North Carolina's newbie Sen. Thom Tillis is a damned fine Republican. You can tell because of how much he hates government regulation of any kind, because that is just the government murdering freedom. Forcing companies to follow Basic Rules of Hygiene, for example, like making employees wash their hands before serving food? He told a delightful story about explaining to some poor constituent who no doubt took a bleach bath after their encounter about how that's one of those unnecessary regulations that really should be left up to the
I had measles as a kid, because I'm old and there was no vaccine then. My memories are vague, because I was pretty young, but I'd say it was like a REALLY bad case of the flu, with motherfucker itching. I don't recall if my folks kept me in a darkened room, because I was sicker than shit.
This too. I got measles as a kid, because there WAS NO FUCKING VACCINE. And Pat is even older than I am. I betcha the motherfucker got the smallpox vaccination, though.
He can eat food served by some one with dick fingers if he wants to and you all shouldnt be against it,that only makes him a cock sucker by proxy and will save him the embarrassment what Larry Craig went through
The worst thing (ok, one of the worst) things about this fuckery is that it's made me think about the bacteria and other pathogens that reside on this idiots hands. Yeesh.
<i>&quot;I&rsquo;m sure that there&rsquo;s some serious consequences to measles&quot;</i> --Pat Robertson
I&#039;ll let Roald Dahl explain <blockquote>Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn&#039;t do anything.
&quot;Are you feeling all right?&quot; I asked her.
&quot;I feel all sleepy,&quot; she said.
In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead.
The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her.
On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunised against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.
It is not yet generally accepted that measles can be a dangerous illness. Believe me, it is. In my opinion parents who now refuse to have their children immunised are putting the lives of those children at risk. In America, where measles immunisation is compulsory, measles like smallpox, has been virtually wiped out.
Here in Britain, because so many parents refuse, either out of obstinacy or ignorance or fear, to allow their children to be immunised, we still have a hundred thousand cases of measles every year. Out of those, more than 10,000 will suffer side effects of one kind or another. At least 10,000 will develop ear or chest infections. About 20 will die.
LET THAT SINK IN.
Every year around 20 children will die in Britain from measles.
So what about the risks that your children will run from being immunised?
They are almost non-existent. Listen to this. In a district of around 300,000 people, there will be only one child every 250 years who will develop serious side effects from measles immunisation! That is about a million to one chance. I should think there would be more chance of your child choking to death on a chocolate bar than of becoming seriously ill from a measles immunisation.
So what on earth are you worrying about? It really is almost a crime to allow your child to go unimmunised.
The ideal time to have it done is at 13 months, but it is never too late. All school-children who have not yet had a measles immunisation should beg their parents to arrange for them to have one as soon as possible.
Incidentally, I dedicated two of my books to Olivia, the first was &#039;James and the Giant Peach&#039;. That was when she was still alive. The second was &#039;The BFG&#039;, dedicated to her memory after she had died from measles. You will see her name at the beginning of each of these books. And I know how happy she would be if only she could know that her death had helped to save a good deal of illness and death among other children.</blockquote>
The story goes that in the 19th century a doctor was convinced infections were spread from patient to patient. He ordered everyone in his hospital to wash their hands between patients. The death rate from dropped. But no one knew why and didn&#039;t believe it was the hand-washing. Eventually the doctor was fired or quit. The new administrator put and end to that pointless and wasteful hand washing. The death rate went up again. For twenty more years until germ theory came along.
EDIT: LIzzieTish81 posted the link earlier. Thanks LT!
I had measles as a kid, because I&#039;m old and there was no vaccine then. My memories are vague, because I was pretty young, but I&#039;d say it was like a REALLY bad case of the flu, with motherfucker itching. I don&#039;t recall if my folks kept me in a darkened room, because I was sicker than shit.
EDITBTW: My kids got the goddam vaccine.
See also: Mike Lee, Joni Ernst, Tim Scott, Dan Sullivan (give him time),...
This too. I got measles as a kid, because there WAS NO FUCKING VACCINE. And Pat is even older than I am. I betcha the motherfucker got the smallpox vaccination, though.
But to be fair, rat shit sounds worse than it is.
