It's so frustrating how much we've discredited scientists in this country. We used to listen to smart people, now social media gives everyone a voice and it turns out there are a lot more loud dumb people than smart ones. When did experience and knowledge stop being necessary?
Wouldn’t it be nice if we had an actual expert running the HHS and they came out advocating for parents to vaccinate their children during this measles outbreak instead of JFK Jr.’s pathetic comment “we have measles outbreaks every year.”
and 'It's not unusual' .
I wonder why they weren't vaccinated. There are a few limited but legitimate medical reasons that could also contribute to the child's death. Even if that's the case it's still an unmitigated tragedy because those around the child should have been vaccinated in any humane country.
Oligarchs want all the power and don’t care who gets hurt or killed. Evangelicals want to hasten the Rapture or least have a theocracy until Armageddon. They are a formidable team for destruction and they’re willing to let Trump play the dictator… for now. Don’t give up hope! https://events.pol-rev.com/
We got active propaganda and disinformation happening with RFK downplaying the outbreak saying they happen every year no big deal he is literally written books about the measles vaccine being the cause of measles
Im in awe that as a society we have come to a place where no one does their research on their own and make life or death decisions based on social media bullshit.
This death, and the others sure to follow, are on Trump, his Death Secretary RFK Jr and his vaccine-denying MAGA rabble. (image credit @krassenstein.bsky.social)
That is harsh and judgmental. You do not know their story or their reasons. For example, I had a baby nephew who died from his vaccines. Yes, this was proven through autopsy, and there was a settlement. Again, you do not know them, so please don't judge. Tired of all the vaccine hate here!
A TRAGEDY, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. This child didn’t have to die. Anti-vaxxers are KILLING innocent kids by spreading lies and putting everyone at risk. This is what happens when you let ignorance and conspiracy thrive. Vaccine resistance is a dangerous threat to public health.
Unfortunately that won't happen in Texas unless they're black or have Mexican descent. I wish I was joking. But white parents who do this don't get prosecuted nearly as often in Texas.
Fully vaccinated, everyday Mennonite here. 1. Conservatives sects of Mennonites are *sometimes* more closed off, but not always. 2. Despite being vaccinated, I caught measles in 1989 while doing caricatures at Six Flags. Lack of herd immunity can overwhelm vaccination. Get vaccinated folks!
Uh, no. There are a number of Mennonite churches in my city, the kids go to public schools; you can't tell who is Mennonite from who is Roman Catholic or any other religion. Old Order Mennonites & Amish follow the directives of their individual churches but there is no religion wide ban on vaccines.
Btw, I live in the PA Dutch region. It is nothing to see horse and buggies parked on store parking lots in the smaller towns in the area. And it often families shopping. Old Order Mennonite & Amish work in retail outlets that sell to outsiders. They aren't as self-contained as you seem to think.
Get your measles booster “the CDC says a certain type of inactive measles vaccine made available between 1963 and 1967 "was not effective," which is why they advise certain adults to get a booster.” Walgreens has them. Do it before the brain worm heroin addict takes them away.
I wonder if the unvaccinated community is traveling down to west Texas to have measles parties (like the old chicken pox parties) to form heard immunity… I seriously wouldn’t doubt it the way these dipshits think
A 5th grader could understand how important vaccines are and how they've saved millions of lives. Yet this administration lies about it and pretends they're not needed?
I am sure the parents are still proud they didn’t do the vaccine that would have prevented it with certainty. Why is being anti-science part the maga platform?
Because most of them are uneducated and don't have critical thinking skills. They aren't smart enough to understand some things, so they just ignore those things or say it's fake news. They're unable to understand how a vaccine works so they don't think it does
The NEW AMERICAN ORDER = the GOP mantra of the past 5+ decades :
Keep 'em poor, afraid, ignorant, armed and pregnant.
Now contains sick & substance-dependent additives.
This term's specials are increased mortality and decreased safety.
Limit one death per customer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEmfsmasjVA
One child died last year in Ontario. Parents refused vaccination based on all the anti vaccination insanity on social media. I will repeat again: vaccines work. Vaccines save lives.
What's sad is that people who supported vaccines now likely won't in the future...do you want to have whatever RFK Jr is cooking up into your body? I wouldn't trust a damn thing they say about any vaccine at this point.
Call HHS…Planning for the flu vaccine takes about six months. A conference that is part of the planning process was just canceled by anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. Feel free to call and request it be rescheduled. 202.690.7000 is the phone number to ca
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and 'It's not unusual' .
Thoughts and prayers don't do shit.
Hypocrites.
Are normal repulican voters ok or just in paralysed chok?????
it will no longer be considered “child abuse”.
the tyranny of “science” is over!
Its just a matter of time.
Typical response from the GOP will probably something about a magic sky god.
We had close to 800K deaths due to Covid under 🟠, and ppl didn’t care. The 🟠 even sold our Covid tests to Putin.
They don’t care!
# 1 He lied
# 2 He dismissed the child's death as business as usual
Parent's can kill their kids with impunity but yeah,
let's protect fertilized ovum.
Welcome to Texas . . . we have guns ...
Who cares about women, books or measles ?!
💠 😔 💔 🫣 💠
FUCK REPUBLICANS
why aren’t anti-vax parents charged???
“A child in Texas died from measles — the first measles death in the U.S. in a decade. The child wasn't vaccinated”
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/imz-schedules/downloads/adult/adult-combined-schedule.pdf
🇨🇦 PHAC (Canadian) Adult Immunization Guide
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/canadian-immunization-guide-part-3-vaccination-specific-populations/page-2-immunization-of-adults.html#a4.1
Feel free to save, print it out and share it widely. It's never a bad idea to ask your pharmacist about a booster, even if you had them as a kid!
He will have to own that bullshit too.
If you’re vaccinated then they’re not that much of a risk.
https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
YAY RFK Jr!!
Keep 'em poor, afraid, ignorant, armed and pregnant.
Now contains sick & substance-dependent additives.
This term's specials are increased mortality and decreased safety.
Limit one death per customer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEmfsmasjVA
0 deaths tRumps 1st term
1 death Biden’s term
1 death so far with tRumps new term
In fact, many of the receipts published by Elon Musk's DOGE aren't even receipts.
The first of many deaths due to not being vaccinated against curable diseases under his watch.
It’s a game to them but it’s life and death for regular Americans.