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RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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[–] 13 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Provide sources when you spew that shit. It can't be fox or equal since they've already said they're an entertainment company, look it up.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    Well, when they succeed in slashing the funding for all the outbreak tracking programs, they can ignore the non-existent data and go back to saying whatever they like to hear themselves say...

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  • [+] -6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Virginia has confirmed a measles outbreak in Buckingham County (expanded to include Cumberland County) in 2026, with multiple cases linked to individuals who recently arrived from Afghanistan

    The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) has identified that some of these cases occurred among Afghan evacuees transported to the U.S.

    https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/clinicians/update-on-measles-in-virginia/

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    that some of these cases occurred among Afghan evacuees transported to the U.S.

    does not equal

    Last outbreak we had in Virginia tracked back to an unvaxed Afghani family. We need to push on entry we vax everyone.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    While your logic is fine, the comparisons are inaccurate. The source says "Multiple cases of measles have been confirmed among individuals who have arrived in the United States from Afghanistan." Which sounds like they had measles before they got here. Though, the source isn't explicit one way or the other.

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  • [+] -15 points 2 months ago

    Wow, really? They were unvaxed coming from Afghanistan how hard is that to understand and a measles carrier? We used to quarantine ships (even Astronauts) to keep people safe and now days its a bloody free for all.

    The level of not understanding the source of the issue is mind blowing. If they were quarantined and vaxed after there would be no measles outbreak...

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