You either mandate vaccines or you get preventable deaths and bodily harm of children from outbreaks of things like measles. 1 of 5 kindergarteners are unvaxxed. Texas county with the measles outbreak. - ThreadSky

rachelbitecofer.bsky.social • 14 days ago

You either mandate vaccines or you get preventable deaths and bodily harm of children from outbreaks of things like measles.

1 of 5 kindergarteners are unvaxxed. Texas county with the measles outbreak.

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gordon-gecko.bsky.social•14 days ago

A lot of people who don't want to vaccinate will probably also think that their kids dying from preventable disease is God's will instead of a choice they made based on lies.

susanp0507.bsky.social•14 days ago

Congratulations Texas!

kestrel61.bsky.social•14 days ago

The only way these people learn is by suffering consequences. A few kids will unfortunately die, then they will vaccinate.

lionsleeps4ever.bsky.social•13 days ago

🚨Active measles presents a danger to pregnant females if they are unvaccinated or undervaccinated. This is especially important for anti-vaxxers.

Important:
https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-advisory/articles/2024/03/management-of-obstetric-gynecologic-patients-during-a-measles-outbreak

raj0194.bsky.social•14 days ago

🖕🏻 Texas

jrtomlin.bsky.social•14 days ago

Bodily harm to pregnant women who catch German measles

sassysenior70.bsky.social•13 days ago

Yes and even though you may have had measles as a child, you may still be vulnerable, be careful. I never created an immunity.

msmaura.bsky.social•13 days ago

1 in 5. That's a horrible number.

armitagezero.bsky.social•13 days ago

You know, Texas is getting everything it has voted for. I am going to buy stock in child-sized caskets. Texas is going to need them very soon.

rambergpilates.bsky.social•12 days ago

Texas has been needing them. Did you know there’s a TX law that states after a certain weight of fetal remains (350g?) and/or age (20 wks?), it has to be buried instead of disposed of as medical waste?

armitagezero.bsky.social•12 days ago

I did not, I heard about it a while back but I didn't hear anything else after that. I live here and had zero idea, the GOP keeps us in the dark and has for the last 40 years.

nobody-2024.bsky.social•12 days ago

Oh the hubristic stupidity!!
Expect a lot more of this with different viral AND Bacterial infections like the tuberculosis outbreak in Kansas with a new case in Ohio!!
Spreading? Maybe!! 🤔

joelcawley.bsky.social•14 days ago

Between school shootings, denial of reproductive care for women and their contempt for public health, Texas appears fully committed to a 19th century mortality rate.

Depending on exact dates that’s roughly 40-50 *times* higher than the modern world.

Great place to live for morticians! Women? No.

liszs.bsky.social•13 days ago

19 out of 48 rubeola cases are HOSPITALIZED in TX. It’s PREVENTABLE with inoculation of the MMR vaccine.

womanwhorules.bsky.social•13 days ago

Why don’t they care about the children alive? Just ones that aren’t.

jimijames003.bsky.social•13 days ago

They only pretend to care about those because it's convenient. They really don't care about anyone but themselves.

ap366.bsky.social•14 days ago

The well informed and wealthy will vax… this is another way for the rich to “trim the fat.”

thepissedoldlady.bsky.social•14 days ago

There's an outbreak in NJ - I just read. The person visited several health facilities while contagious.

thepissedoldlady.bsky.social•14 days ago

And in NM now.

notatrillionaire.bsky.social•14 days ago

RFK jr a f’ ing moron

notatrillionaire.bsky.social•14 days ago

Look at the big picture. All of trump’s cabinet posts are not qualified. RFK jr perhaps the most unqualified. No degrees in md. No experience in diseases. No experience running a huge org. No experience with the truth. Trump and RFK jr OWN the upcoming child deaths.

yd52.bsky.social•14 days ago

The underlying ROOT CAUSE: GROSS STUPIDITY!

blackcat9lincs.bsky.social•13 days ago

Gross Stupidity is the root cause of most of our ills.

Sadly, gross stupidity itself seems to be the fastest moving epidemic in the world of the populists.

Populist leaders, like the esteemed Mr Trump or our own Nigel Farage, rely heavily on it.

