Measles Outbreak

May 01, 2019, 11:57 PM

comet24

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
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Originally posted by comet24:
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Snopes (as could be predicted) informs us that it would be “False” to say illegals are responsible for the outbreak.

Snopes is definitely left-leaning but these outbreaks are becoming an issue from stupid people thinking not vaccinating their children is a good thing.

Measles is highly contagious. Walk though a room where someone who had measles was and 9 out of 10 exposed, who are not vacinated will get it.
But in your example the virus has to be present for the anti-vaxers to acquire Measles. So where is the virus coming from in the first place? Given the number of 3rd world refugees pouring over the southern border, its not a leap to think they could be providing the basis for the outbreak here.

True but several of the past outbreaks have been linked to travelers returning from Europe and the Philippines by the CDC.

This breifly discusses some of the measle outbreaks in the US of recent times. The references link to further breakdown of where cases can to linked to. Many from Europe.

https://www.nvic.org/vaccines-...-america.aspx#_edn36

May 02, 2019, 12:50 AM

RNshooter

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Originally posted by Doc H.:
We are a knife edge away, in any given year, from a pandemic, measles being just one possibility. Influenza another, more likely, the Spanish Lady killing some 50 million or more globally in 1918. A single year. Or smallpox. Or Marburg. Or Cholera. All held at bay by the thinnest threads of social engineering, or weather, or distance, or luck. Remove one link, like social engineering (vaccinations), and it becomes more likely. We are one genetic variation away in any given year from global catastrophe. The anti-vaccination crowd are not harmless eccentrics.

This.
Read "The Coming Plague".

Bruce

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May 02, 2019, 09:50 AM

Doc H.

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Originally posted by RNshooter:
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Originally posted by Doc H.:
We are a knife edge away, in any given year, from a pandemic, measles being just one possibility. Influenza another, more likely, the Spanish Lady killing some 50 million or more globally in 1918. A single year. Or smallpox. Or Marburg. Or Cholera. All held at bay by the thinnest threads of social engineering, or weather, or distance, or luck. Remove one link, like social engineering (vaccinations), and it becomes more likely. We are one genetic variation away in any given year from global catastrophe. The anti-vaccination crowd are not harmless eccentrics.

This.
Read "The Coming Plague".

Bruce

Slightly dated, but still solid work by Dr. Garrret, in spite of a sideways homage to Al Gore. If anything, she's too optimistic....