PSA: The Measles strain has evolved since it was eradicated, so if you had your shot/booster 1989 or before, I’d highly recommended you get another one.
Well, actually, there’s about 20 times more kids with measles in TX (that we know of) than trans athletes in the NCAA (that we know of). It’s not even a controversial statement.
MAGA: WE WANT TO PROTECT GIRLS (from the very specific and limited "threat" of trans women competing against them in sports. But as witness our welcome of the Tate bro pimps, when it comes to groomers and rapists, you're on your own) !
Measles is the next duck duck goose game in preschools, all because half the parents said vaccinations are bad, maybe we just inject them with bleach like Trump said... Smh.
Why do we have to choose? Why can't we acknowledge both of these are wrong? Women should play women's sports only and people should get vaccinated, pretty simple.
I liked what Andy Kim said on SOTU Sunday. He basically said why are they concentrating on protecting children from a handful of people when there are concerns about gun control, education, free meals and healthcare?
So 8 Million students compete in college sports- there are a grand total of 8, yes eight that are trans. Picking on trans ppl is just a way to distract ppl from real issues. And it's cruel so that explains why bullies like trump do it. #TrumpElonRepublicanCoup #CruelTrump #BullyTrump
I will never understand bullying any trans person.
They have no negative impact on my life and I'm not aware of them having a negative impact on anyone else's life. Live and let live.
1. It's not mutually exclusive you can focus on both 2. If you didn't allow men into women sports "they" would have no ammunition against "you". 3. Currently United States are being overtaken by a dictator and you still choose to focus on SJW issues like a broken record. That's why you lost.
And THIS is what the Republikkkans wanted a culture war over. #MAGAmorons and many others, including @gavinnewsom.bsky.social thought it was worth commenting on. Shows how little you know and understand.
Who'd have thought that in 2025 we would be seeing Edward Gibbon's The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire played out in the USA and people would shrug their shoulders and say, "So what?"
I very recently blocked someone who told on themselves with a long rant in response to my short comment on people who think trans and queer folks are a major threat.
And that’s not to say trans rights aren’t important. They are. The narrative sculptors (Bannon, miller) know it holds more “pathos” with Americans, on either side than measles. Keep the Mob’s attention on trans athletes, whose population is so small they had to fictionalize one during the Olympics…
Appreciate your thoughtful comment. A reminder to me that it is only an issue if it makes people angry… the trans issue and abortion rile up a lot of emotion.
That statistic is just as relevant to Democrats as to Republicans. In Texas, Ted Cruz crushed Colin Alred, a good candidate, based largely upon that issue.
Yep! Just like so many are preoccupied with the undocumented "criminals" crossing every day and overlooking the criminal ruining our government
This is all distraction from Trumps true purpose
By a wide margin, too: As of March 7th, there are 164 childhood measles cases in Texas, and there are still fewer than 10 trans college athletes nationwide.
Americas Brexit/ intentional punch in the face is more hurtful than Brexit in UK! That's what happens when ppl use hate to vote for an idiot that told them all the bad things he was going to do if elected!
I am for LGBTQ rights. However, I do think that males who have transitioned to female still have some male physical traits that make it unfair for them to compete in college or professional women's sports. It's simply a biological advantage in some sports.
Michael Phelps has a number of genetic physical advantages over his competitors. His body produces less lactic acid giving him better and shorter recovery. If it’s physical advantage that makes it unfair, then many star athletes should be disqualified for their genetic advantages.
Point taken. And certainly professional sports players are bigger, stronger, and taller than most people in the general population .... so they are in professional sports partly because of their physical advantages.
I hate that sports matter to people as much as they do. These are games, but by all means, keep talking about that while kids go hungry, people lose their healthcare, education falls, and the wealth gap increases. But sure, let’s hyperfixate on inconsequential shit like children’s games.
Totally agree with you. But in the public eye, conservatives seem to most often use this issue with the argument of biological advantages. And this is one of those issues that can sway swing voters to MAGA. Is it fair? No, but we need to somehow take these arguments out of the public eye.
This isn't my goal at all. But I do feel it's the one issue that conservatives most often use against trans ..... with the argument of biological advantages in sports where fractions of a second matter. But not everyone will agree.
Your country is being ripped apart by a Putin puppet and a nazi. That's what you should be focusing on. The measles aren't the disease, but an unfortunate symptom
Thats a false equivalency, percentage of population vs percentage of athletes. The measles and anti-vax IS a very important issue, anti science is detrimental to the world in general. Trans Athletes are focused on as a distraction for the masses.
Thats the point, I can tell you that there are X number of problems but when I try to make a point by comparing that number to a completely different problem in an area that has a different population sample it isn’t a proper comparison.
No, the population affected is population of US for measles. The population affected for trans Athletes is the population of athletes in America. The non Athletes are really not affected by it (but they sure like to have an opinion, its similar to men on women’s health issues)
I’d really like to focus on the dumb ass parents who are medically neglecting their kids instead of vaccinating them. These are possibly the same parents claiming that gender affirming care is child abuse
Ok but don’t get me started because there are more child groomers and abusers in Texan evangelical churches than every drag queen story time since the beginning of time.
Wait till we get data on just how many evangelical pastors have SA’d kids. It will be like 100K pedo pastors. But sure, magats will lose their minds over 10 trans athletes
My guess would be that the measles outbreak probably has to do with all of the unvaccinated illegal immigrants entering Texas. Not unlike the substantial increase in TB cases. Just a thought.
My point being that most U.S. citizens are vaccinated for the measles so what is the explanation of the rise in cases in Texas, a large border town with Mexico. Does Mexico vaccinate their children for measles? Honest question.