And it pays back in abundance currently... 😔

hilarywollis.bsky.social•14 days ago

And the burden of future disability grows and grows

everesther.bsky.social•13 days ago

I'm out of the loop on this, but when (or maybe where) did they stop mandating that kids be vaccinated in order to attend public schools?
From last August:
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/php/requirements-laws/state-vaccination-requirements.html

everesther.bsky.social•13 days ago

Exemptions make sense for this...

bjsteen.bsky.social•13 days ago

Most states allow parents to fill out an “exemption” form. Public schools can’t withhold enrollment because of vaccination status.

everesther.bsky.social•13 days ago

Yes, I realized that after I posted. But apparently he is trying to defund schools that require vaccines. Scary as we watch the measles spreading...

bjsteen.bsky.social•13 days ago

Super scary!

marvinzombie.bsky.social•14 days ago

The news said weeks ago that flu and Covid vax rate this year is around 36% and the number of cases is the highest in 15 years.

blondegirllife.bsky.social•13 days ago

Let the MAGAT’s hit the floor

yimabean.bsky.social•13 days ago

How this happened is crushing.

sjukskotare.bsky.social•13 days ago

And somehow this will be Biden fault 🤦🏼‍♀️

octobermystic.bsky.social•14 days ago

What's additionally sad is the kids' stupid ass parents are probably vaccinated and risking their children's lives.

spottedtb.bsky.social•13 days ago

EXACTLY. All of Brain Worm Junior’s kids are vaccinated. I assume due to having a sane mother.

suddenoutbreak.bsky.social•14 days ago

Vaccines (like seatbelts, airbags, food safety laws, etc.) are victims of their own success. "Nobody gets rubella anymore - why get the vaccine?" Umm...

suddenoutbreak.bsky.social•14 days ago

When my newborn kid was being given all of the vaccines back in 2000, the doc recommended the varicella vaccine. We were confused. "We've had the chicken pox. NBD." Doctor said "I'm from India and seen kids die of it - get the shot." We got the shot.

kmeiri.bsky.social•14 days ago

What’s even more sad is JFK says his kids are vaccinated

octobermystic.bsky.social•14 days ago

Because of course.

gailberenger.bsky.social•13 days ago

Ignorance abounds in Texas . It gushes like an oil strike. Nobody will be surprised when the anti vaccine idiots pay the price, and sadly, their children will pay the most.

ziggeroonski.bsky.social•14 days ago

But they're owning the libs!

professor-4960.bsky.social•13 days ago

Spot on!

gingerdog.bsky.social•14 days ago

They won't learn through reason. Let them learn through consequences.

yarnlover.bsky.social•13 days ago

Every GOP in Congress supports harming America's children.
Senate Republicans (including 4 physicians) proved this by voting to confirm nutjob RFK, Jr, as Secretary of HHS.
Republicans serve Musk-Trump and NOT the American people.
https://bsky.app/profile/georgetakei.bsky.social/post/3lia22hsrpk2h

phonychristians.bsky.social•13 days ago

Will there be mandates for syringes and heroin. Mind blowing you put a heroin addict in charge of health

souixse.bsky.social•13 days ago

This is nothing but pure evil and is completely the opposite of doing the best for the people. It is a dereliction of duty.

tr-brummer.bsky.social•13 days ago

Instead, mandate Vitamin A supplements, and playing in the sun. Be a lot cheaper and healthier.
https://physiciansforinformedconsent.org/measles/

tr-brummer.bsky.social•13 days ago

""It has not been proven that the MMR vaccine is safer than measles, mumps, and rubella.""

https://physiciansforinformedconsent.org/mmr-vrs/

jimijames003.bsky.social•13 days ago

Try telling the brainwashed cult members that.

fatimap72.bsky.social•13 days ago

Isn’t the burden on the parents and the children’s doctors?

spottedtb.bsky.social•13 days ago

Measles has a *90% transmission rate. It will blow up exponentially.

sassymaster.bsky.social•14 days ago

People with disabilities that make them medically fragile are susceptible to. This

lovineleven.bsky.social•14 days ago

Source for the 1 in 5 claim?

tdarcy.democracymatters.ai•13 days ago

I appreciate it when people ask for sources. In today’s age of disinformation and misinformation, we must keep telling the truth, and that starts with accurate reporting.

lovineleven.bsky.social•13 days ago

Thanks yes. People make memes that are untruthful all the time. Just like all the fake photos.

monypm.bsky.social•14 days ago

I think it's Gaines county? So 17.62% unvaccinated for kindergartners https://www.dshs.texas.gov/immunizations/data/school/conscientious-exemptions

everesther.bsky.social•13 days ago

Thanks for this, thought I was crazy having missed cancellation of vaccine requirements for kids attending school, but exemptions do add up.

ogsaigonbond.bsky.social•13 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/ogsaigonbond.bsky.social/post/3li6qaepnu22t

yellowbirdcjk.bsky.social•13 days ago

😢

enemyfromwithin.bsky.social•14 days ago

And their dumbass shit is now in NM.

joesh198.bsky.social•14 days ago

no one should be forced to take any vaccine.

souixse.bsky.social•13 days ago

Everyone should be mandated to be vaccinated. It is what has kept these horrible crippling diseases out of peoples lives. What don't you get about that?

