Are Measles the New Red Scare?

[i]“Do we want to create a society of totalitarian medical rule where you don’t have a choice in anything that is dictated to you by the government and pharmaceutical companies? “[/i][b] ~ Roman Bystrianyk[/b], in [b][i]“Measles: The New Red Scare”[/i][/b] in [b][i]“Foreign Policy Journal” [/i][/b][c=#BF0000] https://tinyurl.com/yakeas45[/c] See also [i][b]“Why Measles is the Quintessential Political Issue of Our Time”[/b][/i], in [b][i]The New Yorker[/i][/b] [c=#BF0000]https://tinyurl.com/y4oqnhg3[/c]

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bowman81 · M

It seems to me, that if everyone else was vaccinated the only threat the anti-vax people pose is to themselves. Of course all the people sliding in our border illegally have been vaccinated, haven't they?

It is important to be vaccinated or to have had the disease like just about everyone in the country who was born before 1975 did. What is silly is there is no way of telling who was vaccinated, who had the disease and these laws are unenforceable. Lets pass a law that accomplishes nothing but makes some feel like they did something. Should we issue ID cards with medical histories on it? Everyone show it before entering any public place. "Papers Please".

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@bowman81 Mexico has a higher vaccination rate than we do. So... yeah, mostly.

https://www.cato.org/blog/migrant-caravan-central-america-vaccination-rates

MaryJanine · 61-69, F

My youngest brother is six years younger than I am. Do you know he called me the other night and asked me if he had the measles? He said he couldn't remember whether he had them or not. To my recollection, I came home from kindergarten with them, with the German variety about five years later. I am certain we passed the variety around among all four of us. I can't believe anybody who had either couldn't remember (and my primary doctor at the time died several decades ago, when I was still a kid myself). He also said his son didn't remember whether he did or not. In view of the current outbreak, I think he and his son BOTH better find a way to doublecheck my information for his own health's sake. (I know this same brother contracted the chicken pox from one of his playmates, but we - my stepsister, other brother and me - did not.)