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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 04:13:27 JST Ars Technica

   Record measles outbreak in Oregon blamed on vaccine exemptions

   Vaccine exemptions at nearly 9% in the state, enabling sustained transmission.

   https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/record-measles-outbreak-in-oregon-blamed-on-vaccine-exemptions/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Cameron Purdy (cpurdy@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 05:12:33 JST Cameron Purdy

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     @arstechnica Should be fine, as long as no one dies.

     And if someone dies, we always have the government to blame for not telling us that measles can be deadly and we should be vaccinated.

     And if it turns out that the government told us that it was deadly, we can always blame the Chinese for creating the measles in a bio-lab that Obama paid US tax dollars for.

   • Blinxeto (blinxeto@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 05:24:26 JST Blinxeto

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     @arstechnica

     Math never lies.

   • Blue Dahlia (_bluedahlia_@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 08:11:27 JST Blue Dahlia

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     @arstechnica Next up, parents in shambles after children go blind and they then have to contend with learning braille and navigating a world not friendly towards those with disabilities.

     Children: why would you do this to me, when it could have been prevented?

   • Tofu Golem (tofugolem@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 08:36:15 JST Tofu Golem

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     @arstechnica

     A percentage of the children who get measles will die.

     We are deliberately allowing more children to get measles so that certain adults can pretend that they are more expert in medical science than medical researchers, and more expert in medicine than doctors.

   • ViennaMike (viennamike@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 11:25:57 JST ViennaMike

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     @arstechnica Whoever named our species "homo sapiens" was overly optimistic.