teedublavee.bsky.social•14 days ago

truthtellinggramma.bsky.social•13 days ago

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 2023 to 2024 school year saw the highest level of vaccine exemptions for kindergarteners (3.3 percent). The DSHS notes that in Gaines County, the number was much higher, at 17.62 percent (nearly one in five children).

truthtellinggramma.bsky.social•13 days ago

This is in the Texas County where there is a current Measles outbreak.

bjsteen.bsky.social•13 days ago

It’s not just TX. The last trump administration destroyed people’s confidence in Science. Even in MN, childhood vaccination rates have dropped significantly.

mba-sweet.bsky.social•13 days ago

Some lessons need to be learned the hard way.

love2282.bsky.social•14 days ago

let them people do what they want with their children just like the trans issue no one knows whats best for someone elses child

souixse.bsky.social•13 days ago

What is best for my child is for every single classmate to be mandated to be vaccinated. NO opting out. That's what keeps my child healthy. Right?

love2282.bsky.social•12 days ago

NO getting your child vaxxed is what keeps them healthy, the same way that their parents arent getting infected bc of vaccination in their childhood, maybe having the children taken from them is gods will

souixse.bsky.social•13 days ago

MANDATE VACCINES Why did this change? It was mandatory for us to have the vaccines that saved our lives. Why not now?

mauriceharting.bsky.social•14 days ago

Rachel, for a Democrat supporter, you actually make good sense and a strong case for measles vaccination. I am proud of you!

victorialove.bsky.social•13 days ago

Can’t remember who wrote - “Only vaccinate the ones you want to keep”.

takaminebill.bsky.social•13 days ago

How can we reach the people who literally do not accept science?

They are essentially unreachable by facts or logic.

humanity1st.bsky.social•14 days ago

Unfortunately, until people like this feel it viscerally, nothing will change. So sad it has come to this.

drumshock65.bsky.social•14 days ago

Maybe RFK will visit to show his support of the unvaccinated.

grandmaof6.bsky.social•14 days ago

They’ll hide it just like what’s happening with maternal deaths, they’re not keeping track anymore.

rambergpilates.bsky.social•12 days ago

Republicans are the same type to force a 10YO to give birth. Do you think they care about preventable deaths of children?

coolmom2.bsky.social•13 days ago

Definitely don’t have children. They want to kill them with this policy.

ford422.bsky.social•14 days ago

https://www.wdsu.com/article/texas-measles-outbreak-2025/63802182

woody-art-photo.bsky.social•13 days ago

The anti-vax movement is growing which makes us all less safe and people young and old will die.

https://www.aafp.org/news/health-of-the-public/kindergarten-vaccine-rates-2023-report.html

therealgobsmacked.bsky.social•14 days ago

Keep in mind most of these people are MAGA.

therealgobsmacked.bsky.social•14 days ago

I feel for the teachers and cafeteria staff. Hopefully, they believe in Vaxs and N95s.

oracy.bsky.social•14 days ago

RFK's anti-vaxx stance will be harmful. Smallpox anyone? Guess which boy was vaccinated?

pflagler.bsky.social•13 days ago

Oh my God is this real? Fuck.

oracy.bsky.social•13 days ago

Yes, unfortunately it's real. It's a horrifying look at Infectious Smalllox

jimijames003.bsky.social•13 days ago

Luckily, smallpox has been eradicated from the earth.

Unless there's a lab leak, we should be fine. What are the chances of that happening... again... under another Trump administration?

oracy.bsky.social•13 days ago

These are dangerous times. It's disturbing to see everyone in a fog after 3 weeks of Trump's blitzkrieg of outrageous lawlessness & defiance. We have another 4 years of this

Trump knows he won't be stopped and he's right

jimijames003.bsky.social•13 days ago

I doubt it will be a full 4 years. I'm hoping the dems will win a supermajority during the midterms and make him the first president to be ousted by impeachment, then jailed.

oracy.bsky.social•13 days ago

We can hope Jimi James. I appreciate your positive words

msundlof.bsky.social•13 days ago

Just think if he had been successfully impeached in 2019... we would not be in this position now.

oracy.bsky.social•13 days ago

IF

A small word that means a lot. I appreciate your comment Margaret

jimijames003.bsky.social•13 days ago

If only, and he should've been. Even the republicans have acknowledged as much.

hbolsak.bsky.social•14 days ago

Why didn't your strategy work for Harris?

darbyz.bsky.social•13 days ago

Dems: Vaccinate your kids...even if it means getting the vaccines in Mexico or Canada.

jimijames003.bsky.social•13 days ago

My kids are fully vaxxed.

