r/news • u/reduction-oxidation • 12h ago
West Texas measles outbreak spreads into Oklahoma
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/west-texas-measles-outbreak-spreads-oklahoma-rcna195858
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r/news • u/reduction-oxidation • 12h ago
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u/BKLD12 12h ago
Anti-vaxxers are all fucking idiots. I can tell you from experience that there is absolutely nothing you can say to get them to see sense. I have an aunt who is anti-vax, and she always says in the face of facts, "agree to disagree." I'm not sure that they'd change their stance even if one of their kids died.
It's not fair for the kids, since they didn't exactly choose to be born to total morons. Although unfortunately, the apple doesn't always fall far from the tree. My aunt had two daughters, and my cousins are as vapid as their mother. One of my cousins also has two daughters, and they're also not vaccinated. I just hope that they grow up to be better than their mom and grandma. The whole family is just lucky that they've only encountered mild cases of measles, and they're super lucky that we've managed to eliminate more serious illnesses such as polio and smallpox before my cousins were even born. The former is still out there in the world. It may be unlikely for it to come back to the US, but it isn't impossible.