canoso said:

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Guy Noir said:

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This is the first death from measles since 2015 of an unvaccinated school child.

This makes one wonder about the influence of the Anti-VAX Crowd.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/02/26/first-measles-death-texas-outbreak/80482935007/

Texas officials on Wednesday announced the first measles death in the state's ongoing outbreak of the highly contagious disease.
The death, of a school-age child, is the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Gaines County resident died in Lubbock, Zach Holbrooks, public health director and executive director of the South Plains Public Health District, said in an email. In a statement, Lubbock city and Texas health officials confirmed the hospitalized patient was an unvaccinated school-aged child who died in the last 24 hours.
So far, 124 people are known to have been infected, mostly among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status, state data showed. There have been 18 people hospitalized.
The outbreak is believed to have first begun in rural West Texas, in an under-vaccinated Mennonite community in Gaines County, where 80 cases have been identified so far. It has since stretched out across multiple counties and across state lines to New Mexico.
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
Texas health officials have warned the primary factor for its spread, not just among Mennonite people, has been among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status.
So far, nine people, including four children, have been infected in an adjacent New Mexico county, state health officials said. All have been among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status.
In 2000, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. But as vaccination rates have dropped, cases have reappeared.

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I'd hope Baylor Nation knows the difference between Anti-Vax and Anti-Forced Vax. But apparently there are exceptions.

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Guy Noir said:

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This is the first death from measles since 2015 of an unvaccinated school child.

This makes one wonder about the influence of the Anti-VAX Crowd.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/02/26/first-measles-death-texas-outbreak/80482935007/

Texas officials on Wednesday announced the first measles death in the state's ongoing outbreak of the highly contagious disease.
The death, of a school-age child, is the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Gaines County resident died in Lubbock, Zach Holbrooks, public health director and executive director of the South Plains Public Health District, said in an email. In a statement, Lubbock city and Texas health officials confirmed the hospitalized patient was an unvaccinated school-aged child who died in the last 24 hours.
So far, 124 people are known to have been infected, mostly among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status, state data showed. There have been 18 people hospitalized.
The outbreak is believed to have first begun in rural West Texas, in an under-vaccinated Mennonite community in Gaines County, where 80 cases have been identified so far.

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Guy Noir said:

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canoso said:

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Guy Noir said:

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This is the first death from measles since 2015 of an unvaccinated school child.

This makes one wonder about the influence of the Anti-VAX Crowd.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/02/26/first-measles-death-texas-outbreak/80482935007/

Texas officials on Wednesday announced the first measles death in the state's ongoing outbreak of the highly contagious disease.
The death, of a school-age child, is the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Gaines County resident died in Lubbock, Zach Holbrooks, public health director and executive director of the South Plains Public Health District, said in an email. In a statement, Lubbock city and Texas health officials confirmed the hospitalized patient was an unvaccinated school-aged child who died in the last 24 hours.
So far, 124 people are known to have been infected, mostly among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status, state data showed. There have been 18 people hospitalized.
The outbreak is believed to have first begun in rural West Texas, in an under-vaccinated Mennonite community in Gaines County, where 80 cases have been identified so far. It has since stretched out across multiple counties and across state lines to New Mexico.
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
Texas health officials have warned the primary factor for its spread, not just among Mennonite people, has been among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status.
So far, nine people, including four children, have been infected in an adjacent New Mexico county, state health officials said. All have been among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status.
In 2000, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. But as vaccination rates have dropped, cases have reappeared.

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I'd hope Baylor Nation knows the difference between Anti-Vax and Anti-Forced Vax. But apparently there are exceptions.

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I agree about the exceptions. If a person takes a hardline stance on Vaccines, one of those exceptions could kill a person .

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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Guy Noir said:

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canoso said:

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Guy Noir said:

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This is the first death from measles since 2015 of an unvaccinated school child.

