'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week

NBC News ^ | January 16, 2026 | Erika Edwards

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

The South Carolina measles outbreak is growing at an astounding speed.

“Over the last seven to nine days, we’ve had upwards of over 200 new cases. That’s doubled just in the last week,” Dr. Johnathon Elkes, an emergency medicine physician at Prisma Health in Greenville, South Carolina, said during a media briefing Friday. “We feel like we’re really kind of staring over the edge, knowing that this is about to get a lot worse.”...

The number of cases is expected to grow. The health department’s report only reflects the number of people whose illness has been confirmed as measles by a lab.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: asylum; immigration; itsnotillegals; measles; migration; refugees; southcarolina; vaccines

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

For those not old enough to remember the measles, there is a big difference between red measles (rubeola) and German measles (rubella). German measles are a rather mild disease. Red measles are potentially fatal. At one time they were a prominent cause of death in the United States, responsible for thousands of death every year.

[lightman]

A South Carolina outbreak can’t be blamed on Orthodox Jews or the REAL Amish.

[Nuc 1.1]

I have had commie measles and germurman measles. Wonder if there are rising sun measles lying in wait? Also had fowl pox during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It is a wonder I am still alive. And I didn’t use a helmet when I rode my bicycle. I am a miracle.

[Prince of Space]

I roller-skated without a helmet OR wrist guards and survived. I also had measles and German measles before age 14 with no sequela. OGs like us are pretty tough, lol.

[Prince of Space]

I’d look at the hordes of illegals who flooded our border in the last few yrs as the main culprits. Agents tested them for Covid & asked if they wanted to get the jab but many refused. I doubt they vaccinate their kids for childhood illnesses at the rates the schools demand citizens do.

[lightman]

Likewise...never rollerskated but started driving a stick shift garden tractor at age 9 and running its cutting blades a year later.

[Salamander]

Don’t forget bedbugs and Kissing Bugs.