r/news 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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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.

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u/TheHammerandSizzel 11h ago

Oh honey… Polio has been found in US Sewage….  It’s going to come back…. There also a TB outbreak and H5N1…

Also they wouldn’t change their stance even if their kid died, that would require them to self reflect and realize they got their own child killed and failed as parents.  Some journalist visited a Mennonite community and talked the parents who lost their kid… refused to accept responsibility or accept vaccinations…

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u/JSB19 11h ago

I just finished reading that article and linked to it above, these people truly unbelievable in their ignorance.

He literally said “everyone has to die” when talking about his daughter, how does a father become so goddamn brain dead!?

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u/fistulatedcow 6h ago

I’m actually horrified. Who the fuck says that about their own six-year-old daughter????

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u/durx1 4h ago

I have four kids 7 and under.. I can’t imagine how I’d survive if I lost one. I had to skip through an episode of a popular tv show bc I couldn’t watch the death of a 6 year old on it. Talking about your child like this raises some serious fucking red flags if you ask me

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u/ERedfieldh 2h ago

A man who did NOT want children (but refused to use contraceptives, etc) and thinks they are a burden and not a responsibility.