People will die from a preventable disease because of abject stupidity
If their ignorance only harmed themselves, then I'd celebrate it, but unfortunately there are vulnerable, innocent people who will also suffer
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The Real King Gordon - 3day
The R in RFK stands for rubella!
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calliope @retrolemmy.com - 3day
AKA German Measels.
I have no idea why I know that.
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starik @lemmy.zip - 3day
In a generation it will come to be known as American Measles 2
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IninewCrow - 3day
The next event will be known as the American Pandemic
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Lemmyoutofhere @lemmy.ca - 2day
Measles Boogaloo.
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justOnePersistentKbinPlease - 3day
And it is called Rubella after the latin "Little Red" after the rash associated with the disease.
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starik @lemmy.zip - 3day
Also an unpopular gum flavor
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Jerkface - 2day
The new Double Mint commercials feature:
One person on a two seat bicycle
One person playing Tennis
Etc.
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InvalidName2 @lemmy.zip - 3day
Worst drivers in the entire country and some of the worst roads plus Lindsay Graham. Now measles at church, too? God hates South Carolinians.
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IninewCrow - 3day
You die, get reborn and because you had committed enough sins in the previous life ... you are reborn in South Carolina
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dohpaz42 - 2day
Now that would put the fear of God in me!
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DragonTypeWyvern @midwest.social - 2day
Well, Shiva
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thesohoriots @lemmy.world - 3day
And yet, not enough
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hateisreality @lemmy.world - 2day
You not driven in Florida?
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Tikiporch @lemmy.world - 2day
Quarantined. Sure.
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RememberTheApollo_ @lemmy.world - 2day
Having been to the South during covid their “quarantine” was pretty much business as usual. They tucked their masks in their pockets. I’m sure it’s similar for those around the infectious ones.
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UnderpantsWeevil @lemmy.world - 2day
When conservatives felt impervious to infection, they were very cavalier. But those masks came out like lightning the moment someone started coughing.
I seriously doubt anyone showing full blown measles symptoms is welcome in school or at the office. The xenophobes in the GOP probably don't want them anywhere near hospitals or churches either.
Now, prisons? That's a great place to put sick people.
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RememberTheApollo_ @lemmy.world - 2day
The masks came out like lightning as soon as they signed up to work for ICE.
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ChexMax @lemmy.world - 2day
An anti vax mom i used to work for told me once she wouldn't mind if her kids got measles just so everyone would realize it's not such a big deal. Maybe she won't feel so cavalier now that her kids aren't as protected by herd immunity, or maybe she'll continue just being dumb as rocks.
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UnderpantsWeevil @lemmy.world - 2day
Yeah. I had a coworker who doggedly insisted COVID wasn't any worse than the flu. Spouted all the classic right-wing talking points. Complained that the economy was suffering because of Woke. Yadda-yadda.
That was right up until Houston got hit with a big outbreak, at which point he demanded he be allowed to work from home because of his compromised immune system.
After the release of the vaccine and return to the office, he was right back on the "COVID isn't a big deal" hobby horse.
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pinheadednightmare @lemmy.world - 3day
Remember when we didn’t have to worry about this?…. It’s like there is a preventable medication or something.
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aramis87 - 2day
Of the 111 outbreak cases, 105 were unvaccinated, three were partially vaccinated, two had an unknown status, and one case was fully vaccinated.
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VieuxQueb - 2day
I would not be surprised if the only vaccinated person caught it at the hospital while on immunosuppressant for some surgery or something.
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Tikiporch @lemmy.world - 2day
If only unvaccinated kids die from this, they will remove access to the vaccines. Their wet dream of natural herd immunity only works without vaccines.
I grew up in Spartanburg, SC and find this unsurprising.
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TacoButtPlug - 2day
You get what you pick. Carolinas, other than Ashville, are daft af.
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LavaPlanet @sh.itjust.works - 2day
I caught measles as a kid. I wasn't vaccinated. I don't know if my mother was antvax then, but she's definitely a crazy level, anti Vax (and many other conspiracy follower) theorist, now.
