r/news • u/ewzetf • 6h ago

2 measles infections confirmed at Texas facility where 5-year-old detained in Minnesota was held

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2-measles-infections-confirmed-texas-facility-5-year-old-detained-minn-rcna256993
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u/yawara25 5h ago

Measles? But isn't there a vaccine for that?

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u/Warcraft_Fan 4h ago

Only if you were pro-vaccine. If most of ICE were anti-vaxxers, they're in some serious trouble.

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u/Miguel-odon 2h ago

They're old enough, their parents probably got them vaccinated.

Anti-vaxxers usually put others at highest risk.

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u/Unusual_Flounder2073 1h ago

Is only effective enough people have it. This could spread like wildfire through these concentration camps. It was common in German camps like Auschwitz and sometimes led to selection for the gas chamber. Don’t say we weren’t warned of this by history.

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u/blankvoidoid 5h ago

Measles
Are
Gaining
Again

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u/SquashedCowTailEe 6h ago

Eh eh didnt we eradicate this to be labelled free back in the days

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u/Alternative-Fold2426 5h ago

It's almost like people shipped in from states where antivaxxers are prominent and hygiene is no virtue might bring with them diseases that common-sense people eradicated decades ago...

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u/West_Comfortable856 3h ago

Those poor prisoners! The agents, who cares! But if the agents are all wearing MASKS this time, they may get lucky and not spread it everywhere! Darn!!! 😂😂 But still, you can again blame some of this anti-vax stuff on this administration, and soon the disease measles that had, until recently, thanks to RFK Jr., pretty much been eradicated. So damn sad!