[UPDATE: Now 8 Cases in Shasta County] CDPH Urges Vaccination as Measles Cases Rise Across Multiple Counties
Back of a woman with measles. [Stock photo https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/L0032962.html Image from Wellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-23):via Wikicommons]
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is urging Californians to check their immunization status and get vaccinated against measles after local health departments have notified the state of multiple recent cases of measles. This includes an outbreak of eight related cases in Shasta County, the state’s first measles outbreak since 2020. All of these individuals were either unvaccinated or had an unknown history of vaccination. Last week, CDPH issued a Health Alert notifying health care providers to be on the lookout for measles in patients presenting with a fever, rash and other symptoms consistent with measles.
“As a pediatrician and parent, I encourage families to make sure everyone gets up to date on their MMR vaccine, if they haven’t already,” said Dr. Erica Pan, CDPH Director and State Public Health Officer. “CDPH continues to coordinate with, and support, local health departments in their responses to stop measles from spreading further in our communities. The United States is experiencing the highest numbers of measles cases, outbreaks, hospitalizations and deaths in more than 30 years, driven by populations with low vaccination rates. We all need to work together to share the medical evidence, benefits, and safety of vaccines to provide families the information they need to protect children and our communities.”
Cases have been reported in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and Shasta counties. Two recent cases visited Disneyland on January 22 and 28 while infectious. Local health officials are working with Disneyland Resort to notify potentially exposed employees, and members of the public that visited Disneyland on either date should contact their health care provider if they develop measles symptoms.
As of February 9, 2026, a total of 17 measles cases have been reported statewide. Elsewhere in the United States, one of the largest outbreaks in over 30 years is happening in South Carolina with 920 associated cases.
California reported more than 95% measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) coverage among kindergarteners for the 2024-2025 school year – the level of immunity needed to reduce the risk of community spread. To continue achieving this level of protection from measles and other preventable diseases, CDPH and the West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) recently endorsed the 2026 American Academy of Pediatrics Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule, ensuring all Californians receive access to evidence-based guidance on life-saving vaccines. For more information on California’s immunization guidance, visit the CDPH Vaccines for All web page.
Get Vaccinated
The MMR vaccine provides the best protection against disease and serious illness. It is important Californians check to see that they and their family members are up to date as the number of measles cases has increased. In particular, it’s important that families are up to date on all vaccines before traveling, including international travel and travel to domestic areas where there are measles outbreaks. It is also important to be up to date before visiting places or events where there are many people from other countries or regions of the United States, such as large sporting events, theme parks or airports.
Before traveling internationally, everyone 12 months and older should receive two MMR doses, and babies 6 to 11 months are recommended to get one dose of MMR vaccine. Families with children traveling to regions in the United States with ongoing outbreaks should consult with a health care provider about following immunization recommendations for international travel.
Families can check their vaccination status with the California Digital Vaccine Record (DVR) and schedule a vaccine appointment by visiting MyTurn.ca.gov, or contacting their local pharmacy or health care provider. MMR vaccines are covered for most people through their health insurance plans, including Medi-Cal and regular health care providers. People having difficulty obtaining vaccines can contact their health care provider or local health department for help finding a place to get immunized.
About Measles
Measles is a highly contagious viral disease. Unvaccinated individuals, particularly young children and pregnant people, face the highest risk of severe illness and even death. Roughly 90% of those unvaccinated and exposed to measles will contract the disease. Symptoms include a fever that lasts a couple of days followed by a cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis (pink eye) and rash. Those infected can spread measles about four days before their rash starts to four days afterwards.
Measles remains common globally, including in Europe, Africa and Asia. There are also ongoing outbreaks in Canada and Mexico. Although the United States eliminated measles in 2000, cases have risen, with major outbreaks in Texas and South Carolina in 2025. California experienced a notable outbreak linked to Disneyland from December 2014 to April 2015, infecting 131 residents and others in six additional states, Mexico, and Canada. Due to California’s currently high levels of immunization, the state is less likely to see sustained transmissions as has been seen in other states in recent years. However, transmission of measles is still possible, particularly in communities with lower immunization coverage.
