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Patients say measles 'worse than expected' as Utah hits 350+ infections, doctors say (www.ksl.com)
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"It is not a mild infection, it is not a mild virus; it is a severe illness. And they kept on telling me they wish they'd known beforehand how bad measles was, so that they could have protected their family," she said.

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[-] aramis87@fedia.io 67 points 1 month ago

And they kept on telling me they wish they'd known beforehand how bad measles was, so that they could have protected their family

We've been trying to tell you, but you stuck your fingers in your ears and insisted you knew better. And once you're over the measles, instead of using this newly-acquired realization to revisit some of your positions, you'll stick your fingers right back in your ears and refuse to listen to us about anything else you're wrong about. So enjoy your measles, and all of the diseases you're going to catch again because measles reset your immune system, and I fucking hope you get shingles.

[-] manxu@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago

Sadly, it's not usually those that make the decision not to vaccinate that are infected. It's their children. Most parents have had mandatory vaccination.

I think that puts an additional degree of ick to the whole thing. You can do your "research" and decide that "the vaccine is worse than the disease it prevents," but don't do so while you are protected, endangering others that you claim to love.

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