When I was growing up in India I believed that I was surrounded by the dumbest and most ignorant people on earth, then I moved to the US for a while and was surprised most people remembered to breathe.

Measles? No no no, we're talking America here, you mean

Freedom Sores

mortality rate of 3% for unvaccinated kids.

gonna be a lot of depression-era grieving going on.

Have fun fighting a culture war against pathogens, Texas

We are careening toward the "end-game" for the rampant anti-intellectualism, anti-science, anti-critical thinking mind virus that plagued this country for at least the past 80 years.

This is what happens when you condition people for nearly a century, to get angry and defensive when someone who's more versed on a subject tries to teach them something (or god forbid, correct them). It has become a kneejerk reaction for so many Americans (mostly conservatives). They are so insecure that they view any type of education as a direct insult to them or some stupid bullshit like that. Like deep down, they know how ignorant they are, but for some reason they'd prefer to stay that way, so anyone who challenges that (regardless of how pure the motive), is a "smug piece of shit talking down to them."

And instead of even retaining what the person said, let alone learning it, they become even more radicalized against... well, reality.

I truly have no idea how something like this can ever be fixed at this level. We're talking over 50 million people give or take tens of millions (unsure how many have regrets).

And this is nation-ending shit.

Edit: Slightly related, but something I just thought about... Imagine if we ever have a prion-based pandemic (if that's possible?). That could straight up be the end of humankind. Prions are terrifying.

Ya got measles? Bring the kids over! We got enough raw milk for all of y'all!

Measles parties is the stupidest thing I heard. It is not chickenpox (although even chickenpox instead of vaccine causes risk of having shingles once you get older), it can cause serious health issues and even death.

And when the Great Corruption has settled over the land, and permeated the very foundations of reality itself, then shall the Lord of All rise from the rot and ruin, spread his arms wide to reclaim all his children.

May Grandpa nurgle bless everyone of them

It'll continue to spread, as well. Last Friday, someone with contagious measles spent hours touring 2 Texas campuses, hours in college bars and restaurants, and hours in crowded tourist attractions. Next Friday, one of those colleges starts spring break - and it takes 2 weeks for the rash to start showing up. Some of those college students will have caught measles and will go on spring break, where they'll spread measles to other spring breakers. Three weeks from now, there'll be outbreaks in every state in the Union.

If you weren't vaxxed, you were under-vaxxed, not sure if you got vaxxed, or think the vax might not have taken, now it's an excellent time to get vaxxed.

Well you know what they say...what doesn't kill you makes you have fewer cells that produce antibodies.

Measles can cause immune amnesia, meaning your immune system forgets past illnesses and will have to go through initial sicknesses again.

Wow. Texas out-Texases Texas.

If we got the vaccine as a kid, we’re good to go, right?

Way too many entries for the Darwin Awards this year

What the fuck is it that makes these people turn into lemmings as soon as Trump is in office?

And yes, I know Disney staged the whole lemmings jumping off a cliff thing, but the analogy stands, so don't fuckin' @ me.

Bye bye Texans, it was not nice knowing ya'll

Texas... warns AGAINST something dumb?

Genuine surprise over here.

What a marvelously American headline.