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Mar 1 2025 01:26am
https://www.foxnews.com/health/measles-cases-continue-spread-multiple-states-following-childs-death

Measles is back. Congratulations to all our resident antivaxxer weirdos.
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Mar 1 2025 01:46am
kinda sus that it's happening right now and not in 2020-2024 when the rise of actual antivaxxers (not people just against COVID vaccine) was beginning.
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Mar 1 2025 03:36am
https://www.foxnews.com/health/measles-cases-continue-spread-multiple-states-following-childs-death

Measles is back. Congratulations to all our resident antivaxxer weirdos.


What does experimental gene therapy rushed to production have to do with the Measles?
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Mar 1 2025 09:01am
https://www.foxnews.com/health/measles-cases-continue-spread-multiple-states-following-childs-death

Measles is back. Congratulations to all our resident antivaxxer weirdos.


Prob due to the amount of migrants landing in America/Canada from places where hygiene is a luxury.
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Mar 1 2025 09:57am
How do you buy calls on the spread of measles and other treatable illnesses?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-27/measles-outbreak-us-kills-child-texas-robert-kennedy-jr/104988920
During a meeting with President Donald Trump's cabinet at the White House, Robert F Kennedy Jr appeared to downplay the seriousness of the measles outbreak.

"We are following the measles epidemic every day," he said.

"Incidentally, there have been four measles outbreaks this year.

"In this country last year there were 16. So, it's not unusual. We have measles outbreaks every year."

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RFK Jr has a long record of anti-vaccine advocacy, which he was repeatedly grilled over during his Senate confirmation hearing last month.

In 2023, he falsely said "there's no vaccine that is safe and effective".

He's also falsely linked the MMR (measles- mumps-rubella) vaccine to autism, a claim debunked by scientific research.
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Mar 1 2025 10:16am
It’s probably nothing. But even if it was - why do you care?

It’s literally the same argument every time: “antivaxxers caused epidemic”.

So what? If you are vaxxed, and the vaccine works, then you and others like you are safe and only the unvaxxed will suffer.

And if the vax doesn’t work then what’s your point even?
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Mar 1 2025 10:25am
As of right now, the number of cases this year doesn't look too unusual based on the past five years.

If it gets worse, I think even Kennedy will change his mind about the MMR vaccine.


  • 2025: As of February 20, 2025, there have been 93 measles cases.
  • 2024: A total of 285 measles cases were reported.
  • 2023: There were 59 measles cases.
  • 2022: Data not specifically mentioned in the sources.
  • 2021: There were 49 measles cases.







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Mar 1 2025 11:32am
It’s probably nothing. But even if it was - why do you care?

It’s literally the same argument every time: “antivaxxers caused epidemic”.

So what? If you are vaxxed, and the vaccine works, then you and others like you are safe and only the unvaxxed will suffer.

And if the vax doesn’t work then what’s your point even?



I'm not an infectious diseases specialists (not that maggats would listen to one anyway) but afaik that isn't how it works. From what I've read dropping below 95% vaccination alone is sufficient to see cases surge.

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I'm not an infectious diseases specialists (not that maggats would listen to one anyway) but afaik that isn't how it works. From what I've read dropping below 95% vaccination alone is sufficient to see cases surge.


You didn't understand what I wrote or are you just pretending like you didn't?
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Mar 1 2025 11:37am
You didn't understand what I wrote or are you just pretending like you didn't?


He's hindu
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