One consequence of the resistance to established science is the way it forces scientists and journalists to re-prove and remind people of what is true. NPR has a story noting why measles are a big deal: It's one of the most contagious diseases on Earth. https://loom.ly/WMZO9pw
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https://asm.org/articles/2019/may/measles-and-immune-amnesia
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2025/03/01/conspiracy-theory-spreads-about-north-texas-measles-spike/80878818007/?tbref=hp
How do antivaxers (in the media and the government) benefit from more children getting measles or whooping cough?
It's a heartbreaking passage, and I never thought we'd return to those days.
My cousin is deaf, thanks to rubella (pre-vax), and those days were supposedly over, too.
What a world.
That's the issue we face. We keep trying to reprove the proven, but the people we are reproving things for aren't affected by reality.