Texas Official Warns Against ‘Measles Parties’ Amid Growing Outbreak

A Texas health authority is warning against “measles parties” as the outbreak in West Texas grew to at least 146 cases, with 20 hospitalized and one unvaccinated school-age child dead. The outbreak continues to be mainly in unvaccinated children.

In a press briefing hosted by the city of Lubbock, Texas, on Friday, Ron Cook, chief health officer at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, offered a stark warning for Texans in his opening statements.

“What I want you to hear is: It’s not good to go have measles parties because what may happen is—we can’t predict who’s going to do poorly with

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