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please get your fucking kids vaccinated, people. this shit is unnecessary.

Measles cases have soared to a 20-year high in the US, with 288 cases reported since the beginning of the year — the most in a five-month period since 1994. Though measles was declared to be eliminated from the US in 2000, importation of the disease has continued, and in all cases this year where the source of infection could be determined, it was seen as stemming from international travel.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pins the striking rise in measles cases on unvaccinated people, who make up at least 69 percent of the reported cases. (In 20 percent of cases, the person's vaccination status was unknown. In only 10 percent of cases was the person actually known to be vaccinated.) Some of the unvaccinated people were too young to receive vaccination or said that they had missed opportunities to be vaccinated. But the vast majority, 85 percent, had refrained from vaccination because of religious, philosophical, or personal objections.

the rest of the article is here

 

[Mistouze]

And you know anti-vaccination nutjobs will twist this to fit some conspirationist agenda. Sigh.

 

[Irminsul]

Still better than a 20 year high of autism.

Spoiler

Am I doing this right?

 

[Talon]

Those poor Jehovah's witnesses.

 

[Jayburner]

I had measles twice when I was a kid. Not a big deal.

 

[terrisus]

All that freedom, for just $1.05

 

[OnionPowder]

These people are fucking sick.

 

[Rockandrollclown]

The anti vaccination movement is truly one of the stupidest, most dangerous movements in some time. Vaccinations only work if we all get them people. Just curious, when I went to Kindergarten and either 7th or 8th grade certain vaccinations were required. How do anti vaccination people get around this?

 

[Talon]

I had measles twice when I was a kid. Not a big deal.

Thank you for wasting time and money in our overburdened ERs and Urgent Care clinics.

 

[commedieu]

I had measles twice when I was a kid. Not a big deal.

This is your honest thought process when you read this..Really?

 

[Stet]

I had measles twice when I was a kid. Not a big deal.

You're right, you're not a big deal.

 

[Derwind]

I bet the people with crappy immune systems just didn't pray hard enough and/or Obama.

I had measles twice when I was a kid. Not a big deal.

Yeah, the 100,000 people wordwide that die from measles each year just made too big a deal. Yep.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

The anti vaccination movement is truly one of the stupidest, most dangerous movements in some time. Vaccinations only work if we all get them people. Just curious, when I went to Kindergarten and either 7th or 8th grade certain vaccinations were required. How do anti vaccination people get around this?

Hmm good question. You need proof of the vacanation or your kid can't go to school where I live. Maybe it's different depending on the district/state.

 

[mackattk]

It is really a shame how much steam the anti-vaccine campaign has gotten.

 

[GPsych]

Hmm good question. You need proof of the vacanation or your kid can't go to school where I live. Maybe it's different depending on the district/state.

Depends on the state. Most states require your kids to be vaccinated to attend school. However, even those restrictions can be circumvented with a letter from the parent explaining why they are not vaccinating.

 

[Jayburner]

This is your honest thought process when you read this..Really?

I was covered in red dots...whooopdedooo!

 

[Raxus]

The anti vaccination movement is truly one of the stupidest, most dangerous movements in some time. Vaccinations only work if we all get them people. Just curious, when I went to Kindergarten and either 7th or 8th grade certain vaccinations were required. How do anti vaccination people get around this?

Religious beliefs, Overbearing parents, not enough education on the benefits for vaccines cost wise and health of your children wise. Reminds me of the story of the religious group that demanded people not to get their kids vaccinated only to beg for it when measles began to tear through the community.

To me it is a cause that transcends religion but it is matter of how we can get parents to overlook their religion once to protect their kids for a lifetime.

 

[WonkyPanda]

And autism rates are decreasing. Wakeup, sheeple.

Spoiler

It's actually increasing

 

[Borgnine]

This is when liberty has gone too far. There needs to be a government sponsored blow dart wielding task force to forcefully vaccinate these children.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

This is why it should be law that you must vaccinate

 

[Aaron]

I was covered in red dots...whooopdedooo!

If it comes back when you're in your 60s-70s, it'll most likely kill you.

 

[terrisus]

These people are fucking sick.

Literally sick.

 

[terrisus]

I was covered in red dots...whooopdedooo!

Yeah, the 100,000 people wordwide that die from measles each year just made too big a deal. Yep.

Darn those killer red dots.

 

[Siegcram]

I'd like to hear some of those religious, philosophical (lol) and personal reasons

Spoiler

that aren't fucking stupid

.

 

[Jayburner]

If it comes back when you're in your 60s-70s, it'll most likely kill you.

i'm pretty sure i'll be dead by cancer by that age. Life long smoker.

 

[MC Safety]

Well, the snippet of the article quoted specifically mentions a lot of this problem stems from international travel.

It's important to vaccinate, of course. But the problem exists that the global community is helping to rejuvenate diseases we largely believed were eradicated.

 

[OrlanisWorks]

Stupidity can ruin a lot of things and can be excused often, but the action of not vaccinating ones child is a level beyond stupid.

Hope the anti-vacs idea dies off soon and we xan simply murder measles altogether.

 

[echoshifting]

I was covered in red dots...whooopdedooo!

Congratulations on not dying to a potentially fatal disease. If only everyone who contracted it were so lucky.

You want a trophy? It could be an image of you standing triumphant over the corpses of the less fortunate: those without access to medical care, those who were too frail or ill to fight it off, heck maybe even one dude who was perfectly healthy but didn't have your good fortune. I bet it'd look good on a mantle.