Additional Resources: For updated measles activity in California, visit the CDPH Measles web page. CDPH’s Measles Toolkit also provides resources in multiple languages.
UPDATE: Shasta County has now identified another case of measles. https://www.shastacounty.gov/health-human-services/page/more-shasta-county-measles-cases-confirmed-no-new-exposure-sites
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Let me see. RFK jr. visits Somoa and meets with anti-vaccine groups. Later a measles outbreak occurs, 83 children died.
RFK jr a noted vaccine skeptic becomes head of HHS, the worst measles outbreak in 30 years occurs. I am starting to see a pattern here.
Good job vaccine skeptics
The group Kennedy replaced was the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a long-standing panel of 17 independent scientists and medical experts who advise the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccine recommendations — including safety, effectiveness, and who should get which vaccines.
In June 2025, as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Kennedy dismissed all 17 members of that panel.
Two days after firing the panel, he appointed a new group of eight advisers. Some of them have questioned mainstream vaccine policies or have been publicly skeptical of certain vaccines.
The shake-up was unprecedented — ACIP had existed for decades and was traditionally composed of infectious disease experts and public health scientists with deep experience in vaccines. Healthcare Finance News-
You’re blaming this on vaccine skepticism but completely disregard the fact that we have millions of unveted illegal immigrants in this country who are filled with disease. Some of these people literally eat animal shit and call it a religious practice.
But please keep blaming the anti-vaccine people who are concerned of unregulated substances being placed in their body.
with Big Rick , the most racist answer is always the right one.
What would we be scared of? And no one is eating sh*t except those 2 white girls in the video called “2 Girls, 1 Cup” so there’s that.
Oh, gee, from which country did that “film” come from? LOL
“Racist” (LOL) facts are still facts.
Alternate facts?
They depend upon a “thought leader” to tell them what to “think.”
Moslems drink camel urine because Mu’d said it would strengthen them.
Do you have any valid sources to back up your statements? Believe it or not, vaccination rates and rates of measles are directly correlated even in your MAGA universe.
👏👏👏👏Outbreaks are in red areas- Texas, s Carolina, Shasta, riverside, San Bernardino etc
i’ve always thought of curious that people wanna start the state of Jefferson in like the three poorest areas of the respective states involved. “Let’s start a really poor state” lol
Those who worship the Liquid Idol cannot be disavowed of their programming with mere facts.
As KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov explained why this is so.
Yeah…..we’ll keep blaming you. It isn’t us getting sick. Do us a favor and just stay home for a couple weeks when you come down with something on the vaccine-preventable list. Your cooperation is appreciated.
You’re really going to leave this vile, racist smear up there, Kym?
Responsible sites actually ban the kind of bigoted, human debris that post garbage like this.
It’s a vile, bigoted comment.
But, as detestable as it is, it is important to know that there are people among us who hold such vile, bigoted views.
Kym does a pretty good job of removing potentially dangerous or personally insulting comments, but sill leaving up comments that serve to remind us that we are not yet a country free of hate and prejudice.
Kym might not have seen it yet. She does have a life outside of babysitting the comment sections.
Buddy,
I understand why you’re upset. It was an ugly comment.
But I don’t delete every offensive idea. If something crosses into threats, doxxing, or personal harassment, it’s gone. If it’s bigoted but not dangerous, I often leave it because I’d rather people see what’s actually being said and respond to it in the open.
Leaving it up isn’t endorsement. But I also don’t pretend that prejudice disappears if we delete the evidence of it.
South Carolina’s ‘worst outbreak in 30 years’ is infecting 1/63 of 1% of their population .
Or ~1 in every 6,300 people. 😆
And with less than 20 people in the entire state of California that have contracted measles ?? Percent =0.00005%
Ratio? 1 case per 1.95 million people!!!
