Measles Is Spreading in More and More Places

Remember when you mainly had to worry about getting measles if you were unvaccinated and you traveled out of the country?

And now?

Measles Is Spreading in More and More Places

Measles is now spreading in many communities across the United States, often in people without any history of travel.

Or sometimes, in people who only traveled within the United States.

And in more and more cases, public health experts can’t trace a source for new measles outbreaks!

That’s why most people think that we have already lost our measles elimination status, despite RFK Jr.’s best efforts to delay the meeting that would make it official…

And that’s bad!

“How and where an unvaccinated Georgia resident recently became infected with measles remains unknown and multiple unvaccinated people continue to be in quarantine because they are at risk of developing the disease, according to the state’s health department.”

Source of Georgia measles case remains a mystery as people who were exposed continue quarantine

After all, if you can’t trace the source, then you can’t prevent those people from getting others sick.

Of course, that’s no surprise.

As more and more people skip their MMR vaccine and measles case counts rise, we knew it would be harder and harder for people to hide in the herd, as the herd essentially disappeared.

Spread the Word That Measles Is Far Worse Than They Expected

What else isn’t a surprise?

It is no surprise that many of the people getting sick with measles are shocked at just how sick measles is making them.

“I feel like I’m dying,” Kiley texted a friend. He couldn’t hold down food or water. He had already lost 10 pounds. His chest went numb, and his arms began to tingle. His oxygen was dropping dangerously low when he finally got the results.

“Positive for measles,” he wrote to his sister, in mid-April. “Just miserable. I can’t believe this.”

‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home

After all, anti-vaccine influencers have likely convinced them that measles was mild and just like it is on the Brady Bunch…

“I’ve never seen measles in my clinical practice. … Is this the worst I’ve ever seen? It’s the first I’ve ever seen, and I, yes, I’m absolutely shocked how ill and the severity in otherwise healthy individuals,” Jocelyn said.

Jocelyn said she has treated patients — mostly children — with fevers of around 104 degrees lasting up to a week, severe coughing requiring oxygen, and children with pneumonia requiring a long recovery. One adult patient who had been healthy developed measles-induced hepatitis and ended up in the ICU. Patients told her they want others to know measles is far worse than they expected.

“Most of my patients who have told me they cannot believe how ill they are, and I as a provider can also say I cannot believe how ill measles is making them. Children that have been affected, we are shocked how sick they are,” Jocelyn said.

‘I’m absolutely shocked,’ southern Utah hospitals caught in the center of measles outbreak

It isn’t.

At best, a typical case of measles, without complications, is a good week of a high fever – up to 104°F (40°C) to 105°F (40.6°C), deep cough, red, watery eyes that cause a dislike for bright light, sore throat, decreased appetite (often leads to dehydration), and irritability.

But you don’t have to let it surprise you!

Get vaccinated and protected.

Help Stop the Outbreaks.

More on Measles

• That Time a Chiropractor in Texas Got Measles
• ‘I’m absolutely shocked,’ southern Utah hospitals caught in the center of measles outbreak
• Source of Georgia measles case remains a mystery as people who were exposed continue quarantine
• ‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home
• Mom of 3-Year-Old Measles Patient Calls Diagnosis ‘Shocking’

Last Updated on March 6, 2026