Wilshire@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 7 months agoWest Virginia confirms first measles case since 2009apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1255arrow-down16
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minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up45arrow-down1·7 months agoThe anti-vaxxers have won. Congratulations on a stupid prize, and thanks for sharing.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoI’m not sure if you read the article, but the person in question did get partially vaccinated, just never got the booster shot. I don’t believe that this is some sort of ideological-opposition-to-vaccinations thing.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months agoI didn’t, but I wasn’t blaming the individual necessarily. But if we didn’t have anti-vaxxers, this person probably wouldn’t have measles right now. Cases are up in a lot of North America thanks to the efforts of anti-vaxxers.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoMaybe. The article also said that while they didn’t know for sure where the person had been exposed, they had traveled abroad recently.
minus-squareafraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoNow I am wondering if I got all of mine.
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·7 months agoI hope they enjoy their consolation prize, I just feel bad for all the people who can’t get vaxxed but want to :(
The anti-vaxxers have won. Congratulations on a stupid prize, and thanks for sharing.
I’m not sure if you read the article, but the person in question did get partially vaccinated, just never got the booster shot.
I don’t believe that this is some sort of ideological-opposition-to-vaccinations thing.
I didn’t, but I wasn’t blaming the individual necessarily. But if we didn’t have anti-vaxxers, this person probably wouldn’t have measles right now. Cases are up in a lot of North America thanks to the efforts of anti-vaxxers.
Maybe. The article also said that while they didn’t know for sure where the person had been exposed, they had traveled abroad recently.
Now I am wondering if I got all of mine.
I hope they enjoy their consolation prize, I just feel bad for all the people who can’t get vaxxed but want to :(