This makes one wonder about the influence of the Anti-VAX Crowd.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/02/26/first-measles-death-texas-outbreak/80482935007/

Texas officials on Wednesday announced the first measles death in the state's ongoing outbreak of the highly contagious disease.
The death, of a school-age child, is the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Gaines County resident died in Lubbock, Zach Holbrooks, public health director and executive director of the South Plains Public Health District, said in an email. In a statement, Lubbock city and Texas health officials confirmed the hospitalized patient was an unvaccinated school-aged child who died in the last 24 hours.
So far, 124 people are known to have been infected, mostly among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status, state data showed. There have been 18 people hospitalized.
The outbreak is believed to have first begun in rural West Texas, in an under-vaccinated Mennonite community in Gaines County, where 80 cases have been identified so far. It has since stretched out across multiple counties and across state lines to New Mexico.
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
Texas health officials have warned the primary factor for its spread, not just among Mennonite people, has been among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status.
So far, nine people, including four children, have been infected in an adjacent New Mexico county, state health officials said. All have been among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status.
In 2000, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. But as vaccination rates have dropped, cases have reappeared.

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I'd hope Baylor Nation knows the difference between Anti-Vax and Anti-Forced Vax. But apparently there are exceptions.

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I agree about the exceptions. If a person takes a hardline stance on Vaccines, one of those exceptions could kill a person .

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historian said:

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That's true of mist vaccines that gave been around for decades. They have a proven track record. Covid is another story.

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historian said:

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Good question. K know people who won't get any shots due to rumors that the covid vax is mixed in. I hope it isn't but I don't think we cdd add n trust anything the government tells us and many health care professionals who get paid by the govt.

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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DioNoZeus said:

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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Smallpox says hello

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Smallpox was in the human population for ~10,000 years...it never mutated to a lesser form.

It killed 300+ million people in the 20th century alone.

— Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ (@RadCentrism) September 24, 2021

Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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Smallpox says hello

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Interesting the only one we were ever successful at eradicating as a species

[last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.]

Smallpox was in the human population for ~10,000 years...it never mutated to a lesser form.

It killed 300+ million people in the 20th century alone.

— Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ (@RadCentrism) September 24, 2021

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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Smallpox says hello

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Interesting the only one we were ever successful at eradicating as a species

[last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.]

Smallpox was in the human population for ~10,000 years...it never mutated to a lesser form.

It killed 300+ million people in the 20th century alone.

— Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ (@RadCentrism) September 24, 2021

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We also haven't had a case of polio in the US since 1979 because of vaccination.

Although this outbreak in Texas primarily involves a religious community that refuses vaccination, there have been other outbreaks in communities with high rates of vaccine hesitancy (for example, the outbreak in Southern California in 2014-15 linked to Disneyland):

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6406a5.htm/mm6406a5.htm

Although cases typically originate from immigrants who are exposed abroad and bring the virus to the US, if enough people are vaccinated here to maintain herd immunity, we wouldn't have outbreaks and it would remain eradicated in the US.

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Guy Noir said:

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canoso said:

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Guy Noir said:

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This is the first death from measles since 2015 of an unvaccinated school child.

This makes one wonder about the influence of the Anti-VAX Crowd.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2025/02/26/first-measles-death-texas-outbreak/80482935007/

Texas officials on Wednesday announced the first measles death in the state's ongoing outbreak of the highly contagious disease.
The death, of a school-age child, is the first measles death in the U.S. since 2015, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Gaines County resident died in Lubbock, Zach Holbrooks, public health director and executive director of the South Plains Public Health District, said in an email. In a statement, Lubbock city and Texas health officials confirmed the hospitalized patient was an unvaccinated school-aged child who died in the last 24 hours.
So far, 124 people are known to have been infected, mostly among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status, state data showed. There have been 18 people hospitalized.
The outbreak is believed to have first begun in rural West Texas, in an under-vaccinated Mennonite community in Gaines County, where 80 cases have been identified so far. It has since stretched out across multiple counties and across state lines to New Mexico.
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
Texas health officials have warned the primary factor for its spread, not just among Mennonite people, has been among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status.
So far, nine people, including four children, have been infected in an adjacent New Mexico county, state health officials said. All have been among people who weren't vaccinated or had no known vaccination status.
In 2000, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. But as vaccination rates have dropped, cases have reappeared.

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I'd hope Baylor Nation knows the difference between Anti-Vax and Anti-Forced Vax. But apparently there are exceptions.

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I agree about the exceptions. If a person takes a hardline stance on Vaccines, one of those exceptions could kill a person .

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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Smallpox says hello

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Interesting the only one we were ever successful at eradicating as a species

[last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.]

