions should apply to this Texas ICE center and all ICE
facilities for that matter
which is a public health emergency...
"The Geneva Conventions establish rules for humanitarian
treatment in armed conflict, protecting those not fighting
(civilians, medics, wounded, POWs) by prohibiting torture,
willful killing, and attacks on non-combatants, while mandating
humane care, proper housing, and medical attention for captives,
ensuring a baseline of dignity and preventing unnecessary
suffering even in war. Key rules cover the humane treatment of
POWs (name, rank, serial number only), protection of medical
personnel, and restrictions on warfare methods to avoid
superfluous injury.
Core Rules & Protections
Humane Treatment: All protected persons (wounded, sick,
POWs, civilians) must be treated humanely, without
discrimination.
No Torture: Torture, cruel treatment, and willful killing
are strictly forbidden.
Medical Care: Wounded and sick soldiers, medical personnel,
and facilities are protected and must receive care.
Prisoners of War (POWs): Must be given humane conditions,
adequate food, shelter, clothing, and medical care; they only
need to give their name, rank, and serial number.
Civilians: Protected from attacks, displacement, and harsh
treatment, especially in occupied territories.
Medical & Aid Personnel: Protected, and their emblems (Red
Cross, Red Crescent) respected.
Prohibited Warfare Methods: Attacks causing unnecessary
suffering or using perfidy (deception) are banned.
The Four Conventions (1949)
Convention I: Protects wounded and sick soldiers on land.
Convention II: Extends protections to wounded, sick, and
shipwrecked military personnel at sea.
Convention III: Governs the treatment of Prisoners of War
(POWs).
Convention IV: Protects civilians, including those in
occupied territory.
Additional Protocols (1977)
Strengthened protections, clarifying rules for international
conflicts (Protocol I) and non-international conflicts (Protocol
II).
Emphasize limiting methods of warfare and protecting
civilians further.
Key Takeaway
The Geneva Conventions establish the baseline of humanity in
war, ensuring that even during conflict, fundamental rights are
respected for those who cannot or are not participating in
hostilities, aiming to limit barbarity and preserve human
dignity."
Also there's Amnesty International
HTML https://www.amnesty.org/en/
COMMENT:
Dr. Lee C. Rogers, chief of podiatric medicine and surgery at UT
Health San Antonio is simply following the The Geneva
Conventions when he is calls "for an urgent, coordinated effort
to contain a measles outbreak at a federal immigrant detention
center in South Texas".
.. depending on the political climate and how it shifts there
could be a lot of people going to prison for warcrimes in the
nearby future. The US is still part of the Geneva Conventions.
At this stage nothing would surprise me if some of the bigwigs
won't be accused of warcrimes or something akin to warcrimes
considering what has already transpired...
...Not everybody's conduct has been estimable.. if you know what
I mean..There's always a fly in the ointment but the strife and
internal chaos in the US is way too apparent and there has
definitely been some signs of internal strife in the US...
Internal strife refers to intense, often violent, conflict and
discord within a group, organization, or nation—such as civil
war, rebellion, or political upheaval. It represents a breakdown
of unity, causing instability, and can be driven by political,
social, or economic factors...
It just follows naturally there are often ramifications that
eventually occur with people and factions that make radical
political decisions in such a way that creates internal
strife... Let's put it this way It's simply prudent and a good
investment to follow the Geneva Conventions whether we are
religious or not. We stand to gain more by following the Geneva
Conventions than by not following the Geneva Conventions.
Evidently ICES actions are covered by laws of war and the
Geneva Conventions doesn't apply to ICE so far anyway
Supposedly Applicable Laws apply to ICE:such as ICE is bound by
U.S. Constitutional law (due process, 4th/5th Amendments) and
domestic statutes.
Human Rights Context: While not covered by the laws of war
(Geneva), detainees are supposed to be protected by
international human rights laws, such as those prohibiting
torture or cruel treatment.
I however perhaps due to my naivety and simpleminded approach
feel the Geneva Conventions as well as the Ten Commandments
should play a part in everyone's life when dealing with armed
conflict and detainment. To me it appears like ICE is using some
elements of military tactics so that's why I think the Geneva
Conventions are worthy of mention here.
There’s also the question of deploying troops in an insurrection
act once again implying and indicating to me that that ICE is a
military operation especially if is troops are rallied to
support its cause. But what do I know .. I am not a positional
nor judicial expert.. I am but a mere philosopher exploring the
ethics and lack of reasoning behind not treating measles in a
facility designed to hold captive detainees/ people .
