Have fun fighting a culture war against pathogens, Texas
this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2025
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They're just unaware that a war against a culture of microorganisms is an entirely different thing.
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Pathogens are woke
Chicken pox parties were a thing in the 70s and 80s. I think that’s before they had a vaccine? I don’t remember measles parties being a thing though.
My parents tried to get me sick in the 70s, never caught it. Then I got hit with chicken pox when I was 16 and it fucked me royal, still have scars. Be damned sure I got my shingles vax though!
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I am sure the people who hold measles parties will definitely listen to the government's recommendations on health decisions.
Ya got measles? Bring the kids over! We got enough raw milk for all of y'all!
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What a marvelously American headline.
What the fuck is it that makes these people turn into lemmings as soon as Trump is in office?
And yes, I know Disney staged the whole lemmings jumping off a cliff thing, but the analogy stands, so don't fuckin' @ me.
Wow. Texas out-Texases Texas.
If only there was a way to prevent it...say a "vaccine"
If we got the vaccine as a kid, we’re good to go, right?
Most likely, but the chance of getting it anyway isn't zero.
95% coverage for life and even if you get it, it would likely be very mild. Pre-1989 is 93% coverage IIRC.
Saw a headline that the MMR vaccine may be reduced in effectiveness after 40-ish years. It's all breaking news since people being so backwards as to not be vaccinated in numbers to allow this kind of study to even materialize in a world that has a proven cure is certainly recent.
I got an MMR vaccine at 40 for a job, and only had to because my records from small town Canada weren’t available from my childhood vaccinations.
Crazy to me that it might actually matter.
I know I had at least one shot as a baby/child/whenever it was appropriate in the 70's. Then the Air Force gave me the MMR vax before deploying in the '00s just for good measure. Much appreciated now.
If you were born before 1989 then you may have only been vaccinated a single time; a second dose takes the vaccine effectiveness from 93% to 97%.
So if you’ve don’t have access to your childhood vaccine records, then as other have suggested asking you doctor to run titers for measles is the best way to protect yourself.
Yeah, you now have Autism
Trains or something IDK
Choo choo motherfucker
You hear that Mr. Anderson? That is the sound of your death
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You can ask to have your titers checked. I did mine about 5 years ago when it first started being reported that dipshits were doing their best to bring back measles and I was still well in the immune range but I'm glad I had it done. I had to tell my doctor I was traveling internationally to a country with lower vax rates (I was) to get him to agree, but I'd imagine doctors would be happy to check now.
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Don't worry, RFK is here to make everything better!
When these parents go to purgatory, I hope their long dead children greet them, "Why did you let me die?", just before final judgment is passed.