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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @01:53PM (1 child)
See my response here: https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=30329&commentsort=0&mode=threadtos&threshold=-1&highlightthresh=-1&page=1&cid=808100#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
Your explanation is ahistorical.
Yes, this would be a better plan and was closer to the original, non-scammy plan. It shouldn't require an entire decade with everyone in the world though. A single year should be enough.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday March 01 2019, @09:52AM
It would be unprecedented to eradicate measles. Unprecedented things are by definition ahistorical.