US EditionAbsenteeism rates at a Texas school system soared when a measles outbreak hit
Absences rose 41% in Seminole schools due to exclusion of unvaccinated students and parental caution amid a measles outbreak with 141 confirmed cases, a Stanford study found.
- Earlier this year, a measles outbreak hit West Texas, centered on Seminole Independent School District, as students and families kept children home to minimize spread, causing disruptions beyond confirmed cases.
- Low vaccination coverage left communities vulnerable, with Seminole kindergartners at only 77% vaccinated and many states below the 95% kindergarten vaccination rate, state health department data show.
- State data show the Stanford University study estimated 141 confirmed cases and found absenteeism increased about 10 times in preschool to first grade.
- Health officials reported more than 165 people including 127 students were in a 21-day quarantine as of Tuesday, straining teachers and impacting learning for all students kept out as a precaution.
- Public-Health experts emphasize that vaccination remains the best way to prevent disruptions, as the measles upsurge contributed to Texas’s worst year, sickening 762 people in seven months.
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The measles outbreak that tore through West Texas earlier this year killed two children, hospitalized 99 people, and infected at least 762 Texans — more than half in tiny Seminole, population 7,000. It was the nation's largest outbreak in over 35 years. — Read the rest The post Texas Mennonites less likely to vaccinate after outbreak appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Independent EspañolBy MAKIYA SEMINERA and DEVI SHASTRI When a measles outbreak affected western Texas earlier this year, school absenteeism increased to levels far beyond the number of children likely to become ill, according to one study, as students were excluded or their families kept them at home to minimize the spread of the disease. Absences in the Seminole Independent School District, which catered to students at the heart of the outbreak, increased by 41% …
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Absences at this Texas school system soared when a measles outbreak hit
When a measles outbreak hit West Texas earlier this year, school absences surged to levels far beyond the number of children who likely became sick as students were excluded or kept home by their families to minimize the spread of the disease.
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