You have a nation that spends a trillion dollars a year to maintain the largest military in history. To keep Americans 'safe'. But can't demand that being safe means not letting disease run free in the place. The USA now has endemic malaria because states are too cheap to battle mosquitos.
And I have another nine months before I can get the measles vaccine. Oh joy. (I can't receive any live-but-attenuated-virus vaccines while I'm on my current immunosuppressive therapy, and any previous resistance I had is presumably long since wiped out.)
I firmly believe that the reason MAGA turned against the vaccines is because they came along just a hair too late to save Trump. Instead, Biden would get the benefits, which included a roaring economic recovery. That infuriated Trump's fans, and IMHO that's the reason, consciously or unconsciously, that they became so rabidly anti-vaxx.
Remember, Trump himself was all for the vaccines while they were being developed. For a short time after they started being distributed, he even tried to take the credit for their development, leading his acolytes on Fox News to cluck their tongues at Biden for not "sharing the credit" with Trump. But then his mob turned against them, and eventually he went along. Just a reminder that this guy sometimes follows the mob instead of inciting it.
I had every type of measles out there. And rubella. And chicken pox. And mumps. I did not get polio or small pox - because my mother made sure we got the vaccine when it became available. I am beyond disgusted with parents who do don't get their kids vaxxed.
I came close to losing my sister to meningitis. (Okay, I was young enough our parents didn't share the details. I remember Mom basically lived at the hospital and concerned friends of the family took care of me after school till Dad could pick me up. I do know she was a VERY sick little girl and I suspect it could have killed her.) If I believed in God, I'd thank him for the scientists that later developed a vaccine.
Before that, I caught chicken pox when I has in kindergarten. I had a relatively minor case, but I brought it home to my brother and sister, who were younger. They had nasty cases. Not something that could have killed them, but they were miserable. Again, there's a vaccine now.
Imagine telling a dispassionate alien species that we had essentially eliminated a major deadly disease, then brought it back again through viral stupid and paranoia.
My sister had the measles when she was, probably 6 or 7, so I was 4 or 5. I mostly remember her lying in a dark room until she recovered. My younger brother and I got the vaccine when it become available, a couple of years later.
Mrs Mild is unable to form (or keep forming) measles antibodies. She got boosters for measles and chicken pox a couple of years ago but wasn't able to create antibodies.
(๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐? ๐พ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐!)
Idaho: Population per square mile, 2020 ๐ฎ๐ฎ.๐ฏ
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/ID/PST045222
California: Population per square mile, 2020 ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฏ.๐ณ
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/CA/PST045222
Trueโฆthey often canโt even see each other, much less cough on each other.
How is Texas not on that list?
Maybe they don't track data very well.
You have a nation that spends a trillion dollars a year to maintain the largest military in history. To keep Americans 'safe'. But can't demand that being safe means not letting disease run free in the place. The USA now has endemic malaria because states are too cheap to battle mosquitos.
Doesn't measles also sometimes result in male sterility?
You are thinking of mumps.
Thanks. I never got mumps when I was a young 'un, so I sometimes get them confused.
I had measles as a kid. Trust me, you do not want measles. I wonder if Gilmour and Rogers were referencing measles in "Comfortably Numb"?
"When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain you would not understand
This is not how I am
I have become comfortably numb"
If God wanted us to be vaccinated, wouldn't he have installed a chip for Bill Gates to track us from the time he created man?
And if God wanted us to wear pants, wouldn't we have been born with them?
And I have another nine months before I can get the measles vaccine. Oh joy. (I can't receive any live-but-attenuated-virus vaccines while I'm on my current immunosuppressive therapy, and any previous resistance I had is presumably long since wiped out.)
I suggest holding your breath.
Has anyone told these door doofuses that measles can cause infertility?
Ssshhhhh.... They'll figure it out. Eventually. Maybe.
"How is Idaho not on that list yet?"
The Idaho gumint has done a pretty good job of crippling Public Health
Also, people from Idaho are less likely to ever leave the state.
Doesn't prevent infected tourists from passing it around, though!
And they're coming for the potatoes?
Outdoor sports enthusiasts flock to Idaho.
"If'n we don't mark it down in the log book, them we ain't gots any. That's just syunce!"
Roy Zimmerman asks us to give measles a chance.
https://youtu.be/eyPN4GQs5Rc?si=7uAxduXV1OD26Qo5
All we are saying
Is give plague a chance
Come on, everybody
...๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช-๐ท๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ โ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ.
I firmly believe that the reason MAGA turned against the vaccines is because they came along just a hair too late to save Trump. Instead, Biden would get the benefits, which included a roaring economic recovery. That infuriated Trump's fans, and IMHO that's the reason, consciously or unconsciously, that they became so rabidly anti-vaxx.
Remember, Trump himself was all for the vaccines while they were being developed. For a short time after they started being distributed, he even tried to take the credit for their development, leading his acolytes on Fox News to cluck their tongues at Biden for not "sharing the credit" with Trump. But then his mob turned against them, and eventually he went along. Just a reminder that this guy sometimes follows the mob instead of inciting it.
Ironic that the beasts turned on Trump for one thing that he did that could have actually benefited them.
"You went full MAGAt. Never go full MAGAt."
I had pretty much everything but encephalitis when I had measles. it's great to miss six weeks of middle school.
I had every type of measles out there. And rubella. And chicken pox. And mumps. I did not get polio or small pox - because my mother made sure we got the vaccine when it became available. I am beyond disgusted with parents who do don't get their kids vaxxed.
I came close to losing my sister to meningitis. (Okay, I was young enough our parents didn't share the details. I remember Mom basically lived at the hospital and concerned friends of the family took care of me after school till Dad could pick me up. I do know she was a VERY sick little girl and I suspect it could have killed her.) If I believed in God, I'd thank him for the scientists that later developed a vaccine.
Before that, I caught chicken pox when I has in kindergarten. I had a relatively minor case, but I brought it home to my brother and sister, who were younger. They had nasty cases. Not something that could have killed them, but they were miserable. Again, there's a vaccine now.
Imagine telling a dispassionate alien species that we had essentially eliminated a major deadly disease, then brought it back again through viral stupid and paranoia.
They'd either steer clear of the planet or zap us with a disinfectant ray.
In that case it's a good thing we probably haven't met any real aliens. I don't think the ones who land on the Yazoo River next to two drunks count.
My sister had the measles when she was, probably 6 or 7, so I was 4 or 5. I mostly remember her lying in a dark room until she recovered. My younger brother and I got the vaccine when it become available, a couple of years later.
Mrs Mild is unable to form (or keep forming) measles antibodies. She got boosters for measles and chicken pox a couple of years ago but wasn't able to create antibodies.
It sucks to have to rely on herd immunity when our herd contains so many fucking morons
A lot of doctors have never seen a case of measles so this is actually a learning opportunity provided by Dr. Ladapo and Robert Fucking Kennedy Jr.