Measles cases have been breaking out around Aotearoa in recent months, with Health NZ’s public health medicine specialist Dr Sharon Sime warning there may be undetected cases circulating not linked to overseas travel.
Measles is highly contagious - up to 90 percent of non-immune people (those who have not been vaccinated or have not already had it) will be infected if they are exposed to the virus.
The measles vaccine is free, delivered as part of the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps and rubella).
About 80 percent of New Zealanders are immune - well below the 95 percent coverage needed to prevent an outbreak - and it is lower still for young children, who are among those most at risk of serious complications.
Fuck stupid anti-vax cunts
Fuck the idiotic churches who push bullshit from that halfwit RFK Jr.
Fuck the soap-dodgers
Fuck the lazy pricks who just can’t be bothered
Fuck any moron who believes that vaccines cause harm
You know what causes harm?
Measles
Measles causes harm. It kills people.
I’m pro vax, but <was> in a church that had a young girl that had a catastrophic reaction to her second MMR, she was the case that was held up in NZ as <poster child> for anti MMR in the very late 90’s/00’s. It was a true reaction to MMR but not the autism it was made out to be. She ended up with brain damage and could no longer talk or walk (with a lot of therapy she regains some of that).
It gave me pause when it came to our two daughters and their vax, but the benefits outweighed the risks.
in a church
So, stupid then.
lets not be a dick?
Agreed. Please see the sidebar for the rules:
Rules:
Don’t be a dick, but we do have an unstated pro-cunt policy.
How did you miss the “<was>” bit?
