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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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Texas Lawmaker not Worried about Measles because of ‘Antibiotics'
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(Score: 2) by HiThere on Thursday February 28 2019, @05:15PM
That's probably correct...but are you sure there's no animal that is a carrier? There doesn't appear to be any common animal, but how to you know that, say, tapirs don't carry it.
So it MIGHT be enough. The only way to find out (that I can think of) is to try. But even if it didn't work, it should eliminate most countries, and probably most continents.
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