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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: 3, Funny) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 28 2019, @11:48AM (2 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Thursday February 28 2019, @11:48AM (#808059) Homepage Journal

    Is that like an avalanche of ambulances? I think I'd prefer snow.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday February 28 2019, @12:22PM (1 child)

    by FatPhil (863) <reversethis-{if.fdsa} {ta} {tnelyos-cp}> on Thursday February 28 2019, @12:22PM (#808071) Homepage
    If you ambulaunch them into the air, they could rain down like snow, I guess.
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    • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday February 28 2019, @04:00PM

      by Freeman (732) on Thursday February 28 2019, @04:00PM (#808167) Journal

      No matter the delivery method, it'd hurt a lot more to get hit by an ambulance than a snow flake.

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