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Okay.

So over the weekend, we were talking a lot about these measles cases in West Texas.

And now we're just seeing these numbers grow and grow and grow. What's going on? You know, this is about the rate that we have to pay attention to. Measles, as we said over the weekend, is the most contagious

infection that exists, and it's doing what it does best spreading. Just last month, we talked

about this, two cases that we first documented. Now, a month later, we're talking about almost

100 confirmed cases, mainly in West Texas. And unfortunately, just like historically

we've seen, the majority of these cases are children. And many of these cases are preventable.

And the issues is that we've seen a decline in the rate of vaccinations. Well, let's talk

about the vaccinations. What are we seeing there? And that's an important topic to discuss,

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