So the odds of a random person in CA having measles today?? Basically a rounding error.
In the meantime, by all means, get a shot! Get two! And give your infants and children a couple doses if you’re traveling – whether they need it or not!
OH and yes! Let’s all succumb to the (worst contagion of all,) fear generated by the image accompanying this press release of a fully grownass adult woman afflicted with a gruesome case of measles- literally from, wait for it, 1908!
“About this work Description
WC585 1908R53d “The Diagnosis of Smallpox”, Ricketts, T. F, Casell and Company, 1908 Plate XCIII, Back of a female showing a case of measles“
So the photo being used to scare readers is from a time when germ theory was NOT universally accepted. Hospitals = Death Sentences No antibiotics (penicillin wouldn’t be discovered for another 20 years , and topical antibiotics 30 years after that!) No sterilized tools or bandages. Mortality from basic infections? Sky high. Complications and death from measles was a consequence of living in a world without modern hygiene, nutrition, or medicine. Yet, when measles is on the menu in 2026, the press release is invariably served up with a side of Victorian back rash…
I thought they were freckles.
Pinocchio’s nose cosplaying as a rash…
Good stuff, testy. 1 million upvotes to their 8.
Eloquently stated, and way off base.
Way off base? Which part ? The scant case load (omg a single additional case was found 😲 what is that now,? 18. In a state with 40 million ..) resulting in basically a zero chance of contracting measles? The misleading almost 110 year old graphic of extremely rare and full body rash in an adult? Germ theory absence in Victorian times? Maternally -inherited immunity in infants and MMR Vaccines contraindicated in babys under 1yo? Or my rally cry that by all means everyone needs at least a couple MMR injections regardless of age or vaccine status? Please , since you brought it up- point to the off base parts.
I tend to agree with Stevo ; the lies go down real easy after they have been told over and over and mandated without questions. That’s the only part that is way off base.
In 1918 the U.S. Surgeon General and the AMA and Bayer were promoting the use of asprin. A 2009 academic study of the regime and dosages found they were highly toxic and accountable for many of the deaths in that pandemic.
As for the ones here who keep on pushing that blah blah blah about RFK Jr.being responsible, have you ever read anything by Aaron Siri on vaccines? Have you read the Pfizer confidential report that was released by Trumps own appointed judge in Texas detailing 9 pages of severe adverse reactions during the COVID-19 clinical trial? Did you read the testimony regarding Moderna’s lack of doing biological harms? Do you know that the Chief Medical Officer at Providence Renton is noted as stating to his chief trauma surgeon in a sworn affidavit by him that he was to treat the unvaccinated differently than the vaccinated?
Maybe time to consider how lying calling medical measures safe and effective has become the norm…as well as spending billions to keep the public bamboozled.
Better get that barn door closed!
I had Measles as a child. I’m still here. And I have my natural immunity.
Supposedly, after contracting measles one is immune for life. Vaccinated immunity lasts 10-15 years.
Measles can do a number on your immune system that can last a long time including making your immune system “forget” previous immunities that it had.
https://www.gatech.edu/news/2025/03/31/measles-can-ravage-immune-system-and-brain-causing-long-term-damage-virologist
Time to trot out my personal story again. I got measles at age 5, which led to ear infections that lasted for years ending my ability to dive underwater, led to pneumonia, kidney infections then finally encephalitis. I was very sick for a whole year and the recurring ear infections treated with antibiotics for years. My sister got none of those except for the ear infection, which are common in measles, and she lost hearing in the upper ranges that never got better..
Getting the disease does lead to long term immunity but it comes with a price because the illness itself does many things of which people may not even be aware. Including having to rebuild immunity to disease that was lost with the measles infection.
