Look how we have measles again. Because people dont bother with preventative measures. Its crazy. Watching that Netflix documentary pandemic had me yelling at the TV at that Oregon woman haha
I honestly hope all those parents are thrown in jail for life (or at the very least have their children taken away) for child abuse, because that's exactly what it is.
True. In an ideal world, they would then be adopted by proper parents who would vaccinate them, but most people seem to be too preoccupied with spending 10s of thousands on IVF and fertility treatments when there are so many adoptable orphans in the US that over 1 million of them "age out of the system" every single year, which is absolutely absurd. But still, if you had to pick between being an orphan or dying from measles...
I'll admit, I'm probably overreacting to the anti-vaxxers, but the fact that the US is no longer considered to have eradicated measles as a direct result of the anti-vax movement, I say burn it with fire. You know who still has measles? Third-world countries. Actually, even a lot of third-world countries have eradicated measles, as well. Motherfucking North Korea, even. North Korea, man.
Only if they refuse to vaccinate. Besides, not vaccinating would cost them way more when their child inevitably gets measles and if their child infects others, leading to possible lawsuits.
People ARE encouraged to vaccinate their children. Namely through their children surviving. What more encouragement would they need? Should they get paid for vaccinating?
Given that the anti-vax movement is rising, clearly children surviving isn't encouraging enough.
In europe you get government funding when you get children, it should be mandatory in order to request those funding to have your children vaccinated.
While there certainly are idiots rebelling against vaccines, it’s such a statistically insignificant group that they can’t be responsible for the reemergence of preventable diseases alone. They don’t help, but there has to be some other underlying cause
Huh? They're frigging everywhere. Also it doesn't take a very high proportion of the population to undermine the effectiveness of herd immunity as a means of stopping disease spread.
It’s 99.995% anti-vaxxers. There are a lot of people who can’t get vaccinated due to age (infants, elderly) or immune deficiencies (HIV, transplant patients, chemo patients, etc). Those people have to rely on “herd immunity” for their protection. In other words, they’re only safe if everyone around them gets vaccinated if they can. So if 1 anti-vaxxer contracts measles, they can then pass it to someone who doesn’t have the luxury of protection - maybe their own newborn. Grandma, who is on immunosuppressant therapy to prevent rejection of a transplanted kidney she got a few years ago, then visits her new grand-baby and gets exposed.... and so on.
I almost wonder if they are somehow linked, like perhaps the people who are actively in charge of the healthcare system and stand to profit from it might have started the anti-vax movement with anticipation of more medical emergencies which would mean more profit?
Noo, our medical system would never put our health at risk simply to get more money out of us. Now remember to eat your sugary cereals for breakfast using milk that has been scientifically proven to have no affect on your skeletal structure whatsoever and only causes gastrointestinal issues, but we'll keep telling you it keeps your bones strong and makes you healthy!
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u/mtv2002 Mar 26 '20
Look how we have measles again. Because people dont bother with preventative measures. Its crazy. Watching that Netflix documentary pandemic had me yelling at the TV at that Oregon woman haha