Measles 2015
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2/3/15 - in 14 states and growing....
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what does the caption have to do with the thread title?
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It means having measles blows because you can't see anybody.
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And what imbecile thinks Portland is in Nebraska?
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:D All right you silly people... it was just a screen shot, not a legal exhibit in a court case
... try this one from Boston: |
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Eh, lamp, nobody wants to deal with the fact that measles are a 'thing' again.
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Yes, I'm aware of that.
But it's on it's way to being a political issue as well as public health, so either way it's going to be around for a while. I'm sorry if it makes people uncomfortable... blame Jenny. |
Measles is *extremely* contagious. It's ten times more contagious than, say, ebola. And we lost our fucking minds when the shadow of ebola threatened to darken our shores. Jon Stewart has a brilliant piece about the "strange hospital bedfellows" made of people who show off for the camera their ignorant *and* mindful stupidity as anti-vaxxers. Civilians and politicians alike hold forth providing comic fodder for Stewart. I especially liked the part where President Obama was asked about measles, he said "parents should vaccinate their children". Which sent Stewart into a tizzy remarking that now half the population of the country will avoid vaccination, just on their political principles. :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: duuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Which brings me to this related news item about a politician who thinks individual freedom from government meddling in things like public health should take the form of... different governmental meddling. Thom Tillis: Keep Government Out of the Bathroom Quote:
Shit's spilled, people are sickened, or injured, or killed, but hey, we were upfront and transparent, so what? You know? We're only having a conversation about an outbreak of measles, we only have an OUTBREAK of measles strictly because of the effectiveness of vaccination. JFC. |
Things that were also very effective at their given purpose: asbestos, Thalidomide, DDT. The argument has never been over effectiveness, and it's a straw man to keep pointing it out.
Phil Plait, aka Bad Astronomer, has a good piece about all the anti-anti-vax polemics. http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astro..._all_this.html In short, you are making your own problem worse with all your ranting and facepalming and JFChristing. |
Thanks all the non-vaxxers! You've done society such a huge favor! Thank gawd measles are making a comeback. It gives the medical professions other things to worry about, like all the Munchhausen 'diseases' so they don't have to concentrate on the things that would be anti-money makers.
Next up: smallpox. Wheee, that'll be fun! |
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The reality is the regulation makes Starbucks post the sign. It forces neither the employee to wash their hands, nor Starbucks to enforce it.
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We, as a nation, are having a conversation about measles outbreaks. The reason it's noteworthy on a national scale is because it's novel. It's novel because it's uncommon and it's uncommon because of the effectiveness of measles vaccinations throughout our population. This is not a straw man argument. I am not doing anything like this: Quote:
Anyhow, I'm not making blanket statements. While we're discussing each other's logical arguments, associating "asbestos, Thalidomide, DDT" with vaccinations is just throwing some unhelpful red herrings into the conversation. Not helpful. |
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