Lancaster county, unvaccinated... Amish?
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2026
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The same religious folk abusing children and selling fake fresh produce at farmers markets they pulled out of a styrene clam shell from Driscoll's.
If only there was something that could have been done to prevent this.
Oh well.
Sorry to say, but who cares? Idiot likes to play with fire and got burned? Oh no, I'm shocked. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
If someone picks a facebook-mom's information over the concensus of a global science-world of professionals, this leaves the opinion-area and enters the area of Darwinism.
Society does everything to protect idiots from themselves, but if they're stronger, so be it.
The problem is measles vaccine efficacy really only works if 95% or greater get vaccines. This fall is going to be brutal once schools start.
I can imagine. Every sane and awake person in the USA has my heartfelt sympathy. You guys are the world's speartip of WTF?
“Who cares?” is a callous and counterproductive response. The children who died did not choose not to get vaccinated. The children who are currently at risk did not choose not to get vaccinated.
Obviously you can’t fix stupid, but the government and public health organizations need to do a better job educating the masses about the efficacy and safety of the measles vaccine. Put out ads comparing the risks of measles vs the risks of vaccination, explaining how exactly the vaccine works, explaining the safety data for the inactive ingredients.
If random Indian spammers can afford to flood YouTube and Instagram with AI-generated advertisements, surely the CDC, NIH, WHO, UPMC, Mayo Clinic, etc can pool their resources to find a campaign to educate the vaccine skeptics. I have literally never seen any PSA or advertisement explaining the vaccine anywhere. Instead of dismissing and deriding skeptics, make an effort to convince them they at the vaccine is safe and effective.
“Who cares?” is a callous and counterproductive response. The children who died did not choose not to get vaccinated. The children who are currently at risk did not choose not to get vaccinated.
You're right. But those stupid fucks shouldn't have procreated in the first place.
Obviously you can’t fix stupid, but the government and public health organizations need to do a better job educating the masses about the efficacy and safety of the measles vaccine.
Yes, basically they should. But for exactly those know-it-better-dumdums it'd be fruitless either way. They"d argue that auntie Jody from Facebook said otherwise. Even if Jesus himself came down to school them.
It's not like vaccines knowledge or measles is a new thing. Or you're barred from obtaining knowledge. If someone makes a decision for another human being based on some google-"researches", you're impotent how to help them.
You're not totally wrong though,it's just that you seem too optimistic. You really think some ads on YouTube or whereever could beat confirmation bias? They already KNOW vaccines are bad. So they actively already decided against science. No ad will change that.
The death of a relative due to measles probably even wouldn't change it but probably rather fuel another conspiracy...
If they want to die of a perfectly preventable disease, thats their choice I suppose. May their relatives live with the pain of their abject stupidity.