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DJT and RFK should visit the stricken area and skae a bunch of hands to show their support. They definitely shouldn't get a vaccine booster before they go.
Hey, if some kids need to be seriously ill and some fetuses lost then that is the price we pay for freedom! Now where is my gun?....
Republicans should start having measles parties while drinking raw milk.
They'll blame it on fluoridation.
End result the same, dead republicans!
While spiking the milk with Invermectine.
If I was religious, I probably wouldn't be too far from thinking that a biblical plague hitting the country every time The Führer was elected was some kind of sign...
"One Nation under God."
Fucking LOL
Eh... that got added in the 50's to differentiate us from those godless commies.
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Don't give them ideas.
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If only something could have been some way to prevent this…ow well I guess it’s in gods hands now
I'm sure the secretary of health will immediately help.
I can't wait to hear what the guidance will be on this, likely some form of victim-blaming MAGArs for not being anti-vax enough and eventually devolving into a witchhunt for "fake conservatives" that still drink pasteurized milk 😂
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The poor kids that have no choice are the ones suffering here, not the asshole parents.
Let's keep that in mind.
I had it and as a child I had a few days I wanted to die for some mental relief.
Its pure torture.
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Oh, good. Three hours in crowded tourist attractions on a Saturday afternoon, and six hours in bars and restaurants on Friday and Saturday nights. Plus eight hours touring campuses just a couple weeks before spring "super-spreader" break - with a disease who's characteristic rash turns up around Day 14. This can only end well ...
Is measles the kind of vaccine you need boosters for? I got the usual growing up but if the plague rats are spreading it I’d like to stay safe…
You probably should get an MMR booster, yes. Check DTP as well.
Ask your doctor to perform a titer. That will check whether or not you still have antibodies against it. If no, you need a booster.
Yes. Adults need measles boosters
Yes, like th dtap every 10 years.
Measles don’t care who you voted for or what your gender is.
While this is true, not vaccinating is something more often found in conservative populations. And this problem is 100% caused by people who refused the vaccination that could have saved them.
To be fair, you'll find anti-vax far left as well. Think hippies and new age types.
Think hippies and new age types.
That was really true in the 70's and 80's. Live natural, Natural wood toys, yada yada.
The left side of that group (pacifists) is in geriatrics now and the straight up 'naturalists' have become aligned right wing.
But both sides! Anti-vax is like40-50% of the right and some fraction of 1% of the left
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That is true. They are very conservative and self centered in their own way. They just use different words.
Also goes hand in hand with cooky pseudoscience as well.
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Here's the thing with these anti-vaxx morons. Even if they contract measles and survive it (it can be dangerous in adults), you can sure as shit bet that they will not get the shingles vaccine once they hit 50. Shingles will fuck you up if you let it.
Both chickenpox and measles is severe in adults, it can cause temporary infertility. Shingles is a little hit or miss depends on your age and immune system, had it at 20.
Shingles hit my elderly mother-in-law and it had severe cognitive consequences. It's an unnecessary gamble, but that's their problem.
its more severe in elderly, and immunocompromised, i had a 20 from a very severe episode of stress. most dangerous is if it reactiviates on trigeminal and cranial nerves, followed by lumbar(where it can affect your legs and you bowel and urinary movements), the most dangerous being meningitis, and encephalitis(FEINSTIEN had this, and i believe the complications she had was to severe)
Why is Texas, so Texan?
Just as God intended.
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