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Texas Lawmaker not Worried about Measles because of ‘Antibiotics'

posted by mrpg on Thursday February 28 2019, @04:11AM   
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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• Inept Inept (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @07:28AM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 28 2019, @07:28AM (#808016)

  How does a government function when people like these are at the helm?

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• Re:Inept (Score: 4, Informative) by c0lo on Thursday February 28 2019, @07:46AM

  by c0lo (156) on Thursday February 28 2019, @07:46AM (#808022) Journal

  Self-evident answer, really. Badly, how else?

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• Re:Inept (Score: 3, Insightful) by J_Darnley on Thursday February 28 2019, @02:17PM

  by J_Darnley (5679) on Thursday February 28 2019, @02:17PM (#808111)

  Doesn't sounds far from the average person who wants antibiotics to beat a cold or flu. Government must be representative of the people.

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