Smallpox was in the human population for ~10,000 years...it never mutated to a lesser form.

It killed 300+ million people in the 20th century alone.

— Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ (@RadCentrism) September 24, 2021

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We also haven't had a case of polio in the US since 1979 because of vaccination.

Although this outbreak in Texas primarily involves a religious community that refuses vaccination, there have been other outbreaks in communities with high rates of vaccine hesitancy (for example, the outbreak in Southern California in 2014-15 linked to Disneyland):

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6406a5.htm/mm6406a5.htm

Although cases typically originate from immigrants who are exposed abroad and bring the virus to the US, if enough people are vaccinated here to maintain herd immunity, we wouldn't have outbreaks and it would remain eradicated in the US.

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So….3rd world immigrants and strange outside the mainstream religious groups (Mennonites, Amish, Hasidic Jews)

Doing the job of keeping contagious diseases going that normal Americans won't….

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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Smallpox says hello

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Interesting the only one we were ever successful at eradicating as a species

[last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.]

Smallpox was in the human population for ~10,000 years...it never mutated to a lesser form.

It killed 300+ million people in the 20th century alone.

— Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ (@RadCentrism) September 24, 2021

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We also haven't had a case of polio in the US since 1979 because of vaccination.

Although this outbreak in Texas primarily involves a religious community that refuses vaccination, there have been other outbreaks in communities with high rates of vaccine hesitancy (for example, the outbreak in Southern California in 2014-15 linked to Disneyland):

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6406a5.htm/mm6406a5.htm

Although cases typically originate from immigrants who are exposed abroad and bring the virus to the US, if enough people are vaccinated here to maintain herd immunity, we wouldn't have outbreaks and it would remain eradicated in the US.

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So….3rd world immigrants and strange outside the mainstream religious groups (Mennonites, Amish, Hasidic Jews)

Doing the job of keeping contagious diseases going that normal Americans won't….

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You conveniently left out the vaccine hesitant people…

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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Smallpox says hello

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Interesting the only one we were ever successful at eradicating as a species

[last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.]

Smallpox was in the human population for ~10,000 years...it never mutated to a lesser form.

It killed 300+ million people in the 20th century alone.

— Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ (@RadCentrism) September 24, 2021

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We also haven't had a case of polio in the US since 1979 because of vaccination.

Although this outbreak in Texas primarily involves a religious community that refuses vaccination, there have been other outbreaks in communities with high rates of vaccine hesitancy (for example, the outbreak in Southern California in 2014-15 linked to Disneyland):

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6406a5.htm/mm6406a5.htm

Although cases typically originate from immigrants who are exposed abroad and bring the virus to the US, if enough people are vaccinated here to maintain herd immunity, we wouldn't have outbreaks and it would remain eradicated in the US.

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So….3rd world immigrants and strange outside the mainstream religious groups (Mennonites, Amish, Hasidic Jews)

Doing the job of keeping contagious diseases going that normal Americans won't….

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You conveniently left out the vaccine hesitant people…

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Interesting enough a position mostly associated with the progressive Left

Until those MAGA monsters became interested in the topic

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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Smallpox says hello

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Interesting the only one we were ever successful at eradicating as a species

[last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.]

Smallpox was in the human population for ~10,000 years...it never mutated to a lesser form.

It killed 300+ million people in the 20th century alone.

— Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ (@RadCentrism) September 24, 2021

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We also haven't had a case of polio in the US since 1979 because of vaccination.

Although this outbreak in Texas primarily involves a religious community that refuses vaccination, there have been other outbreaks in communities with high rates of vaccine hesitancy (for example, the outbreak in Southern California in 2014-15 linked to Disneyland):

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6406a5.htm/mm6406a5.htm

Although cases typically originate from immigrants who are exposed abroad and bring the virus to the US, if enough people are vaccinated here to maintain herd immunity, we wouldn't have outbreaks and it would remain eradicated in the US.

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So….3rd world immigrants and strange outside the mainstream religious groups (Mennonites, Amish, Hasidic Jews)

Doing the job of keeping contagious diseases going that normal Americans won't….

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You conveniently left out the vaccine hesitant people…

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TinFoilHatPreacherBear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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Smallpox says hello

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Interesting the only one we were ever successful at eradicating as a species

[last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.]

