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West Texas is in the middle of a still-growing measles outbreak with 505 cases reported on Tuesday. The state expanded the number of counties in the outbreak area this week to 10. The highly contagious virus began to spread in late January and health officials say it has spread to New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Mexico.

Three people who were unvaccinated have died from measles-related illnesses this year, including two elementary school-aged children in Texas. The second child died Thursday at a Lubbock hospital, and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended the funeral in Seminole, the epicenter of the outbreak.

As of Friday, there were seven cases at a day care where one young child who was infectious gave it to two other children before it spread to other classrooms, Lubbock Public Health director Katherine Wells said.

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[-] Jimius@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's very naïve. Right now even doctors in Texas are letting young women die, knowingly, because they're not allowed to save them because it's not a disease but a dead fetus that's killing them. Which they are not allowed to remove.

To prevent those bad choices infringing on others is why Germany has those rules in place.

"I could make the “bad choice” to play bumper cars on the freeway" Sure, but with your logic the solution to that would be to force everyone to take the bus instead.

[-] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I guess my repeating "BACKED BY SCIENCE" is not doing anything. I guess we're done here. Especially so if your logic jump from bumper cars is take the bus, not "Don't play bumper cars."

No point arguing. Have a nice day.

[-] Jimius@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

That's why I think your being naïve. Backed by science, sure. But the link between autism and vaccines was also backed by science. Despite it being false. And who is funding the science? And who is deciding what get's published? And who is peer reviewing it?

Science is a messy human process. And can be misappropriated by those in power.

[-] 13igTyme@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

But the link between autism and vaccines was also backed by science. Despite it being false.

Then you don't know what that term means. If the science is false, then it is fundamentally NOT backed by science.

[-] Jimius@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

Not anymore, but at the time it came out it was.

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