Posted on 06/07/2026 11:08:15 AM PDT by nickcarraway
California health officials discovered evidence of measles in routine wastewater testing as the state faces a sharp resurgence of the disease.
The Merced County Department of Public Health reported the finding, and while no confirmed clinical cases have been identified in the county, officials said it could indicate undetected circulation. The state has confirmed infections climbing to 74 cases across seven counties, the highest annual total California has recorded in seven years.
Health officials said the jump is already far above last year’s numbers, with just 25 cases reported in all of 2025, underscoring how quickly the virus has regained ground.
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Screw California, they made their bed.
Don’t drink the wastewater!
Now you tell me!!
Import the third world, become the third world.
Where were these “health experts” when the border was wide-open to hordes of unvetted exotic-disease Petri dishes?
Gee I wonder who it is that is not vaccinated against measles.
“California health officials discovered evidence of measles in routine wastewater testing as the state faces a sharp resurgence of the disease.”
Anti-vaxxers rejoice.
“California health officials discovered evidence of measles in routine wastewater testing as the state faces a sharp resurgence of the disease.” They need the Water Boy, that’s some good H2O.
How ‘bout that border security?
If you like your measles. You can keep your measles.
RE: Don’t drink the wastewater!
And for goodness sake, don’t eat the yellow snow.
Frank Zappa song
Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow.
...
And the northern lights commenced to glow
And she said, with a tear in her eye 🎶
Watch out where the huskies go,
and don’t you eat that yellow snow. 🎶
Watch out where the huskies go,
and don’t you eat that yellow snow. 🎶
Excellent point.
Michael Savage said the key factor in the majority of epidemics has been the border crossing by infected people.
He has degrees under his real name Michael Weiner:
BA in biology. Master of Science (MS) & Master of Arts (MA): in medical botany and medical anthropology from the University of Hawaii.
PhD in nutritional ethnomedicine.
And stay away from the yellow snow!
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