Hmm Pl. Thank you for the clarification! Still a little confused but that helped.
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Measles case confirmed in Portland, about 500 people possibly exposed
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Popular vaccinations like MMR are relatively cheap and can be given at pharmacies for as low as 10 dollars.
This is what we're up against. Weaponized stupidity.
This is a truly dumb picture and statement for so many ways but the one that stands out to me the most is how this makes zero sense in the context of history. We've been giving vaccinations out for a long time to millions and millions and millions of people. If what this stupid picture claimed was actually anywhere close to true then none of the diseases like Smallpox would have actually disappeared but spread so rampantly and virulently that we would have an outbreak on a scale to match the Black Plague or worse. So FUCKING stupid.
500 people were exposed to the kid who had it. The majority of those people will not develop the disease but it seems like it's too early to say how many will get sick.
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I want to throw my laptop.
This is what we're up against. Weaponized stupidity.
I've heard reports that it's a mix of anti-science weirdos (Holistic Charter Schools... yes, they're a thing lmao) and immigrant communities whose religion bars them from vaccination.
You know who has the highest vaccinations rates? Mississippi and West Virginia of all places (California too) because they passed no exemption laws. However this just means that immigrants who refuse vaccination will congregate in states and areas that are more lax, increasing the chances of further outbreaks.
Cheers for the replies. I get that the anti-vax movement is a thing, but I wondered what percentage of non-vaccination has to do with the monetized healthcare system over there. I imagine it'll be non-zero, but a fairly small number, then.
People do it because they want to feel like they're special and act like everyone else is stupid but them. That and some incredibly ignorant and misguided parental instincts.
Vaccination rounds for children are extremely low cost even with no insurance or subsidization. There is no excuse.
The disease is not eradicated. A vaccine just prepares your immune system to fend off the disease when caught. Unvaccinated kids not so much.
Those are just estimated for possible exposure. Measles is a virus, so it's spread person-to-person.
They track exposure because the measles is a ridiculously contagious disease. CDC has it listed at something like ~90% infection rate for non-immune people that come in contact/proximity.
Most of these diseases are contagious as fuck, that is why we fought/fight against them in the first place. Just look at "Classic" diseases like the Black Plague.
Yeah, diseases don't just vanish. They can come back at any time. Hell, if we ever discover Alien life they might die on our planet due to some random weak diseases we don't care about.
Sometimes that's the way it works to move forward. Progress is a pendulum where you make "all" things permissible, and only when you go too far do you regress a bit and start to put in walls.
We shouldn't be beating people publically for anything that's barbaric you sound like a psychopath
But but...autism!?
Even though no scientific evidence supports that theory.
Get your kids vaccinated!
Lol that's damn good. Anyone with a link?
For real, I'd rather deal with autism than my kid suffering for a month then dying in a gruesome way.
Even though no scientific evidence supports that theory.
Get your kids vaccinated!
Lol that's damn good. Anyone with a link?
For real, I'd rather deal with autism than my kid suffering for a month then dying in a gruesome way.
Even if it was 100% true I'm pretty sure I'd want my kid to be some sort of autistic savant rather than having fucking Polio.
how about we put the kids in protective custody and separate them from their life-endangering parents
putting un-vaccinated kids in public school is literally a public health danger to all the other kids in that school
Vaccination should be mandated by law. Failure to vaccinate should be penalized. Heavily. We can't permit stupidity to harm everyone.
It doesn't effect vaccinated persons.
Much like taxes, I look at it a cover charge to be apart of this society. They should be stripped of their citizenship and deported if they refuse to vaccinate. Leave the kids and vaccinate them.
Quite frankly, I think not vaccinating your kids is barbaric, but what do I know?
Agreed.