Thank you for the article. Interesting read. Point taken on people exempting out of vaccines. Wonder where the cases originated from since the measles was pretty much eradicated in the United States? Guess I'll have to do more research. Thanks for your time.
Fly on an airplane, you often have a virus a couple days later. Like it or not, we are going to be exposed to whatever is out there in the world, whether we travel there or they travel here. Hence the importance of available vaccines and herd immunity.
In between $3.3 million golf trips, Trump has been busy trying to prevent "transgenic" mice from using female bathrooms and playing in girls' sports. Trump's kakistocracy has prioritized the most pressing needs of the American people.
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The media, primarily Fox News, does that with other issues as well. They will find one or two or a small handful of incidents and make it a national issue. I guess we’re past the point of calling Fox News dishonest it’s something else.
Believe it or not, its just the dems that can only concentrate on one thing at a time. Right now they are concentrated on,,,,if Trump is for it, we are against it. Republicans on the other hand know how to deal with many things at the same time. Like fixing the country that was devastated by Joe
X is loaded w maga spreading transgender disinformation. I think it's a doubledown bc idiot 45 mixed up transgenic & transgender in his boring, lie-infested speech. Cult gotta prove it REALLY knows nothing about anything. #SoWeird
cus diseases have been a thing for longer obviously . the difference is no one does anything about these athletes . and that there's other people to be concerned about measles. and that this isn't a mutually exclusive nor equal comparison. Jesus Christ do you know how the media works.
That’s their parent’s fault. The vaccine has been around for over 50 years and has extensive proof of saving lives. Their children weren’t more important than their racism.
It's just maga and the idiots who buy into their hate that do.
This is a repeat of the dumb gay marriage panic we had 20 years ago all over again, except back then Dems had a spine and told right-wingers to formally fuck off.
We lost in 2024 for the same reason we lost in 2004. Dems went Repub-lite. We never won the 'disaffected' Repubs, and the left base stayed home. Want to win? Quit going Repub-lite.
As for all of the things you listed, name one thing corporate Dems are doing to stop it.
Do some research before jumping on the hate wagon. There's literally decades of it.
I once bought into the same bullshit you have, but I don't trust maga talking points so I decided to not be lazy and ignorant and looked at the data. You should try it.
Not only are progressives losing in democratic primaries, they are getting RECALLED in places like SAN FRANCISCO, like three school board members.
In a poll done of blacks, more said their party had moved too far left than too far right.
Sorry, wanna lose? Want MAGA to win? Vote for a progressive.
And he is a moderate, or rep lite to you. She lost PA. Everyone knows she isn’t a moderate. It’s not real and BS. People see through it.
Again, progressives all over the country, including queen AOC, realize progressives can’t win because they lost local, state, and national elections.
Oh sure, and maybe I can listen to Sam Harris, a world top neurologist and not you. Got it.
Let’s repeat. 7% of America is progressive. 7. Seven. Progressives got booted in the most progressive cities in America (LA, SF, Seattle, Portland. Try that data).
Gov Shapiro has 2:1 approval in PA …
I remember when gay marriage approval was at 25% and milquetoast centrists were too scared to stand up for human rights.
Also I'll keep listening to the clinical doctors doing years and decades long research instead of whoever the dudebros selectively trot out to reenforce your irrational fears.
Not true at all. It was pushed for at least three years before MaGa really got into it. There have been public protests everywhere and it has been a big deal in college campuses.
And BIG dif between playing sports and marriage.
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They have no negative impact on my life and I'm not aware of them having a negative impact on anyone else's life. Live and let live.
More kids have measles right now,
Than college trans athletes. Wow!
Of course Republicans focus on hate,
Not sick kids. Make America Great!
Revolution is now!
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This is all distraction from Trumps true purpose
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There were approximately ZERO of both 25 years ago.
Proof that Internet propaganda is eroding our society at both ends.
"Trans " athletes not at all.
Stop harassing people.
fox 'news' knows that maga hate they gin up towards innocent 'others' overrides their ability to think rationally.
Safe happy waves from Canada eh !
race / culture.
Measles,like covid , don’t care about your political beliefs.
They go where humans allow them to thrive.
Mennonites were one factor
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NCAA President Charlie Baker testified that, out of >500K total college student athletes, ...10 were transgender.
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3/7/25 198 Texans have Measles https://dshs.state.tx.us
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It's just maga and the idiots who buy into their hate that do.
This is a repeat of the dumb gay marriage panic we had 20 years ago all over again, except back then Dems had a spine and told right-wingers to formally fuck off.
Of course then you lose. And you lose your 401k. And Medicaid. And democracy because you lost.
As for all of the things you listed, name one thing corporate Dems are doing to stop it.
We can wait together.
Do some research before jumping on the hate wagon. There's literally decades of it.
I once bought into the same bullshit you have, but I don't trust maga talking points so I decided to not be lazy and ignorant and looked at the data. You should try it.
In a poll done of blacks, more said their party had moved too far left than too far right.
Sorry, wanna lose? Want MAGA to win? Vote for a progressive.
Again, progressives all over the country, including queen AOC, realize progressives can’t win because they lost local, state, and national elections.
Let’s repeat. 7% of America is progressive. 7. Seven. Progressives got booted in the most progressive cities in America (LA, SF, Seattle, Portland. Try that data).
Gov Shapiro has 2:1 approval in PA …
Also I'll keep listening to the clinical doctors doing years and decades long research instead of whoever the dudebros selectively trot out to reenforce your irrational fears.
And BIG dif between playing sports and marriage.
Keep up, Sport.
Pretty sure that's where they want a lot of rubes to focus.
My town acts like we are Texans. MAGA assholes.
(Yes, my 17-year-old self is very confused about this turn of events 😹👾)