The Origins Of An Epidemic: How Right-Wing Religious Communities Give Measles A Chance To Spread

The Origins Of An Epidemic: How Right-Wing Religious Communities Give Measles A Chance To Spread: At the end of last month, epidemiologists in Texas traced the source of a measles outbreak to a right-wing megachurch whose pastor has preached against vaccines. Even though about 98 percent of Texas residents are vaccinated against the highly contagious disease, the congregants who attended that evangelical church represented a pocket of unprotected people, and measles was able to spread rapidly.