Measles Outbreak Blamed on Vaccine Truthers Causing Irrational Epidemic. Health Crisis Inevitable.

[evildevil]

Freedumb: Let the Ignorant Masses Decide How Are We Going to Get Infected and Die.

Measles outbreak! Vaccine trutherism now officially a public health crisis
It's never been more important to take the infectious disease seriously

It’s back. Three years after public health officials realized that they had been preemptive in declaring that measles

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[mickeym]

Jesus Christ, this makes me crazy. In this day and age, to have any of the common childhood illnesses around is nuts, and to have them BACK because people are too stupid to understand that the risks outweigh the benefits is beyond nuts.

I have a friend on FB who is very anti-vax. She did this whole 'bragging' thing last month about how her eldest daughter and the daughter's whole family had whooping cough, and it wasn't any worse than a bad cold, and what the hell do we need those vaccinations for anyway. AUGH. She doesn't seem to get that the vaccinations don't just help those who are vaccinated, but also those who can't BE vaccinated.

[idemandjustice]

It would be a big deal if my mom with COPD got it. Or someone's baby. These people really just piss me off to the point of incoherent rage.

[mickeym]

Yeah. Same -- I have severe asthma that's only barely controlled. :-/ (And a propensity for pneumonia; I've had it five times in the past ten years.)

And I just realized in my original comment I said "risks outweigh the benefits"... I got it backwards. It should read "the benefits outweigh the risks".

I blame allergies and benadryl.

[idemandjustice]

I didn't even notice the mistake! I grokked what you meant. :)

[the_siobhan]

I know somebody who is dealing with whooping cough - it's been going on for over six months and at one point he was having seizures because of it. He would like to have a short word or two with your friend.