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Measles is not really that bad --- just wait for a polio outbreak. Anti-vaxers are a danger not just to themselves but to others they have contact with. Relig
by jqpabc123 2y ago
Measles is not really that bad --- just wait for a polio outbreak.
Anti-vaxers are a danger not just to themselves but to others they have contact with.
Religious voodoo is not an effective treatment or preventative --- proven over and over again all over the world.
https://apnews.com/article/australia-manslaughter-diabetes-toowoomba-struhs-1454e2c866e816b2b22ba51df2d7de98 https://apnews.com/article/australia-manslaughter-diabetes-t...
- duxup 2y agoI think the article actually implies measles is potentially worse than previously thought due to it's impact on the immune system.
- jqpabc123 2y agoMeasles may affect your immune system --- polio can affect your ability to walk, talk, eat or go to the bathroom by yourself.
- ceejayoz 2y agoSure, but measles may make you unable to fight off polio. And all the other stuff. (Plus, it can paralyze/kill you, just like polio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacute_sclerosing_panencephalitis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacute_sclerosing_panencepha...)
- JKCalhoun 2y agoNot sure you're making your point. A compromised immune system could lead to ... fatality?
- jqpabc123 2y agoA compromised immune system could lead to ... fatality? Or not. I had measles about 25 years ago. I was very sick but I lived to tell about it and without any obvious long term effects. Most who have polio are not nearly so lucky.
- ceejayoz 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_falls_survived_without_a_parachute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_falls_survived_without... "I turned out fine" is great. Plenty didn't. (We had a polio survivor as President, FDR, and very recently the Senate Majority Leader. People survive both. Both are preventable, dangerous diseases.)