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[-] 0101100101@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Twenty thousand tons of ivermectin to Texas. Stat! That'll fix everything!

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago

Wow. Texas out-Texases Texas.

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 32 points 3 days ago

What the fuck is it that makes these people turn into lemmings as soon as Trump is in office?

And yes, I know Disney staged the whole lemmings jumping off a cliff thing, but the analogy stands, so don't fuckin' @ me.

[-] TK420@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago

If we got the vaccine as a kid, we’re good to go, right?

[-] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago

Most likely, but the chance of getting it anyway isn't zero.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 days ago

95% coverage for life and even if you get it, it would likely be very mild. Pre-1989 is 93% coverage IIRC.

[-] pdxfed@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago

Saw a headline that the MMR vaccine may be reduced in effectiveness after 40-ish years. It's all breaking news since people being so backwards as to not be vaccinated in numbers to allow this kind of study to even materialize in a world that has a proven cure is certainly recent.

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago

I got an MMR vaccine at 40 for a job, and only had to because my records from small town Canada weren’t available from my childhood vaccinations.

Crazy to me that it might actually matter.

[-] jumperalex@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

I know I had at least one shot as a baby/child/whenever it was appropriate in the 70's. Then the Air Force gave me the MMR vax before deploying in the '00s just for good measure. Much appreciated now.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah, you now have Autism

Trains or something IDK

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[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

You can ask to have your titers checked. I did mine about 5 years ago when it first started being reported that dipshits were doing their best to bring back measles and I was still well in the immune range but I'm glad I had it done. I had to tell my doctor I was traveling internationally to a country with lower vax rates (I was) to get him to agree, but I'd imagine doctors would be happy to check now.

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[-] SoupBrick@pawb.social 23 points 3 days ago

I am sure the people who hold measles parties will definitely listen to the government's recommendations on health decisions.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago

What a marvelously American headline.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

Chicken pox parties were a thing in the 70s and 80s. I think that’s before they had a vaccine? I don’t remember measles parties being a thing though.

[-] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago

No shit, chicken pox is not particularly serious compared to fucking measles. These people are idiots

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[-] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago

Don't worry, RFK is here to make everything better!

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