&quot;Four kids actually DIED! &quot; You say that as if it were a bad thing.
Come on. Starbucks doesn&#039;t have to pay taxes - why should they have to do anything except rip you off for crap coffee?
Not just yet, apparently.
He can eat food served by some one with dick fingers if he wants to and you all shouldnt be against it,that only makes him a cock sucker by proxy and will save him the embarrassment what Larry Craig went through
I heard the story before but didn&#039;t have the name. You are like an anti-anti-science savant. Thank you!
The worst thing (ok, one of the worst) things about this fuckery is that it&#039;s made me think about the bacteria and other pathogens that reside on this idiots hands. Yeesh.
And not wash afterwards.
<i>E. coli</i> are people too, my friend.
<i>&quot;I&rsquo;m sure that there&rsquo;s some serious consequences to measles&quot;</i> --Pat Robertson
I&#039;ll let Roald Dahl explain <blockquote>Olivia, my eldest daughter, caught measles when she was seven years old. As the illness took its usual course I can remember reading to her often in bed and not feeling particularly alarmed about it. Then one morning, when she was well on the road to recovery, I was sitting on her bed showing her how to fashion little animals out of coloured pipe-cleaners, and when it came to her turn to make one herself, I noticed that her fingers and her mind were not working together and she couldn&#039;t do anything.
&quot;Are you feeling all right?&quot; I asked her.
&quot;I feel all sleepy,&quot; she said.
In an hour, she was unconscious. In twelve hours she was dead.
The measles had turned into a terrible thing called measles encephalitis and there was nothing the doctors could do to save her. That was twenty-four years ago in 1962, but even now, if a child with measles happens to develop the same deadly reaction from measles as Olivia did, there would still be nothing the doctors could do to help her.
On the other hand, there is today something that parents can do to make sure that this sort of tragedy does not happen to a child of theirs. They can insist that their child is immunised against measles. I was unable to do that for Olivia in 1962 because in those days a reliable measles vaccine had not been discovered. Today a good and safe vaccine is available to every family and all you have to do is to ask your doctor to administer it.
It is not yet generally accepted that measles can be a dangerous illness. Believe me, it is. In my opinion parents who now refuse to have their children immunised are putting the lives of those children at risk. In America, where measles immunisation is compulsory, measles like smallpox, has been virtually wiped out.
Here in Britain, because so many parents refuse, either out of obstinacy or ignorance or fear, to allow their children to be immunised, we still have a hundred thousand cases of measles every year. Out of those, more than 10,000 will suffer side effects of one kind or another. At least 10,000 will develop ear or chest infections. About 20 will die.
LET THAT SINK IN.
Every year around 20 children will die in Britain from measles.
So what about the risks that your children will run from being immunised?
They are almost non-existent. Listen to this. In a district of around 300,000 people, there will be only one child every 250 years who will develop serious side effects from measles immunisation! That is about a million to one chance. I should think there would be more chance of your child choking to death on a chocolate bar than of becoming seriously ill from a measles immunisation.
So what on earth are you worrying about? It really is almost a crime to allow your child to go unimmunised.
The ideal time to have it done is at 13 months, but it is never too late. All school-children who have not yet had a measles immunisation should beg their parents to arrange for them to have one as soon as possible.
Incidentally, I dedicated two of my books to Olivia, the first was &#039;James and the Giant Peach&#039;. That was when she was still alive. The second was &#039;The BFG&#039;, dedicated to her memory after she had died from measles. You will see her name at the beginning of each of these books. And I know how happy she would be if only she could know that her death had helped to save a good deal of illness and death among other children.</blockquote>
The story goes that in the 19th century a doctor was convinced infections were spread from patient to patient. He ordered everyone in his hospital to wash their hands between patients. The death rate from dropped. But no one knew why and didn&#039;t believe it was the hand-washing. Eventually the doctor was fired or quit. The new administrator put and end to that pointless and wasteful hand washing. The death rate went up again. For twenty more years until germ theory came along.
EDIT: LIzzieTish81 posted the link earlier. Thanks LT!
Now that Republicans believe in personal medical freedom, they have a fuck-ton of abortion laws to repeal.
Pretty sure you can grow them in a petri dish if you run a swab around a restroom.