• El_guapazo@lemmy.world
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    I bet they’re having measles parties so it does actually spread thinking it’ll just go away like a cold

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      Literally seen a news report on this and once parent of a child that died said it was all good cause at least his kid wasn’t autistic. These people are straight evil.

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    The saddest part about this is that the people telling others not to vaccinate aren’t going to suffer from this because they know they’re spreading bullshit and thus already vaccinated themselves.

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      I see a lot of folks on the left making fun of maga supporters for being against vaccines etc, but I’ve only ever met anti vax leftists…. I’m not against vaccines I believe the science but it’s less of a left right issue than we believe it to be….

      I can, however, say that I understand any concern or trepidation folks in the US have because of our fucked up healthcare system, the astronomical cost of healthcare even many can not afford preventative care, would lean folks to believe less scientifically proven methods and non traditional health care.

      In the United States if you get sick, you lose everything.

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        It’s more known as a right-wing thing these days because of Covid, but the OG antivaxxer stereotype was the hippy mom who didn’t want to put “chemicals” in their children because ‘big pharma’ is evil, and don’t you know vaccines cause autism?

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        I never saw this as a right vs left thing, just a stupid vs smart thing. But I can see why people would assume anti-vaxxers are right wing.

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          Because anyone left of center is a socialist or communist according to the academics

          Which is odd because every other democratic nation in the free world has a form of HEALTHCARE FOR ALL that far exceeds ours , find one and that is worse? Cuba probably has top secret doctors helping us who knows

          Movie plot: submit to ai for scenes and dialogue: a young phd who almost failed his exam is in love with the idea of meeting aliens, but his wild ideas and drunken equations prove correct as we meet the protagonist

          Edit: caps text

          Edit I have seen and interacted with a little bit of ai

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    Honestly I only feel bad for the children. Every single one of those parents had a decision to do the best for their child and chose not to do this. So I feel bad for the kids, but hope (very thin sliver) that some of those parents wake up and realize that they fucked up.

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    Good.

    Let them die, they are getting everything they wished for. Would have been so nice if they’d only had the brains to recognize what they were wishing for but alas, here we are.

    I feel nothing for you beyond that you’re a cancer on this world and it’s immune system just kicked in

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      Let them die, they are getting everything they wished for. Would have been so nice if they’d only had the brains to recognize what they were wishing for but alas, here we are.

      Here’s the problem with that, the anti-vax adults were likely vaccinated as children, so they’ll live, while their children die, never connecting the dots as to why they survived.

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        And? I’m at the point where I see it as gene removal from the pool

        Sorry, not sorry. It sucks to be those kids but they can’t be saved no matter what you do and these kids will be the next anti Vax generation anyway

        Good riddance

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          A lot of us with conservative families would prefer not to be lumped in with them, not everyone follows their parents footsteps, especially with conservative ones.

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          Vaccines are not 100% effective. You need those kids to be vaccinated also or your vaccinated child would still run a 3% risk if exposed. I have terrible luck and that’s not a risk I am willing to take.

          My daughter’s school will allow for medically necessary unvaccinated children (eg, immunocompromised so cannot take a live vaccine), but only until they hit the herd immunity limit. After that they turn away parents for the unvaccinated child because they have to protect the other children. Those parents will probably be frustrated at first but, recognizing the need for herd immunity from the school for their child, will be better off. They will just have to find a other school that has an opening. This shouldn’t be hard if the only refusal for vaccines was for medical purposes, but it’s getting harder these days.

          Public schools should do this. I think some do, but maybe not. And certainly not with our current admin if they can force whatever they want. My point though is that it’s not only the “stupid antivaxxer’s kids” who will die. It’s 3% of all the others. And that’s just for measles. Polio is coming back too. Who knows what else.

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        Yeah but these kids will grow up exactly like their parents, paying it forward every generation. If we can’t save them, then I won’t care about them either.

        That, or we start doing forced vaccinations, which I’m a huge proponent of. You vaccinate or get deported to a remote island where you can stay until you die.

        I’m so done with these people

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          This feels like a “tell me you’re from a left-leaning state without actually saying it”. Do you know how many people grow up with shitty conservative parents and want to be nothing like them? You sound like conservatives saying they don’t care if children of Hamas members die because they’d just grow up to be terrorists anyways.

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        Magats beget more Magats more often than not so they’re probably doing us a favor in the long run. And besides, do you wanna be the one to tell those parents how to raise their kids? I’m sure that’ll go over real well with them.

        Let’s all just do as they say. Ya know, put our faith in the Lord’s hands and trust that he works in “mysterious” ways to fulfill his plan :>

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          Sure kids will have some world view influence from their parents, but they don’t have the tools to understand what’s going on or authority to decide and also the ones that suffer. On top of that it seems like the parents that lost their child so far had no regrets and only doubled down.

          It’s a lose lose situation

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      These people were tricked into believing vaccines are bad. They’re victims (stubborn and idiotic ones)

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    FYI even if you have been vaccinated you may still need to get a booster.

    https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/are-you-protected-against-measles-do-you-need-a-booster-shot-everything-you-need-to-know-about-immunity

    TDLR: if you were vaccinated in the 1960s you may need a whole new course of boosters. Also, if you were vaccinated before 1989, you may need one additional shot, since the 2-shot model wasn’t recommended by the CDC until then.

    Stay safe out there folks.

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      I got my booster right after RFK got sworn in. Also polio, monkeypox and COVID of course.

      Good luck everyone

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      Yep, had my 1st measles shot in the mid-60s, a booster in '74, and now this year found (via a blood test) that my immunity had waned to a point that another shot was needed. Got it. Five stars, no pain, highly recommended.

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          I had the Covid shots too. They all had powerful side-effects. My whole life, I’ve never been able to catch measles. I didn’t get sick from Covid. I probably won’t die from measles now either. That’s right, they took away muh Freedumb!

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            That’s the primary effect not the side effects ;) Was just curious because covid shots are the only vaccines in my adult life that have given me side effects

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    PSA, if you are worried, have your physician order an antibody titer. It essentially measures the amount of anti-MMR antibodies in your blood to ensure you are immune.

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    Skimmed the article and had to back glance at the Moscow School District. Had to double check I was still in Kansas. No wonder Dorothy was so damn confused

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    I didn’t know arstechnica wrote articles outside of tech stuffs. Apparently the measles case was on their front page as their most viewed article.

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      Vaccines, as we know thanks to the government, are mostly about nutrition, elimination of fluoride in the water and UV light from the sun.