Well, that was a fun three weeks of pretending we lived in the 21st century, wasn’t it? Less than a month after our local leaders basically threw a “Mission Accomplished” banner over Broadway to celebrate defeating the measles, the virus has officially pulled a classic Lubbock U-turn.
The Lubbock Public Health Department confirmed today that an unvaccinated resident went on a little trip, picked up the world’s most avoidable souvenir, and brought it right back to the Hub City. Now, officials are playing a high-stakes game of “Who’d You Breathe On?” as they scramble to track down everyone this person encountered at a local healthcare facility.
Because we apparently learned nothing from the 700 cases that tore through West Texas in 2025, we’re back to reminding grown adults that coughing in a crowded room without a vaccine is, in fact, a bad idea. Public Health is out here begging people to check their records for the MMR vaccine—which, at 97% effectiveness, is significantly more reliable than the Lubbock drainage system during a light drizzle.
If you’re currently rocking a high fever, a cough, or those delightful “tiny white spots” inside your mouth, please—for the love of Buddy Holly—call your doctor before you just walk into the waiting room to share your germs with the class. We managed to make a “rare” disease trendy again in record time; let’s see if we can actually manage to stay in the “post-outbreak” phase for longer than a news cycle this time.
Is it really a Lubbock homecoming if someone doesn’t bring back a highly contagious, 18th-century disease to share with the neighbors?
https://www.kcbd.com/2026/02/24/lubbock-public-health-confirms-measles-case/