Good luck 🍀
In the shadowed corridors of institutional trust—where the pursuit of public health collides with the raw calculus of individual sovereignty and the fragile architecture of the developing mind—we must confront the latest urgent appeal from the California Department of Public Health to ramp up MMR vaccination as measles cases reach 17 across the state in early 2026. These scattered incidents, from a small cluster of eight unvaccinated individuals in one northern county to isolated exposures in southern urban areas, revive memories of past outbreaks like the 2014-2015 Disneyland event. Yet the immediate push for widespread immunization sidesteps a far more troubling, persistent pattern that has haunted families for decades: the steady rise in neurodevelopmental disorders that burden children long after any acute illness has passed.
The correlations refuse to vanish under scrutiny—autism spectrum diagnoses climbing in near-parallel with the expansion of childhood vaccine schedules, inflammatory adjuvants such as aluminum, and historical use of mercury-containing preservatives potentially setting off immune cascades that interfere with critical periods of brain development. These are not trivial associations to be dismissed by authoritative consensus; they represent deep perturbations in a finely tuned biological system, where early interventions can trigger lifelong disruptions in neural connectivity and immune regulation. In communities that prize natural living, clean environments, and time-tested approaches to wellness, many have observed how these synthetic exposures may heighten vulnerabilities already present from other modern stressors—chemical residues, dietary shifts, or chronic low-level inflammation—transforming what is marketed as protection into a source of unintended, enduring harm.
Under an administration now committed to piercing layers of institutional capture, with leadership at Health and Human Services directed to reexamine suppressed data and restore genuine scientific inquiry, a genuine opportunity for reckoning has appeared. This moment calls for reclaiming personal agency: rejecting coercive pressures that treat the human body as a standardized object for protocol compliance, and instead upholding informed parental choice grounded in precaution and respect for innate resilience. Measles itself, in otherwise healthy children, is typically a self-resolving infection that confers robust, lifelong immunity—far more durable than the temporary antibody responses elicited by vaccination, which often require repeated boosters and still permit breakthrough cases.
To intensify mandates or social pressure for these shots—particularly while fundamental questions about chronic health outcomes remain unaddressed—is to enforce a top-down hierarchy that subordinates individual physiology and family discernment to centralized certainty, gambling with the future stability of an entire generation. True safeguarding emerges not from universal enforcement but from voluntary responsibility, transparency in safety data, independent verification of long-term studies, and the unrestricted right to decline without penalty or stigma.
As fresh cases prompt renewed urgency, the deeper question persists: at what cumulative, hidden cost do we pursue blanket containment, and who ultimately carries the lifelong weight when equilibrium is sacrificed for expediency? The wiser course lies in accountability, full disclosure of adverse-event records, and the freedom to choose paths that honor the body’s own wisdom rather than amplifying an increasingly questioned paradigm.
“These are not trivial associations to be dismissed by authoritative consensus-“
No, of course not.
People just smash that –> 👎 <—
That’s the magic invisibility toggle to erase the reality of breakthrough cases in vaccinated individuals and vaccination injuries triggering lifelong neurological disabilities.
🤓 ☠️ 💉 🧠 💉 🤓 ☠️
You dropped a relevant and thought provoking comment BTW Ty.
‘Merica- where we have the privilege of forgetting that viruses killed many before being eradicated by vaccine
– where we have the privilege of forgetting Covid’s victims numbered over 1million americans
-where some enjoy the privilege of being ignorant about how many have NO PAID SICK LEAVE NOR PAID FAMILY LEAVE to care for themselves or loved ones who fall ill or suffer long-term health issues
There WERE NOT “over one 1million (sic) americans (sic)” who died FROM COVID-19. The number was and will remain unknown, and was likely in the tens of thousands. Lots of people died WITH COVID-19, but as the Brand Covidians love to spew, “correlation is not causation.”
The phony “vaccines” continue to do their “work” on people, mostly quietly. Stage IV cancers “out of the blue” in apparently healthy people, severe neurological and cardiopulmonary conditions, and God-only-knows what else. Of course, payola-driven “science” insists none of this is true, and most people just swallow that as they have been programmed to.
