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Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties (arstechnica.com)

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 67 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Whatever, I don't care. Its your children suffering and dying because of your choices, so too bad, I don't care.

You people voted a tyrant I to power TWICE, now live with the consequences.

However, I know you won't see it like this. You'll see it as the wrath of God, and bind garlic to your kids feet because THAT WILL SOLVE IT, RIGHT?

Welcome back to the 1600's, all of you! We got kings, diseases, unregulated trade so expect worms in your bread.

I'm at the point that if I see you crying about your child's tormented death, that I will point and laugh at you

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hate those fucking cunts and couldn’t give a shit if they themselves die. But these kids, they are victims. And there will be more victims from those that these innocent kids infect.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, sorry, no.

I'm worried enough about my own kids, thanks to them, I don't have it in me toncarr about theirs. All I can hope for (in vain, i know) is that they learn from this that science is not evil, their religion and government are.

[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Plus let's be real, most of these people's kids will grow up to be like their parents. If self elimination is their path i say let em

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You have lost your humanity.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cheering the deaths of strangers is very human

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, not really bro

[–] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

If you actually pay attention to human history it's practically our defining characteristic

[–] psud@aussie.zone -3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Those people were lied to by leaders they trusted. I don't think it's their fault, and it certainly isn't their childrens' fault

We have an advantage over them in that we happened to have been born into families or places or come under the influence of good people and found that vaccination is much safer than these diseases, but that's not to our credit, it's to the credit of those who helped us learn

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

We deserve credit where it's due. We all made a decision to do the bare minimum when told something by consulting either basic logic or the infinite library in our pockets. The only sympathy I have is for the kids. Any adult (including many people I love and care about) can go fuck themselves on this one.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

They choose who they trust though. I'm sure MANY people in positions of trust and authority throughout their lives told them correct information. They actively chose not to trust those people, and instead trust people telling them the opposite. There has to be some level of fault and accountability at that point.

[–] big_slap@lemmy.world 56 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

nothing could have stopped this

[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

What about thoughts and prayers? Have they tried that?

[–] sik0fewl@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

A little bit of thought might have helped, but it's definitely too late now.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

God sent the vaccines by inspiring the scientists dumb dumbs

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Their thoughts and prayers were offset by The San Francisco Gay Librul Agenda! God is PUNISHING those Texas shitkickers because AND ONLY BECAUSE there is Gay in Sanfransisco Libruland!

[–] jumperalex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I mean, well, yeah, that's like science, duh!

[–] PlainSimpleGarak@lemmings.world 2 points 1 week ago

I feel sorry for the kids who are suffering, but the parents caused this. Someone might argue allowing this to happen is child abuse.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In addition to a generally miserable illness, measles can cause complications: 1 in 5 unvaccinated people with measles in the US end up hospitalized. About 1 in 10 develop ear infections and/or diarrhea, and 1 in 20 develop pneumonia. Between 1 to 3 in 1,000 die of the infection. In rare cases, it can cause a fatal disease of the central nervous system called Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, which typically develops 7 to 10 years after an infection. Measles can also devastate immune responses to other infections (immune amnesia), making people who recover from the illness vulnerable to other infectious diseases.

Man, if only there were a near instantaneous way to prevent any of that from happening.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Jesus Christ, even when I thought it was just like a skin rash and potentially gnarly fever, I would have vaccinated.

[–] Majorllama@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

Oh my God who could have predicted this?!

[–] LodeMike 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder why measles would break out in that particular county. Surely it's not because of this low-vaccination rate, right? /s

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

It's the trans. They removed them and look what happened.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Too fucking bad so fucking sad

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Instead of thoughts and prayers we should send lols and memes.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would agree.... But this is hitting children who don't have the choice. I wouldn't wish the death of a child on a parent. It should be the parents getting measles and suffering

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Unfortunately the children are the victims. I wish a pox on every adult who voted for this to get this ailment but not the children who don't have any choice

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am so shocked. You mean the government pushing anti-vax would make people less likely to get vaccinated!? Good thing RFK will save us, unless that woke mob prevents him.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just drink distilled water and raw milk and do a bunch of push-ups, and that measles won't get you. All those childhood vaccines are just a trick by Big Public Health to make more people autistic so they can sell those autism pills.

(Honestly, he's not even wrong that people should invest hard effort in the basics of health, and that would help with some of these generalized "my health is shit" conditions that people are always falling apart from. And he's not wrong that a lot of modern medicine is a corrupt scam. But it's somehow unerringly directed not at the problem areas, and instead at the areas that actually are working, to try to tear those down instead. Personally my conspiracy theory is that at least some of the woo comes from pharmaceutical and insurance companies themselves, to take all the absolutely-inevitable-at-this-point righteous "the whole thing is bullshit" anger and direct it away from themselves and at the public health authorities and individual doctors and nurses instead. I have no evidence but it's what I choose to believe.)

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

He is right for all the wrong reasons. Or as another famous saying tells us a broken clock is right twice a day. Beware of people who point out problems without solutions.

[–] Rin@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Lmfao

if i didn't laugh, i'd cry

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Take that Anti-Vaxxers

I feel really bad for the children, they do not deserve this hell

[–] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Good. Fuck 'em.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Remember you're talking about kids too. Who can't consent or make these choices.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, they are victims of their parents willful ignorance. Nothing we can do but thoughts and prayers.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Agree but I wouldn't say "fuck em" to child victims of sexual abuse (as example), or anything else they can't control.

I get the leopards eating faces part of this, I'm just calling out that there are innocent victims that don't have any control

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

It's worst cause measles has long lasting effects. No rational parent would allow this. They should be punished but their kids are taking the punishment for them. Cruelty.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago

Good

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Remember, the study that antivaxx point as the source of their claims concluded with "give three different vaccines instead of this combined one". Even with their fake, greed induced, arguments, it asks people to vaccinate.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

https://youtu.be/CQeezCdF4mk

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

That thumbnail though...