Smallpox was in the human population for ~10,000 years...it never mutated to a lesser form.

It killed 300+ million people in the 20th century alone.

— Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ (@RadCentrism) September 24, 2021

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We also haven't had a case of polio in the US since 1979 because of vaccination.

Although this outbreak in Texas primarily involves a religious community that refuses vaccination, there have been other outbreaks in communities with high rates of vaccine hesitancy (for example, the outbreak in Southern California in 2014-15 linked to Disneyland):

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6406a5.htm/mm6406a5.htm

Although cases typically originate from immigrants who are exposed abroad and bring the virus to the US, if enough people are vaccinated here to maintain herd immunity, we wouldn't have outbreaks and it would remain eradicated in the US.

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So….3rd world immigrants and strange outside the mainstream religious groups (Mennonites, Amish, Hasidic Jews)

Doing the job of keeping contagious diseases going that normal Americans won't….

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You conveniently left out the vaccine hesitant people…

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Valley hesitant people are protected by the herd.

Real issue is that we keep letting un vaxxed people into our country. Close the borders. Only come in with a passport and up to date shots.

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RFK Jr. just shut down a reporter for fearmongering over the measles outbreak:

“We’ve had 4 measles outbreaks this year. Last year, we had 16. It’s not unusual. We have outbreaks every year.”pic.twitter.com/Ixl6bWuFmt

— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) February 26, 2025

DioNoZeus said:

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TinFoilHatPreacherBear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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Smallpox says hello

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Interesting the only one we were ever successful at eradicating as a species

[last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.]

Smallpox was in the human population for ~10,000 years...it never mutated to a lesser form.

It killed 300+ million people in the 20th century alone.

— Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ (@RadCentrism) September 24, 2021

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We also haven't had a case of polio in the US since 1979 because of vaccination.

Although this outbreak in Texas primarily involves a religious community that refuses vaccination, there have been other outbreaks in communities with high rates of vaccine hesitancy (for example, the outbreak in Southern California in 2014-15 linked to Disneyland):

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6406a5.htm/mm6406a5.htm

Although cases typically originate from immigrants who are exposed abroad and bring the virus to the US, if enough people are vaccinated here to maintain herd immunity, we wouldn't have outbreaks and it would remain eradicated in the US.

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So….3rd world immigrants and strange outside the mainstream religious groups (Mennonites, Amish, Hasidic Jews)

Doing the job of keeping contagious diseases going that normal Americans won't….

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You conveniently left out the vaccine hesitant people…

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Valley hesitant people are protected by the herd.

Real issue is that we keep letting un vaxxed people into our country. Close the borders. Only come in with a passport and up to date shots.

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You aren't protected by the herd if too many people aren't vaccinated, hence the outbreaks here.

https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/measles-outbreak

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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TinFoilHatPreacherBear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

---

Smallpox says hello

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Interesting the only one we were ever successful at eradicating as a species

[last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.]

Smallpox was in the human population for ~10,000 years...it never mutated to a lesser form.

It killed 300+ million people in the 20th century alone.

— Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ (@RadCentrism) September 24, 2021

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We also haven't had a case of polio in the US since 1979 because of vaccination.

Although this outbreak in Texas primarily involves a religious community that refuses vaccination, there have been other outbreaks in communities with high rates of vaccine hesitancy (for example, the outbreak in Southern California in 2014-15 linked to Disneyland):

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6406a5.htm/mm6406a5.htm

Although cases typically originate from immigrants who are exposed abroad and bring the virus to the US, if enough people are vaccinated here to maintain herd immunity, we wouldn't have outbreaks and it would remain eradicated in the US.

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So….3rd world immigrants and strange outside the mainstream religious groups (Mennonites, Amish, Hasidic Jews)

Doing the job of keeping contagious diseases going that normal Americans won't….

---

You conveniently left out the vaccine hesitant people…

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Valley hesitant people are protected by the herd.

Real issue is that we keep letting un vaxxed people into our country. Close the borders. Only come in with a passport and up to date shots.

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You aren't protected by the herd if too many people aren't vaccinated, hence the outbreaks here.

https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/measles-outbreak

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That's because we're a border state Einstein.

