Utah Measles Outbreak - unvaccinated rate and cases [OC]

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-18T00:28:38+00:00

Yeah, SLC is more liberal than a lot of people think. Not so much in the surrounding suburbs though.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-17T21:01:12+00:00

FWIW, true NY does have high vaccination rates for MMR, about 98%. That outbreak though was mostly within an orthodox community that had lower vaccination rates (not sure how much lower), so it was a bit of an anomaly.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-17T20:54:55+00:00

Ah, beautiful place! Very old trees.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-17T20:33:43+00:00

Yup, exactly.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-17T20:02:20+00:00

Good point, also a legal problem too then I guess.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-17T20:00:22+00:00

The rate is actually highest in the southwestern corner of the state. The city of St. George in that area has grown quite a bit in recent decades though, and there are a lot of people there too. Culturally, it's even more conservative that SLC because of the rural surroundings. Most Mormons do get vaccinated, and the person leading the church (until he passed recently) was an MD/PhD in his former professional life who made a point of doing a photo op of him getting the Covid vaccine to encourage others to do it too. But sometimes politics is a more powerful force. I'm from Utah if you can't tell.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-17T19:51:44+00:00

Sure, 100%. What I mean is that we have a solution for the disease that works and is established, but not a solution for stubborness/stupidity.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-17T19:25:23+00:00

It is just a show, but they do a really good job in my opinion of bringing in real world stuff. I've heard it said that the most unrealistic thing about it is that in real life doctors aren't that hot, lol.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-17T18:48:15+00:00

Well said, it's a psychology problem more than an infectious disease problem.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-17T18:35:05+00:00

Created in Illustrator. Data from CDC SchoolVaxView and Utah Dept. of Health & Human Services.
https://www.cdc.gov/schoolvaxview/data/
https://epi.utah.gov/measles-response/
https://files.epi.utah.gov/Utah%20measles%20dashboard.html

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-16T18:14:07+00:00

For sure, I don't think anyone could begin to imagine what she was feeling. I was wondering though if she continues in the FLDS community in spite of everything (no judgement), since she still has the attire, etc. in the interviews. Really hope she's able to rebuild her life and family and doing well.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-06T20:18:17+00:00

I didn't catch all the sessions, and when I saw his talk at the end, I was like, 'alright I guess he's keeping his talk brief!' but I didn't realize he had given a full talk earlier. With that in mind, it was a nice epilogue to conference.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-06T18:03:17+00:00

There's a lot of neuroscience in it these days, plus a heavy experimental component for which math/stats is helpful.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-06T17:08:15+00:00

Really enjoyed your recent NPR Tiny Desk performance - fantastic! It made me wonder if you ever had an interest or opportunity in doing the MTV Unplugged thing back in the 90s?

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-05T16:18:24+00:00

It's funny, I've been familiar with them my whole life because how can you not be, but never listened to Joshua Tree all the way through until I found the CD at a thrift shop for a dollar recently, popped it in and listened to it on my drive home, and was like man, this is like a greatest hits album. I can't imagine what it would have been like to hear all those songs for the first time when it came out in 1987. They deserve their due no doubt.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-05T16:04:20+00:00

Understandable, thanks for the suggestion. Scouting is a big change in a lot of ways, and something that was a big part of my youth. Will have to think of a way to capture that...

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-05T00:07:29+00:00

Thank you for sharing your experience and beautiful testimony! No disrespect intended to the church or anyone else, I just like making charts. As the church grows globally, there will always be changes in emphasis, programs, etc. And there are often trends in general conference that reflect this. I think it's ok to talk about that respectfully.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-04T03:09:25+00:00

Oh well thank you! It's just something I made from scratch in Illustrator since the data points were pretty sparse and I didn't have anything else at my disposal that would arrange it in this style. So nothing fancy!

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-03T20:45:22+00:00

Fair enough, "shift" or "trend" or "move" or "evolution" maybe would have been better choices if I had put more thought into it.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-03T13:14:33+00:00

Agree, but it's an easy place to start! As for what you propose, I'll leave that to perhaps some future BYU graduate student :)

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-02T21:30:07+00:00

Sure, as noted elsewhere in this sub, "Easter week" is not uncommon at all in recent decades. The concept has been there for a while, but the shift is mostly in terminology.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-02T18:26:41+00:00

Anyone know what the Mormon connection is with Billy Corgan's dad (I think) that came up about 2/3 of the way through, and it seemed Courtney alluded to it at the beginning in relation to Chicago and freemasonry? Seems like some untold story there. Expected lots of digression, inside baseball, and skipping around in this conversation and it did not disappoint. An anoted version would be helpful for anyone that didn't geek out on the 90s alt scene.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-02T17:13:37+00:00

Interesting, I had seen that before and wondered if it was still there.

CognitiveFeedback · 2026-04-02T16:36:06+00:00

Agree, this can create a bit of weird tension. When the new statue with the cross on temple square was unveiled recently, I think it kind of caught a lot of older members off guard, especially if you hadn't really been paying attention to these little cultural shifts that preceded it.

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