A Texas doctor warned people not to attend "measles parties" after the virus infected more than 100 West Texas residents over the past few weeks. www.newsweek.com/texas-doctor... - ThreadSky

theangrydonkey.bsky.social • 1 day ago

A Texas doctor warned people not to attend "measles parties" after the virus infected more than 100 West Texas residents over the past few weeks.

https://www.newsweek.com/texas-doctor-measles-parties-warning-2038889

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rodeoclown2.bsky.social•1 day ago

By all means have those parties.

athenabird.bsky.social•1 day ago

Do these folks know thst the GOP will force hospitals to close by killing Medicaid? Even if they are not on Medicaid, they will suffer. So why make your kids sick deliberately?

tejanolos32.bsky.social•1 day ago

Mexico should cut off all Transformers to Texas. This will impact the power grid and get Abbott and MAGA GOP in very hot water with Texans!
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/tariffs-on-mexico-could-threaten-texass-electricity-reliability/

freeofparty.bsky.social•1 day ago

OMG just go to the local health department. Most states will give these vaccines free to the babies and children.

cupcakeiscute.bsky.social•1 day ago

Honestly, I thought covid would wipe out at least 5 percent of the Republican base. But sadly, they multiply like rabbits. Measles probably the same.

bsorohan.bsky.social•1 day ago

The idea that some people would literally rather infect their children on purpose rather than vaccinate them makes my mind reel with disbelief and disgust.

mwilk19.bsky.social•1 day ago

vvillis.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wtf

noofieninja.bsky.social•20 hours ago

theangrydonkey.bsky.social•20 hours ago

perfectorb.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fun fact about measles, it wipes out your immune systems’ memory and leaves you vulnerable to reinfection to other diseases!

djstutterstep.bsky.social•1 day ago

How stupid are some people? (Don't answer... I already know)

iavswn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Measles parties? 😳

rustyempyre.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I’m at the point now we’re I’m firmly #FAFO
No apologies. And Zero fucks to give.

mdksun.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Let ‘em gack themselves. Fewer to put down later.

newdaytx.bsky.social•1 day ago

These are the stupidest people.

jamier2.bsky.social•1 day ago

Lol

jgltte.bsky.social•1 day ago

Lol

sweaters40.bsky.social•1 day ago

Measles Party?? Are they insane or merely stupid?

1helluvatym.bsky.social•1 day ago

Could they be any dumber?

robertleedavis.bsky.social•1 day ago

Only Texans are that stupid. Suicide parties are quicker.

yellowdog1955.bsky.social•1 day ago

Culling the herd but unfortunately the children.

theangrydonkey.bsky.social•1 day ago

"What I want you to hear is it's not good to go have measles parties, because what may happen is we can't predict who is going to do poorly with measles, being hospitalized, potentially get pneumonia or encephalitis, or potentially pass away from this," he said.

ri.oldfolkshome.org•1 day ago

Not to mention the possible SSPE time bomb.

theangrydonkey.bsky.social•1 day ago

The latest measles outbreak is concentrated in West Texas' Gaines County, home to about 22,000 residents. There have been nearly 150 cases in the state, 98 of them in the county, according to DSHS data

theangrydonkey.bsky.social•1 day ago

Public health officials say the vaccine is safe and effective at preventing serious illness. Some parents believe the best bet is to hold "measles parties" at which they expose their young children to the disease so they become immune after contracting the virus.

ri.oldfolkshome.org•1 day ago

Sounds like an ignorant memory of chickenpox parties which actually did make some sense in the days **before the chickpox vaccine** (since it’s rather worse to get chickenpox as an adult).

But this is incredibly stupid on multiple axes.

theangrydonkey.bsky.social•1 day ago

But a rise in vaccine skepticism associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has left a growing number of children vulnerable to the virus across the country.

katillogical.bsky.social•1 day ago

You're gonna have a lot of permanently damaged kids then. Can't fix stupid. FAFO

pir8qu33n.bsky.social•1 day ago

I just remembered that measles can cause infertility, and I thought, ‘at least there is that”

And I made myself sad.
This needs to end soon.
I’m getting worse.

hopefulme2.bsky.social•1 day ago

My brother lost part of his hearing in one ear from the measles when he was a baby.

There WAS NO VACCINE THEN.

He couldn’t hear in that ear any of the little bells and whistles with which you set up your phone to let you know when you have messages, etc.

And he was a computer guy. 😕

VACCINATE!!!

theangrydonkey.bsky.social•1 day ago

Measles is a highly contagious and at times deadly disease thought to have been eliminated in the U.S. by the year 2000, about 30 years after the first MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine was approved.

nancy-mahony.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wait, WHAT ⁉️

kimberbluesky.bsky.social•1 day ago

Idiots. That was a thing for chicken pox when I was a kid. Not measles!

mdksun.bsky.social•21 hours ago

“Derp!” -Texass

lala831.bsky.social•1 day ago

Some people have to learn the hard way... unfortunately the kids don't get a say.

gypsylee54.bsky.social•1 day ago

Insanity

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