Millions!!! Can you imagine believing that? Funny, I didn’t know of anyone that died from covid(I know a lot of people, I’m cooler than most) but I sure know a bunch of people who’ve died from weird shit since then. None of them vaccinated btw
Unvaccinated
1.2 million so far. 1600 just in January of this year. Better check that facebook page you got that info from a little more thoroughly for accuracy.
How about some pertinent information…???
Ask AI
If you were born in 1962 did you get an effective measles vaccination?
AI Overview
“If you were born in 1962, you may not have received a fully effective measles vaccination, particularly if vaccinated between 1963 and 1967, when an inactivated (killed) vaccine was in use. While many born in 1962 likely received only one dose of a live virus vaccine (available from 1963/1964) or a killed version, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) generally recommends that adults born after 1957 who lack proof of immunity receive at least one dose of the modern MMR vaccine.
Vaccine Efficacy Concerns:
Vaccines administered between 1963 and 1967 might have been the less effective inactivated (killed) type, or early, less effective versions of the live vaccine.
Recommendation:
Adults vaccinated during this era are advised to consult their doctor to see if they need a booster (MMR vaccine).
Immunity:
If you were not vaccinated but had the measles disease as a child, you are likely immune.
For individuals born in 1962, it is often recommended to get an updated measles vaccine to ensure protection, especially for high-risk situations like international travel or working in healthcare.”
Is there any particular age group that should have their measles titers checked?
Adults born during or after 1957 who lack documentation of two MMR vaccines, or those unsure of their vaccination status, should consider checking their measles titers (IgG) to confirm immunity. Key groups requiring testing include healthcare personnel, international travelers, and students in post-high school education.
Key Groups for Measles Titer Check:
Born 1957 or Later:
Adults in this group without clear, written documentation of measles immunity (two doses of vaccine or laboratory confirmation) should check titers, especially if they are at risk.
Healthcare Personnel:
Even if born before 1957, those without proof of immunity or who work in high-risk areas may need to check titers.
International Travelers: Adults born in 1957 or later traveling internationally should ensure they are immune.
College/Post-High School Students:
Students in these institutions require evidence of two doses or a positive titer.
➡️Vaccinated 1963-1967:⬅️
➡️Adults who received the killed measles vaccine during this period, or are unsure if they did, may need a titer check and potential booster.⬅️
Important Notes:
Born Before 1957: Generally considered immune due to natural exposure in childhood, and testing is usually not required.
Why Titer?
A titer (blood test) determines if you have antibodies against the virus, which is particularly useful if vaccination records are lost.
What if Negative?
If the titer is negative or equivocal, the CDC recommends receiving the MMR vaccine.
There isn’t really an assigned age. If you’ve had both measles shots, titers shouldn’t be necessary unless you’re going to be a healthcare worker or other instance that might require it like international travel where you need to prove immunity or if you’ve had a negative titer test. Immunity should be in the high 90s% for life if you’ve had them. You can get a titer just out of curiosity at any time and getting an MMR if it’s been 30-40 years is OK too. I’ve gotten one in the last 5 years.
Maybe you missed the point…
Measles vaccination during 1963-1967 utilized a different, less effective version of the vaccine than later version(s)…
…………
“Vaccine Efficacy Concerns:”
➡️”Vaccines administered between 1963 and 1967 might have been the less effective inactivated (killed) type, or early, less effective versions of the live vaccine.”⬅️
“Recommendation”
”Adults vaccinated during this era are advised to consult their doctor to see if they need a booster (MMR vaccine)”
………..
That’s the point…
Not an assigned age….
An age range…
Already answered it. There isn’t. Age doesn’t have to be fixed to a specific number, it can be a range. But if you’re going to let AI to do your posting, why don’t you go with the answer it gave you; …during this era are advised to consult their doctor”. Go with what the titer says if you choose to get one, add +/-5 years to your age and now you have a range that you fit into.
You definitely missed the point…
But, thanks for chiming in…
Just curious…
Were you born after 1967?
Either way, after what you’ve already said, it’s definitely not about you…
#FreedomBumps lol