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'It will take off like a wildfire': The unique dangers of the Washington state measles outbreak
[...] "You know what keeps me up at night?" said Clark County Public Health Director Alan Melnick. "Measles is exquisitely contagious. If you have an under-vaccinated population, and you introduce a measles case into that population, it will take off like a wildfire."
[...] Anti-vaccination activists, for their part, contend that state officials are twisting facts to stoke public fear.
"It shouldn't be called an outbreak," Seattle-area mother Bernadette Pajer, a co-founder of the state's main anti-vaccine group, Informed Choice Washington, said of the measles cases, arguing that the illness has spread only within a small, self-contained group. "I would refer to it as an in-break, within a community."
[...] Clements eventually changed her mind, deciding to give her kids the shots after a doctor at a vaccine workshop answered her questions for more than two hours, at one point drawing diagrams on a whiteboard to explain cell interaction. He was thoughtful, factual and also "still very warm," she said.
[...] In Washington, state lawmakers supporting tougher vaccine requirements are mounting their second effort in the past three years to make it harder for parents to opt out of vaccinations.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday February 08 2019, @06:27PM (7 children)
Because goddam Christian nutbag rednecks don't vaccinate their damn kids! [vox.com]
And I'm sure all that third-world filth pouring in through our Southern border isn't going to help things much, either.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Friday February 08 2019, @07:04PM
If you had used a Fox citation along with the Vox citation to argue the same point, THAT would have been pretty epic.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @07:05PM (4 children)
If you are to be believed* about your ancestry then I'd say you have a solid point....
*hawhaw
(Score: 1, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday February 08 2019, @07:08PM (3 children)
I'm more Hispanic than Beto and more Native American than Elizabeth Warren, that's for goddamn sure.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @08:16PM
So you admit you're third world filth huh? Given any thought to running in 2020? I'm sure the Trumptards would overwhelmingly support a racist minority, then they get to say "but we elected a mexican!" while continuing to be (mostly) awful people.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @09:41PM (1 child)
...and stupider than a potted plant.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Sulla on Friday February 08 2019, @11:46PM
As we can see from the Democrats love of AOC and Spartacus they aren't exactly qualifying their people on their intellect, I think EF would fit right in.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @09:39PM
That's just stupid of you.