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Texas Mennonites less likely to vaccinate after outbreak

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 17, 2025
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Close-up of measles rash (DRMEK/shutterstock.com)

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. The Mennonite community at its center emerged less l…

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