Posted on 10/02/2026 10:23:01 AM PDT by Miami Rebel
As San Diego State prepares to open Pac-12 play against Texas State on Saturday, it's dealing with a mumps outbreak among more than a dozen players.
On Sept. 18, the university confirmed three cases of mumps on one of its athletic teams, which the San Diego Union-Tribune identified as the football team. A more recent update from the university has increased that number to 14 confirmed cases and one probable case as the highly contagious virus spreads within the locker room.
As the school monitors the outbreak, it will work with the San Diego Public Health Services on daily screenings, contact tracing, testing and administering doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine booster.
"Because mumps symptoms can develop 12 to 25 days after exposure, these new cases reflect spread within the team and potential exposure to additional close contacts," SDSU said in a statement. "The university continues to take a number of daily actions."
The Aztecs' Wednesday night availability report includes 32 players, but coach Sean Lewis declined to dive into specifics about the mumps outbreak at his weekly press conference.
"There's a lot of different things going on that are football-related and non-football-related," Lewis said. "Due to FERPA and HIPAA, I'm not gonna comment any further on that."
This is the latest setback for the Aztecs in 2026, with the team coming off a blowout loss on the road against Toledo last week. SDSU has now lost three straight games, and it enters conference play with a 1-3 record.
"We had a good conversation this morning about how we have eight weeks left in the regular season," Lewis said about his message to the team. "We knew going into it that we were only guaranteed 12. You want to maximize opportunity with the time that you do have to create more opportunity and more time as you move forward."
SDSU and Texas State are scheduled to kick off at 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday night.
“Hmmmmmm, what is about San Diego geographically they would make it susceptible to disease like the mumps?’’
You got me. I’m at a loss.
I’ll bet the farm it’s some place where they speak Spanish.
I thought all babies were given the MMR shot early on. Am I wrong about that?
Adult men getting mumps can damage the testicles leaving them sterile.
Adult men getting mumps can damage the testicles leaving them sterile.
“I thought the MMR vax was “97% effective and gives lifelong protection.” So why are boosters suddenly necessary?”
Because your immune system forgets.
A vaccine does everything that it’s ever going to do in two weeks. That’s how long it takes to train your immune system.
After that, how well you’re protected and for how long is up to your own immune system. It’s the same way that you develop natural immunity.
Despite what seems to be popular belief, vaccines don’t provide a magic shield against disease. They can’t keep you from getting infected, they just improve your chances of fighting back if you get exposed.
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