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submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Measles outbreaks are spreading across the U.S., and the nation is likely to lose its status as a country where the disease is eliminated, something that infectious disease specialists say is directly related to Trump’s appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

South Carolina this week quarantined at least 254 people after confirming more than two dozen measles cases in the state. It’s the latest in what has been the worst year for measles in the U.S. in recent history.

An outbreak in West Texas this year saw more than 700 confirmed cases since January and the deaths of two children. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there have been 47 reported outbreaks in the country this year.

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[-] KingGordon@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

RFK stands for Rubella For Kids!

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

rubella fried kids.

[-] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

1 person potentially dies if a vaccine with suspect evidence and we hear nonstop about how dangerous vaccines are. Children start dying of measles and it's a risk they're willing to take.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

So you're telling me, as it's spreading across the US, as it has been doing for months now, that it's currently still considered eliminated? Cool. Just like how visiting the CDC's covid page shows it hasn't been updated since late Sept. Everything is cool.

[-] flamiera@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 2 months ago

Thanks RFK Jr, you cunt.

Waiting for the day something like Cancer will be downplayed by these parasites.

[-] PeacefulForest@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Didn’t they already cut some cancer research?

[-] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

A healthy, well educated population which feels safe and secure is incompatible with, and toxic to, conservative and authoritarian ideologies.

They need you to be sick, stupid, and scared.

[-] MOARbid1@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

Something needs come through and kill all the antivaxers, so it might as well be this.

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Unfortunately, it’ll just kill their kids

[-] PeacefulForest@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Less republican voters I guess

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Why did Kamala and Biden do this to us? They left us a horrible medical situation and we are just trying to dig out from under it....

-cheeto mcpedo, probably

I am quite sure that prefacing a sentence will soon become a a mark of notoriety,

[-] CircaV@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

Have the country you voted for assholes.

[-] Wahots@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

Unfortunately, viruses don't follow geopolitical boundaries. The extremely far right's vaccine hesitancy will put the world in danger and cause a resurgence of various diseases, alongside emerging threats, such as fungal infections.

[-] innermachine@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Trouble is half of us voted against it and still get to suffer the consequences. I'm not having fun anymore.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

our country has the following factions:

  • death cultists
  • sensible people
  • sports team voters
  • folks who think themselves sensible when they vote for neither party
  • folks who can't tell the difference between all the other factions

the death cultists got their candidate on the ballot as one of the sports team candidates and won. they will now kill everyone else in service of their death cult

[-] Wahots@pawb.social 0 points 1 month ago

It feels like a bad game of D&D where the DM keeps heavily pushing the evil path, despite player choices not choosing that path.

[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 month ago

and the DM is Larry Elison

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"Look you can return the artifact to either Chuck Schumer or the Golden King of Racism. If you return the artifact to Chuck Schumer he will eventially yeild the artifact to the Golden King of Racism after several weeks of commenting how hard his decision was."

[-] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Maybe you could just eat or smear some ivermectin on it. Or pray that it goes away.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Or do some pullups at the airport. The health effect is maximized if you wear jeans and no shirt.

[-] PeacefulForest@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

It’s extra effective if you go barefoot in the public restroom

[-] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

If only we had some injection to prevent this.

[-] Inucune@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Maybe we could weaken the virus or kill it, so it just floats around until the body attacks it...

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

At least none of them will die of autism.

[-] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Republicans now aew acknowledging this and blaming immigrants

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