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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 11/08/2011 : 12:47:02
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This is depressing.
The increase in cases of measles has also been linked to waning enthusiasm for inoculations. A recent study found that one in three German parents have prejudices about child inoculations, despite the lack of scientific proof of any negative side effects.
Scientists believe it takes a 95-percent immunization rate to kill off a virus in a population. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there have been no new outbreaks of measles in North and South America in eight years, where inoculation rates are comparatively high.
The WHO says only 80 percent of children are inoculated against measles in Germany. The rate is even lower in other European countries, and Europe has already missed the WHO target of wiping out measles by 2010. There was a serious measles outbreak in North Rhine-Westphalia in early 2009, which claimed the lives of two children.
Doctors say that too many people still underestimate the dangers of measles, which results in complications in a quarter of cases. The WHO estimates that 450 people, mostly under the age of five, die of measles every year. |
People, even highly educated people, apparently are just stupid when it comes to this stuff. I am so in favor of mandatory vaccinations for diseases like this.
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Edited by - marfknox on 11/08/2011 12:48:47
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the_ignored
SFN Addict
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Posted - 11/08/2011 : 17:51:51 [Permalink]
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Add to that the pox parties that parents are having, oy.
Don't worry folks! Chuck Norris and Vox Day (older article) to the resuce!
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oh...forget it. Orac to the rescue intstead.
Get a load of Starbuck's first comment on Day's blog. |
>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
| Edited by - the_ignored on 11/08/2011 18:10:05 |
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Anti-Vax Sentiments in Germany Lead to Deaths