I thought I was going to die. Some 40 years later I remember it like it was yesterday, it was a horrific thing to do to a child, especially when meditation to ease it was available. I doubt I'll ever forgive my mother for that level of evil. She didn't care, either.
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PissingIntoTheWind @lemmy.world - 2day
I feel bad for the people infected that didn’t act like dumb assess about vaccines.
nemeski in publichealth
Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/12/over-250-people-quarantined-in-south-carolina-as-measles-outbreak-rages/People will die from a preventable disease because of abject stupidity
If their ignorance only harmed themselves, then I'd celebrate it, but unfortunately there are vulnerable, innocent people who will also suffer
The R in RFK stands for rubella!
AKA German Measels.
I have no idea why I know that.
In a generation it will come to be known as American Measles 2
The next event will be known as the American Pandemic
Measles Boogaloo.
And it is called Rubella after the latin "Little Red" after the rash associated with the disease.
Also an unpopular gum flavor
The new Double Mint commercials feature:
One person on a two seat bicycle
One person playing Tennis
Etc.
Worst drivers in the entire country and some of the worst roads plus Lindsay Graham. Now measles at church, too? God hates South Carolinians.
You die, get reborn and because you had committed enough sins in the previous life ... you are reborn in South Carolina
Now that would put the fear of God in me!
Well, Shiva
And yet, not enough
You not driven in Florida?
Quarantined. Sure.
Having been to the South during covid their “quarantine” was pretty much business as usual. They tucked their masks in their pockets. I’m sure it’s similar for those around the infectious ones.
When conservatives felt impervious to infection, they were very cavalier. But those masks came out like lightning the moment someone started coughing.
I seriously doubt anyone showing full blown measles symptoms is welcome in school or at the office. The xenophobes in the GOP probably don't want them anywhere near hospitals or churches either.
Now, prisons? That's a great place to put sick people.
The masks came out like lightning as soon as they signed up to work for ICE.
An anti vax mom i used to work for told me once she wouldn't mind if her kids got measles just so everyone would realize it's not such a big deal. Maybe she won't feel so cavalier now that her kids aren't as protected by herd immunity, or maybe she'll continue just being dumb as rocks.
Yeah. I had a coworker who doggedly insisted COVID wasn't any worse than the flu. Spouted all the classic right-wing talking points. Complained that the economy was suffering because of Woke. Yadda-yadda.
That was right up until Houston got hit with a big outbreak, at which point he demanded he be allowed to work from home because of his compromised immune system.
After the release of the vaccine and return to the office, he was right back on the "COVID isn't a big deal" hobby horse.
Remember when we didn’t have to worry about this?…. It’s like there is a preventable medication or something.
I would not be surprised if the only vaccinated person caught it at the hospital while on immunosuppressant for some surgery or something.
If only unvaccinated kids die from this, they will remove access to the vaccines. Their wet dream of natural herd immunity only works without vaccines.
@nemeski
This is terrible. If only those poor people had access to some kind of vaccine! /s
Hopefully one day we find a way to eradicate diseases and conditions like these.
/s
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3395f829-1787-4545-a7f5-d5f59d6ed4da.gif
https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/8766e8fd-dd8a-4b87-9c97-58adf01bc890.png
Ew, wtf is that on his gums?
Nicotine pouch maybe?
What if quarantine causes autism?
I grew up in Spartanburg, SC and find this unsurprising.
You get what you pick. Carolinas, other than Ashville, are daft af.
I caught measles as a kid. I wasn't vaccinated. I don't know if my mother was antvax then, but she's definitely a crazy level, anti Vax (and many other conspiracy follower) theorist, now.
I thought I was going to die. Some 40 years later I remember it like it was yesterday, it was a horrific thing to do to a child, especially when meditation to ease it was available. I doubt I'll ever forgive my mother for that level of evil. She didn't care, either.
I feel bad for the people infected that didn’t act like dumb assess about vaccines.
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