The danger of a measles outbreak is especially scary if you have a baby, because they can't even get this vaccination until 12 months old. Similar if you're immunocompromised, I'm sure.
This is why herd immunity is so important.
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Hopefully the poor parents can find some comfort in the fact, that at least the child wasn't infected with autism...
This is really sad for an easily preventable disease. Below the fold, they mention this (which a lot of people won't see without reading the article)
The outbreak is largely spreading in the Mennonite community in West Texas, where small towns are separated by vast stretches of oil rig-dotted open land but connected due to people traveling between towns for work, church, grocery shopping and other errands.
Mennonite? More like Moronite. Gottem (⌐■_■)
Its made it into bigger cities now...
Hope the parents' lives are completely ruined now. But they're probably already busy on the replacement. That's what they want to bring back: a world where a woman has to carry 18 pregnancies to term in hopes of having one or two that survive to adulthood. Good times.
Finally, we achieved family values and protected the children
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MAGA mission accomplished. MAGA is a death cult.
The report states that this was a “school-age child”. Because the outbreak is primarily in rural west Texas Mennonite families, the child was likely homeschooled and with parents who, while not opposed to vaccines, are on the fundamental side of religion. Mennonite is like Amish-lite.
I believe this may have been a combination of poor education, jesus stuff, and misplaced faith in isolation.
Is that true of these Mennonites in West Texas? Mennonites are a pretty diverse group. I had a friend who was Mennonite and his parents were biker metalheads. He was a straightedge, vegan hardcore guy. You'd never confuse them for Amish.
I’m not west Texas Mennonite, so I couldn’t say with authority. Both Amish and Mennonite are Anabaptist, but Mennonites don’t eschew electricity, cars, and technology.
The Mennonite families I’ve known were rural and lived in a more humble fashion with a hard-working ethic reminiscent of 1950’s USA. They were also inclusive, so they probably would embrace biker metalheads.
Here we go....
Now, when they hold the service for the child they killed through stupidity, they can infect more kids.
So Manslaughter and child neglect. Is Texas a lawless state?
Natural selection in action... is slow though
Too bad this spread stupidity affects those few people who cannot really get a vaccine because they're immunocompromised.
Saying that this child's death was because of it's parents decision is cutting off the chain of causality way too soon. It forgives all the grifters and the culture of anti-science.
These parents have lost their child, but they didn't disappear, the kid transformed into a political football. People calling for "accountability" like this family got away with something haven't thought this through. And frankly I have serious doubts that they give one tiny shit about a dead kid; they're here to play football.
Keen to hear from those who fight for the rights of the unborn foetus.
Obviously a bit of thinking for you to do here.
My thoughts and prayers go to the kid's parents.
Nah fuck the parents. Thoughts and prayers for the kid.
The fact that it is impossible to tell how absolutely dripping with sarcasm my comment was is a testament to how useless, meaningless and ridiculous the words (and sentiment of) "thoughts and prayers" are.
So once more for the people in the back, to the parents who essentially killed their child I send them my thoughts and prayers.
To be fair, this is a term that is still used sincerely even if it is useless
The ones that choose not to vaccinate their kid?
Yes, those fucks. Thoughts and prayers.