Sanity and grace,
The Masked Man
P.S. yet another point in case to consider is whether or not
other countries perceive ICE as a militia . We have ICE
stationed on other countries for example during the Olympics and
it does have a bearing how America is perceived by other
countries does it not? America's welfare is at stake. All I am
saying is Simply read Machiavelli's the Prince and one will
quickly see it is quite complicated and one has to be quite
strategic to rule countries in the long run regardless of your
morals and ethics.. one ,one must be prudent with factions. I am
merely noting the complications of procedure and am not stating
right or wrong or the particulars of politics. That being said
prudence is involved in using factions and ruling or persuading
a people or nations is all I am pointing out.
Side Comment UPDATE:
At Winter Olympics, protest over cost and ICE ends in clash with
police
After left-wing groups rallied against the cost and
environmental impact of the Winter Games in Italy, some
protesters set off fireworks and hurled bottles.
February 7, 2026
LINK:
HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2026/02/07/protests-winter-olympics-italy/
..there ya go.. other countries perceiving ICE as a militia!
..not my fault you can't control groups of people who make up
their own minds ..I'm just an observer...
So silly If I say the wrong thing about how to win and influence
people or about stratagy in the face of illnesses and viruses I
could be hounded like Pete Seeger was for being accused of
being a communist.. I suppose I haven't offended any
republicans, democrats, or patriotic people in my comments or
views ..lol.. we sort of live in a 'red scare' ! lol..
regardless I just like the Geneva Conventions.. seems to make
sense and apply to detainees and guards as well a well as
citizens. It just makes sense. I'm just thinking for medical
Hippocratic humanitarian reason in this post not politically.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" by
Benjamin Franklin
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Re: 2026 US Measles Tracking Thread
DIR By: Masked Man
Date: February 4, 2026, 5:53 pm
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15 in NC have had measles this winter; 1 in hospital
State data shows all but one of the people who got measles in
North Carolina this winter were under the age of 17.
Seventy-four percent of them had not been vaccinated.
February 4, 2026.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services said
one person is now in the hospital with measles.
This is the state's first reported hospitalization. The
department did not provide information about where the person is
hospitalized.
The NCDHHS dashboard LINK:
HTML https://www.dph.ncdhhs.gov/programs/epidemiology/communicable-disease/infectious-respiratory-diseases/measles-rubeola/measles-cases-and-outbreaks-north-carolina
State data shows all but one of the people who got measles in
North Carolina this winter were under the age of 17. 74% of them
had not been vaccinated, and local health leaders said more
cases are expected.
"When South Carolina got its first cases, we all said it was
just a matter of time, a matter of not if but when we will get
cases,” said Dr. David Wohl, a professor of medicine and
co-principal investigator of the Global UNC Infectious Diseases
Clinical Trials unit.
Wohl said the rise in cases is due to under-vaccination.
LINK:
HTML https://www.wral.com/lifestyles/health/north-carolina-first-measles-hospitalization-feb-2026/
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Re: 2026 US Measles Tracking Thread
DIR By: Steve
Date: February 5, 2026, 1:33 pm
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SUMMARY - A measles outbreak at Ave Maria University, a private
Catholic institution, in the state of Florida has risen to 20
people.
LINK -
HTML https://www.wusf.org/health-news-florida/2026-02-05/measles-outbreak-reaches-20-cases-at-ave-maria-university-in-collier-county
HTML https://www.wusf.org/health-news-florida/2026-02-05/measles-outbreak-reaches-20-cases-at-ave-maria-university-in-collier-county<br
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Re: 2026 US Measles Tracking Thread
DIR By: Data Report
Date: February 7, 2026, 7:44 am
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Pennsylvania: Health officials warn of possible measles exposure
in Montgomery County.
Source of information.
1. 6 ABC.
HTML https://6abc.com/post/health-officials-warn-possible-measles-exposure-collegeville-pennsylvania/18547385/
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Re: 2026 US Measles Tracking Thread
DIR By: Data Report
Date: February 7, 2026, 7:46 am
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44 new measles cases in South Carolina taking the outbreak total
up to 920 cases since it started last year.
Source of information.
1. DPH South Carolina.
HTML https://dph.sc.gov/diseases-conditions/infectious-diseases/measles-rubeola/measles-dashboard
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