#mmr

[liberalsarecool]

Not giving your children MMR vaccine is abuse.

Your fragile ego is not going to save your children. Your community does not need your selfish anti-science bullshit.

[saywhat-politics]

South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine

Some students who remain unvaccinated are now in a second 21-day quarantine since the beginning of the school year.

Dec. 10, 2025, 3:07 PM MST

By Erika Edwards

The measles outbreak in South Carolina is “accelerating” with no end in sight following Thanksgiving and other large gatherings, state health officials said Wednesday.

As of Wednesday, 111 measles cases had been reported in what’s known as upstate South Carolina — an area in the northwest of the state that includes Greenville and Spartanburg.

“We are faced with ongoing transmission that we anticipate will go on for many more weeks,” Dr. Linda Bell, state epidemiologist for the South Carolina Department of Public Health, said during a news briefing Wednesday.

Twenty-seven of those cases have been reported since Friday. “That is a significant increase in our cases in a short period of time,” Bell said. She attributed the spike in part to holiday travel and get-togethers, as well as low vaccination rates.

According to NBC News data, the K-12 vaccination rate for measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) in Spartanburg County was 90% for the 2024-25 school year, below the 95% level doctors say is needed to protect against an outbreak. In neighboring Greenville County, the MMR vaccination rate was 90.5%.

[purpleweredragon]

Child dies at Alder Hey Children's hospital as measles cases surge

It is thought 17 children have been treated at the Liverpool hospital for the virus since June.

"We are concerned about the increasing number of children and young people who are contracting measles."

The hospital warned parents earlier this week that a fall in measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine uptake was behind the spike in measles cases in the region.

Andrew Wakefield, you have the blood of so many children on your hands and some day you will answer for your crimes.

[rosewind2007]

Twenty eight years ago, 28th February 1998, something horrible happened—something which has cast a baleful shadow of disease and suffering over the last almost three decades. A scientific paper was published. The lead author has been thoroughly discredited (struck from the medical register, revealed to be a fraud) and the paper itself has been retracted. But because of this paper, today (for me at least) marks the birth of the modern anti-vaccine era.

Which is why, on February the 28th, I wear black.

If any of my friends are unfamiliar with this awful, tragic, grim story then may I recommend HBomberguy’s video “Vaccines and Autism: A Measured Response”. It’s detailed, accurate, gives credit where credit is due and is (and this is important in this time we live in) fucking funny. AND it has a “I ain’t got time to watch all that!” summary at the start…

[pandemic-info]

As measles outbreak rages in Texas, RFK Jr. pushes anti-vaccine message

The largest measles outbreak Texas has seen in over 30 years is sweeping through the western part of the state.

I had titer testing done found that my MMR and Tdap vaccines needed updating, with my doctor’s guidance.

I’d suggest for anyone who’s able to do the same. It may be in Texas now, but our world is fairly borderless thanks to travel. This absolute failure of “leadership” will allow previously-controlled diseases to spread; look out for yourselves.

Government webpages across all sectors are being edited or removed, so here’s an archived link to the CDC vaccination schedule:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250115125828/https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/imz-schedules/adult-age.html

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[toasterstreudel]

I don’t know if hbomber caused this or not, but it feels like he did

I don’t know the third book, but the first two are definitely included in hbomber videos, what a funny coincidence (o^^o)

[unhonestlymirror]

It's absolutely wild how much American healthcare propaganda blocks common sense.

I've asked my professor if there was a way to prevent severe vaccination complications in people with a long family history of such.

He said "But they are so rare, why would you care about that." ???

I noticed that my close friend got an MMR vaccine and developed severe neurological complications for life after that. The doctors who performed the vaccination didn't want to listen to the parents, who mentioned multiple times that there was a really high risk of complications. And the parents had to pay for the rehabilitation out of their own pocket - because on practice, those compensation programs do not work if you cannot prove the vaccine was the cause - and parents themselves usually cannot prove that.

Another friend of mine also developed similar stuff, this time after DTaP vaccination. Which usually doesn't give any severe complications cause it's not live-attenuated - but again, there was a family history of similar cases. And again the doctors didn't listen. And again nobody compensated the family for resuscitation and rehab. "Well, it happens, we can do nothing about it."

In my family, my grandma's brother was forced to vaccinate against covid by the company he worked at. The next day, he died. "Stroke", they said. "It happens in such an old age", they said. They just didn't care that mere days before my relative was really physically strong, completely healthy and happy. Nobody compensated us anything - but even if they did, money can't bring him back to life.

So, I asked my professor: "Is it possible for a patient to request a separate vaccination for each disease instead of, for example, combined DTaP or MMR, and prevent the complications this way?"

"It is technically possible, - he said, - but there's no way any clinic or hospital would agree to perform that. Producing every single component separately is way too expensive. Plus, there's no real reason for that, as severe complications are extremely rare."

As if I hadn't just given him 3 examples out of my own experience, 3 proofs that just because it's "rare", it doesn’t mean doctors should completely ignore it.

Just because the companies, the medical system itself don't want to produce separate vaccination components "because it's too expensive" - the unlucky people - even if they have money!!! - have to die/become disabled for life. And the victims' families have to listen to the more lucky people making fun of those families for being "antivax" or "too weak". This is just devastating to watch.

The medical system has to change. And if the people in power don't want it to change - it will be changed anyway, just through a lot of violence, hatred and blood.

[aibidil]

Idk who this could help, but wanted to share: I’ve discovered that in North Carolina (measles cases reported, unsurprising because South Carolina currently has the biggest outbreak in the US since the year 2000—currently up to 950 people), a 13+ minor can consent to “preventative medical treatments,” including vaccines*. So once you’re 13, you can get the MMR even if your parents are anti-vaxxers. (Of course, actually getting it might be trickier.)

If I knew a teen this applied to, I’d suggest that they talk to their school social worker, or ask for the shot at a regular medical appointment, or pharmacy, if they could get to one.

*I think this does not include the Covid vaccine because it’s authorized as “emergency use”