The US has more than 900 measles cases and 10 states have outbreaks. Here's what to know
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The CDC’s confirmed measles cases count is 884, triple the amount seen in 2024.
  • boaratio@lemmy.world
    151·
    6 days ago

    We’re proper fucked.

    Edit: I got my MMR vaccine as a kid because it was required to be able to go to public school. I saw a post recently that if asbestos was still used in construction, and lawmakers tried to make it illegal, there would be a pro asbestos movement. That’s where we’re at.

    • Wahots
      2·
      5 days ago

      So…about that. Your example has actually happened, and you’ll absolutely know who it is, unfortunately…

  • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago

    I got an MMR shot last month because I’d rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it. It was easy to schedule and I didn’t even owe a copay.

    I got the shot as a child, but that was decades ago and there’s a chance immunity wanes after 15 years. You can have titers done to make sure you still have immunity, but just getting the shot was easier for me. I’ll have titers done at my next regular blood draw.

  • selkiesidhe@lemm.ee
    3·
    5 days ago

    Here’s what we know: you can thank the republikkkans and their backwater stupidity for all the misery and death. As usual.

  • Wahots
    3·
    5 days ago

    It’s really strange that measles outbreaks are almost exclusively in states that voted for Trump. God must be punishing them for their sins. /s