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Texas Lawmaker not Worried about Measles because of ‘Antibiotics'

posted by mrpg on Thursday February 28 2019, @04:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the Brawndo-Has-What-Plants-Crave dept.

DannyB writes:

Texas lawmaker says he's not worried about measles outbreak because of ‘antibiotics'

Texas state representative Bill Zedler says a resurgence of measles across the U.S. isn't worrying him.

Zedler, R-Arlington, is promoting legislation that would allow Texans to opt out of childhood vaccinations.

“They want to say people are dying of measles. Yeah, in Third World countries they’re dying of measles,” Zedler said, the Texas Observer reports. “Today, with antibiotics and that kind of stuff, they’re not dying in America.”

There is no treatment for measles, a highly contagious virus that can be fatal. Antibiotics treat bacterial infections and can't kill viruses.

It could be funny if it weren't so tragic.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @05:39AM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @05:39AM (#807988)

    You know that stereotype that Republicans are willfully ignorant of science? Well, this didn't reduce it.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @05:56AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @05:56AM (#807992)

    Well, this guy is saying historically and scientifically accurate stuff so I wonder what that says about you...

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @06:45AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @06:45AM (#808006)

      Yup, marking facts as "troll". It doesn't get much more willfully ignorant than that.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Thursday February 28 2019, @08:39AM (3 children)

      by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <axehandleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Thursday February 28 2019, @08:39AM (#808027)

      And did he mention anything about the way we're losing antibiotics through overuse?

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      It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @01:29PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @01:29PM (#808089)

        You are blaming that on measles?

        • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @02:52PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @02:52PM (#808125)

          nope. blaming idiots like this that think antibiotics can use used in everything to fix all problems

  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @09:51AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @09:51AM (#808038)

    That sounds awfully specific, are you an American Democrat by any chance?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @10:44PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @10:44PM (#808423)

    Maybe he's a plant by the left to make them look stupid. Slick move, gotta admit.