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How could this happen? (quokk.au)

submitted 3 weeks ago by Quokka@quokk.au to c/peoplemastodon@quokk.au

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[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 82 points 3 weeks ago (26 children)

This is part of a larger anti intellectual issue that has been plaguing the U.S. for decades.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (17 children)

I know it's easy to shit on the US, but the per capita measles infection rate is higher in many EU countries than it is in the US right now. France, for example, had 744 cases from Jan-Jul of this year, Spain had 339, and the Netherlands had 474.

US: 5.6 cases per million
France: 11.2 cases per million
Spain: 6.9 cases per million
Netherlands: 25.6 cases per million

And this includes several more months of data for the US than the other countries

Source: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

You thought US had a monopoly on oligarchs-controlled medias and conspiracy lunatics? Same causes, same consequences! Canada's cases are on the rise too.

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