“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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    I’m already pro-vax, but I started to watch a video of a baby with pertussis (whooping cough) and I had to turn it off almost immediately because it was so viscerally tragic

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      Yeah, assholes like Musk and RFK wanting people to get this are some evil motherfuckers. Doubly so because they’re all vaxxed or have the money to make sure it’s just an inconvenience if THEY get it - pretty sure if health care was equal and they had to wait in line and suffer like “the poors” this shit would cease. I’ve heard that this is some white supremacist crap, “ stronger genes will prevail” and thrive and that kind of bullshit. And each time, I just wonder what kind of monsters exist that want to subject anybody to this shit. It ‘s depressing as hell. Go vote in the primaries and this fall.

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        rfk jr has always been anti-vaxxers like for decades. hes a useful tool for other anti-vaxxer midwesterners out there to gather voter support.

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      its one of the unusual infections that is more severe in children, one other one is RSV. HFMD seems severe for some adults though