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Leprosy is bacterial. In addition to curing leprosy with antibiotics, we also have anti-biotic resistant leprosy. What prevents a terrorist from deliberately infecting themself with leprosy and then engaging in promiscuous activity? How would a city like San Francisco, Washington DC, Paris or Berlin react to leprosy? When leprosy has a long incubation period, are we certain that leprosy isn't spreading already?
martyb: I was debating whether or not to run this story; from the Wikipedia page, "Contrary to popular belief, it is not highly contagious." But, there is more to this than just antibiotic-resistant leprosy. It invites discussion as to other agents with delayed response that could be employed. In addition, given a terrorist's intention to affect some other group, what options do they have which would affect that group without also adversely affecting their own group? How many of their own group are people willing to "harm" in the pursuit of harm to another group?
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @02:09AM (3 children)
But all the anti-vaxxers end up doing is killing their own children. Which is generally shitty but doesn't achieve any political result.
Occasionally someone else's children, too. Some people are allergic to particular vaccines and have to rely on the herd immunity for survival. Anti-vaxxers are directly endangering a large number of children. That's not only shitty, it's immoral, selfish, and criminal.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 07 2017, @04:28AM (2 children)
most importantly, vaccines are given at a certain age (some at 1 year of age for instance).
all kids younger than that are at risk, not just those alergic etc.
I will not be visiting Romania this year because we have an infant son and we don't want him to get the measles http://www.bbc.com/news/health-39419976. [bbc.com] His grandparents are simply going to have to wait until next year to see him.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday May 07 2017, @07:48AM (1 child)
This article is talking about faggot anal sex in San Francisco. Dipping your wick there will get your dikk rotted off anyway.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday May 07 2017, @05:36PM
Tell us, do you speak from experience? You seem to know a lot about this sort of thing...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...