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[–] gloss@discuss.tchncs.de 141 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Hey guys, thanks to anti-vax grifter podcasts we now have diseases we had almost defeated circulating again! Humans are so cool!

[–] jose1324@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I feel such deep and powerful hatred because it's not just a sudden illness that goes away. People don't realize that not only will some of these children die but some of them will develop lifelong debilitating illness such as central nervous system diseases including SSPE as well as a type of AIDs. Viruses cause permanent damage.

In the same way that Polio can cripple people, Chickenpox can cause shingles, and the Spanish Flu lead to a worldwide outbreak of Encephalitis Lethargica characterized by a chronic loss of consciousness trapping you inside your own body like a prison.

Those people are subjecting this to children. If I wrote the laws, this would be a crime punished on the same level as murder.

[–] umulu@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't hate the place. I hate many of the residents.

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[–] squozenode@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

Right?!

The solution to this problem isn't just "within your reach" IT'S IN YOUR FUCKING HAND!!!!

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[–] 108@lemmy.world 101 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sad the children have to suffer for their idiot parents.

[–] EatATaco@lemm.ee 83 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's worse than that. Vaccines are not 100% effective and some people have legitimate reasons why they can't get a vaccine...and those kids are getting fucked by other parents' poor decisions.

Non medical exemptions need to go.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Vaccines are not 100% effective

Ah ha, so vaccines aren't effective! /s

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[–] arc@lemm.ee 60 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Failing to vaccinate a kid (unless there are legit medical reasons) should be a chargeable offence in the same way that letting them sit in the backseat of a car without a booster / seatbelt is. These parents, as stupid and credulous as they are, have endangered their kids and some of them might suffer life altering injuries or death from that.

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is Florida, best you'll get is each kid getting a gun to defend from measles.

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[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 56 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Manatee Bay in Weston Florida. I saved you a click.

It's a very affluent neighborhood in a very affluent city. Homes start at $1 Million in the entire city. Feel bad for the kids.

[–] LaVacaMariposa@mander.xyz 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Great. They just had a huge soccer tournament there this past weekend, with kids (and parents) travelling from all of Florida and out of State. This is going to be 👍

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[–] Psiczar@aussie.zone 49 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yes, but they don’t have autism, and their DNA hasnt been changed and they can’t get Covid from the 5G towers. /s

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[–] Wahots@pawb.social 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Measles coming back might finally cow those susceptible to antivaxxer propaganda. But it will have to be widespread. People will have to die horrifically before we beat back antivaxxers to a small percentage of the population once again.

People are too fucking stupid to just get their vaccines unless there is a stick. Carrots don't work well enough, apparently. Over a disease once considered eliminated, too. I'm salty that people can't do literally anything for the greater good one a year, or even once every 10 years.

[–] wildcardology@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Over 500k people died of COVID-19 and yet anti-vaxx still exists and they are still growing in numbers.

Measles and chicken pox has been coming back for years, they will not change their minds. Unless it happens to them of course.

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[–] Infinity187@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago (6 children)

If this continues for a couple of generations we will have weeded out the idiots, fucking bullshit it comes at the cost of innocent children.

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ironically, this is also the pro-life crowd, too. Weird how they don't care about the lives of children.

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Just before birth. After birth, it's all bootstraps.

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[–] squirrelwithnut@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Any parent of a kid that is unvaccinated should be charged with abuse and child endangerment IMO.

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[–] Zomg@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sadly, the stupid people had children...

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[–] FatTony@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It really is the roaring twenties all over again

Though now we're roaring out of frustration.

(Except for the suit for breakfast it really is pretty close.)

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[–] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

If I had a time machine, I'd abduct antivaxxers and take them back in time before vaccines existed and ask them to explain their position to someone who lost half a dozen children to now-preventable illnesses.

[–] pensivepangolin@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

Wow, who could’ve ever precicted not vaccinating your kids because you saw your neighborhood drunk stay at home mom who believes in healing crystals “explain” why scientists are wrong was a dumb decision that would lead to this ?

[–] HububBub@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think this is Nature's way of reducing the population of stupid people. If you're too dumb to listen to the advice of scientists, you're probably too ignorant to survive in modern society. I feel sad for the waste of humanity but I have no control over your stupidity.

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The issue is that it's impacting the children of stupid people (who very well may already be vaccinated). I find it difficult to rejoice in the suffering of innocent people for the actions of another.

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