 

[WillyFive]

Really tragic how thoughts like anti-vaccination can spread and actively damage society.

Those poor Jehovah's witnesses.

Those are the ones about blood-transfusions, not the ones about vaccinations.

 

[Mutanthands]

I was covered in red dots...whooopdedooo!

Dude, people can die from the Measles. People who have compromised immune systems, or who are just unlucky. Best to immunize as many as possible, so that we don't have carriers out there spreading it to those can't be immunized due to allergy, or who have deficient immune systems.

 

[commedieu]

I was covered in red dots...whooopdedooo!

This is a very self centered thing to say. You're fortunate enough to not have to have a realistic response to the problems of other citizens human beings.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

Well, the snippet of the article quoted specifically mentions a lot of this problem stems from international travel.

It's important to vaccinate, of course. But the problem exists that the global community is helping to rejuvenate diseases we largely believed were eradicated.

It also points out in the article that the same anti-vaccination sentiments going on in the US are also happening worldwide.

 

[jmdajr]

Freedom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spoiler

fucking idiots

 

[Carcetti]

I was covered in red dots...whooopdedooo!

Indeed.

The majority of patients survive measles, though in some cases, complications may occur, which may include bronchitis, and—in about 1 in 100,000 cases[61]—panencephalitis, which is usually fatal.[62] The patient may spread the disease to an immunocompromised patient, for whom the risk of death is much higher, due to complications such as giant cell pneumonia. Acute measles encephalitis is another serious risk of measles virus infection. It typically occurs two days to one week after the breakout of the measles exanthem and begins with very high fever, severe headache, convulsions and altered mentation. A patient may become comatose, and death or brain injury may occur.

 

[$200]

I absolutely despise all anti-vaccination people. They are practically murderers.

 

[Jayburner]

I"m gonna be quite honest with you guys. I thought measles and the mumps and all that shit was just a part of growing up?

 

[Intheflorsh]

I think some people in this thread are confusing Chicken Pox with Measles.

 

[terrisus]

I"m gonna be quite honest with you guys. I thought measles and the mumps and all that shit was just a part of growing up?

Rubella too?

 

[echoshifting]

I"m gonna be quite honest with you guys. I thought measles and the mumps and all that shit was just a part of growing up?

Chicken pox used to be, sure, but chicken pox and measles aren't the same disease. Kids today get chicken pox vaccines as well, because that is also a potentially fatal disease (though fatalities are rare).

 

[Mutanthands]

I think some people in this thread are confusing Chicken Pox with Measles.

Hell, even chicken pox can kill, if the circumstances are right. Severe cases can lead to a nasty viral pneumonia. Some cases are so severe, the scarring can be debilitating.

There's a reason we have vaccines for things that might seem benign at first.

 

[jelly]

What outcome do Anti-vaccination people imagine?

Enjoy all the dead, blind and wheelchair bound kids.

If some kid in school got chicken pox the parents all took their kids round for a play date. Best to get it young.

 

[Chairhome]

I would blame Jenny McCarthy, but I don't want her to be... Singled Out.

 

[echoshifting]

What outcome do Anti-vaccination people imagine?

Enjoy all the dead, blind and wheelchair bound kids.

They imagine a world where these diseases just don't exist anymore. It's that simple. They do a risk/reward analysis and decide the fake risks of vaccines outweigh the real risks of the diseases they think simply aren't around anymore in the first world.

 

[LCGeek]

And you know anti-vaccination nutjobs will twist this to fit some conspirationist agenda. Sigh.

and some of us will remind your crowd that the very people giving them have caused the nuts to question them. Not saying it's a legitimate view just I know where it comes from.

 

[commedieu]

I would blame Jenny McCarthy, but I don't want her to be... Singled Out.

 

[Siegcram]

I would blame Jenny McCarthy, but I don't want her to be... Singled Out.

 

[Previous]

Wasn't there a Law & Order (SVU?)episode about some adult who didn't get vaccinated and spread it to a baby who was too young for the vaccine, and died. Then they charged the adult with murder or something.
I dunno if there's ever been a real life case such as that, but If the rates keep going up it's only a matter of time before the government cracks down on this "religious freedom".

At the very least lets get all the insurance companies to gang up and raise rates for those who don't get it, just like they do for smokers.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

Wasn't there a Law & Order (SVU?)episode about some adult who didn't get vaccinated and spread it to a baby who was too young for the vaccine, and died. Then they charged the adult with murder or something.
I dunno if there's ever been a real life case such as that, but If the rates keep going up it's only a matter of time before the government cracks down on this "religious freedom".

At the very least lets get all the insurance companies to gang up and raise rates for those who don't get it, just like they do for smokers.

If it can be "ripped from the headlines" you know SVU has an episode of it made.

 

[Damaniel]

I had measles twice when I was a kid. Not a big deal.

So did I (once, not twice), and I was vaccinated. I'm still STRONGLY of the opinion that vaccinations are essential and should be mandatory. The anti-vax movement is setting us back decades, and diseases that should be eradicated by now are coming back stronger than ever because some mouth breathing suburban moms decided that celebrities know more about science than scientists do.

 

[irishcow]

and some of us will remind your crowd that the very people giving them have caused the nuts to question them. Not saying it's a legitimate view just I know where it comes from.

What the fuck does this even mean?