Maybe after a generation watches the horrible consequences, they'll learn a lesson that'll last a couple of generations.

annenotann.bsky.social•13 days ago

The current administration doesn’t care, as long as their cult members never hear about it anyway. I kind of think if the MAGAs & insurrectionists found out the truth they would not hesitate to fight back & trump knows that

apeacelover.bsky.social•13 days ago

Children will die and the government won't be held legally accountable. Where has America gone....oh, I just heard a toilet flushed....sigh..tears falling. "I could kill two people on 5th Avenue..."

harveya1.bsky.social•13 days ago

I am sure Charles Darwin is watching this file closely.

dlking58.bsky.social•14 days ago

And so what happens if as a result of measles, their kid becomes disabled and needs to be on Medicaid? oops…

sassysenior70.bsky.social•13 days ago

Death. Nearly 1 to 3 of every 1,000 children who become infected with measles will die from respiratory and neurologic complications.https://www.cdc.gov/measles/signs-symptoms/index.html

dlking58.bsky.social•14 days ago

What kind of stupid uninformed people don’t vaccinate their kids?

lepedant.bsky.social•14 days ago

If their kids die, they need to be charged with neglect at the minimum.

kmeiri.bsky.social•14 days ago

Just to remind folks, measles stays contagious for up to 20 minutes after an infected person has left the area because the virus is in tiny particles floating in the air.

torontocrockett.bsky.social•14 days ago

Toronto Public Health says it's two hours. Masking helps a lot, of course.

kmeiri.bsky.social•14 days ago

I defer to Toronto! Only N95 masks I’m afraid.

kaguneenie.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yup time to start masking up again!

mystiques-place.bsky.social•10 days ago

I’m Vaccinated.My kids are Vaccinated .

leslie-anne.bsky.social•14 days ago

Texas also votes in evil white men to make all these dangerous decisions. Shame on you Texas.🤨

notatrillionaire.bsky.social•14 days ago

Texas votes old white men into all important positions. In TX old white men think they know best about women’s health. Shame on all TX voters. They deserve what they get.

fthanderson.bsky.social•13 days ago

I’m afraid it is going to spread across the U.S. and many children are going to die.

jdt1156.bsky.social•14 days ago

yeah i feel for the kids and the parents who are learning the hard way that maybe vaccinations are a good idea

rhymeswithcastle.bsky.social•12 days ago

The best we can hope for now is that the vaccines will be available for those who believe in them, though I expect the next move will be to eliminate them from Medicare and for private insurers to stop covering them.
Also, state health depts can step in provided they aren't shut down

seekingjustice.bsky.social•14 days ago

Vaccines save lives. It’s only since they decided that vaccines are useful as a wedge issue did they become bad.

I’m so sick and tired of this shit.

sassysenior70.bsky.social•13 days ago

That is exactly how I feel! This subject really pisses me off. So preventable! Just vaccinate, why fight such a thing in the 21st century?

texasgeologist.bsky.social•13 days ago

The 2019 measles outbreak in Samoa is a preview of coming attractions if anti-vaxxers have their way and if vax rates keep falling. During the outbreak, one of every 150 babies in Samoa reportedly died from the measles.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rfk-jr-samoa-measles-vaccine-crisis-rcna187787

foreverdaff.bsky.social•13 days ago

I would never bet against science. And viruses. Good luck Texas. #morons #fucktexas

bill-grayson.bsky.social•14 days ago

It is now spreading in New Mexico as well

joes-spot.bsky.social•13 days ago

waynetheseine.bsky.social•13 days ago

20% is insane. What the actual hell.

bluejerseyjenn.bsky.social•14 days ago

Prosecute the parents for negligence. And stupidity.

lhurtado.bsky.social•13 days ago

I’m curious to know if the parents feel any remorse at all for not vaccinating their children and protecting them from this disease; especially the children’s hospitalized. 😡🤔🖕🏼

bluejerseyjenn.bsky.social•13 days ago

Trying to get into their thoughts is likely a scary black hole of nothingness.

lhurtado.bsky.social•13 days ago

I guess not even their OWN ill child would not knock some sense into them. Sad!

michelleelle.bsky.social•13 days ago

I wonder if the county will truthfully report deaths?

alv134.bsky.social•12 days ago

Well, I wouldn’t want anyone to ever hurt a child, but is this going to be the actual undoing of maga when they let their own children die from measles? Are they really that horrific? Or worse when their children die will they remain maga? This is an insane timeline.

bonnielaine.bsky.social•12 days ago

Sadly they are that horrific and will not be undone from this. If they aren’t undone by mass school shootings, I don’t see anything getting to them. They are psychopaths who have children because they biologically can, not because they want to see them live healthy happy thriving lives.