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DioNoZeus said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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TinFoilHatPreacherBear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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DioNoZeus said:

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ShooterTX said:

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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Smallpox says hello

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Interesting the only one we were ever successful at eradicating as a species

[last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.]

Smallpox was in the human population for ~10,000 years...it never mutated to a lesser form.

It killed 300+ million people in the 20th century alone.

— Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ (@RadCentrism) September 24, 2021

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We also haven't had a case of polio in the US since 1979 because of vaccination.

Although this outbreak in Texas primarily involves a religious community that refuses vaccination, there have been other outbreaks in communities with high rates of vaccine hesitancy (for example, the outbreak in Southern California in 2014-15 linked to Disneyland):

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6406a5.htm/mm6406a5.htm

Although cases typically originate from immigrants who are exposed abroad and bring the virus to the US, if enough people are vaccinated here to maintain herd immunity, we wouldn't have outbreaks and it would remain eradicated in the US.

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So….3rd world immigrants and strange outside the mainstream religious groups (Mennonites, Amish, Hasidic Jews)

Doing the job of keeping contagious diseases going that normal Americans won't….

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You conveniently left out the vaccine hesitant people…

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Valley hesitant people are protected by the herd.

Real issue is that we keep letting un vaxxed people into our country. Close the borders. Only come in with a passport and up to date shots.

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You aren't protected by the herd if too many people aren't vaccinated, hence the outbreaks here.

https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/measles-outbreak

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That's because we're a border state Einstein.

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What does being a border state have to do with anything. We are talking about outbreaks among Americans. Again, if enough citizens are vaccinated, everyone would be protected by herd immunity. Even if the boarder is shut down completely, outbreaks can still occur if Americans who travel abroad who aren't vaccinated bring it back to communities that are under vaccinated.

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The real crime was the idiots who declared it eradicated in 2000.
There have been cases in America almost every year since then.
No disease will ever be truly eradicated via vaccines... it's impossible.

I'm sure the proclamation was politically motivated. They knew cases would occur, so they just wanted to beat the Amish types over the head with the "you brought it back" nonsense.

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Smallpox says hello

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Interesting the only one we were ever successful at eradicating as a species

[last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980, making smallpox the only human disease to have been eradicated to date.]

Smallpox was in the human population for ~10,000 years...it never mutated to a lesser form.

It killed 300+ million people in the 20th century alone.

— Radical Centrist,wrathful tantric deity🇺🇦🇹🇼🎗️ (@RadCentrism) September 24, 2021

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We also haven't had a case of polio in the US since 1979 because of vaccination.

Although this outbreak in Texas primarily involves a religious community that refuses vaccination, there have been other outbreaks in communities with high rates of vaccine hesitancy (for example, the outbreak in Southern California in 2014-15 linked to Disneyland):

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6406a5.htm/mm6406a5.htm

Although cases typically originate from immigrants who are exposed abroad and bring the virus to the US, if enough people are vaccinated here to maintain herd immunity, we wouldn't have outbreaks and it would remain eradicated in the US.

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So….3rd world immigrants and strange outside the mainstream religious groups (Mennonites, Amish, Hasidic Jews)

Doing the job of keeping contagious diseases going that normal Americans won't….

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You conveniently left out the vaccine hesitant people…

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Valley hesitant people are protected by the herd.

Real issue is that we keep letting un vaxxed people into our country. Close the borders. Only come in with a passport and up to date shots.

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You aren't protected by the herd if too many people aren't vaccinated, hence the outbreaks here.

https://www.yalemedicine.org/news/measles-outbreak

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That's because we're a border state Einstein.

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What does being a border state have to do with anything. We are talking about outbreaks among Americans. Again, if enough citizens are vaccinated, everyone would be protected by herd immunity. Even if the boarder is shut down completely, outbreaks can still occur if Americans who travel abroad who aren't vaccinated bring it back to communities that are under vaccinated.

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A border state means the star is on the border. Texas is a border state. It is on the southern border of the United Staes. Millions of illegal aliens crosses into the United States from the southern border. Many of these were unvaccinated children. Because of proximity (that means "close to") many illegal immigrants settle in border states. Illegals spread disease because they're not vaccinated..

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First measles case confirmed in Rockwall County, officials say https://t.co/m7ZwKIJkIR

— Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) February 26, 2025