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This year's spikes in measles cases could cause the U.S. to lose its "elimination status" by next year after the CDC reports nearly 2,000 cases and 50 outbreaks nationwide.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 52 points 6 hours ago
[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 34 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

It's entirely unsurprising, considering people voted for a person who said they were going to put an antivaxer in charge of stopping communicable disease.

It would be a net positive for society if rfk died of measles.

[–] Good4Nuthin@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

FYI, for those of you who happen to have been born in the mid 1960s… the measles vaccine you received may have been relatively useless, so you might out to either get your antibodies tested or just get a new mmr vaccine now…

https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/some-adults-may-need-a-measles-booster-shot-who-should-get-one-and-why

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 21 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

When the Trump regime is toppled and the criminals who participated in it are tried Nuremberg-stylee, two mass murderers in particular will get their comeuppance: Elon Musk and RFK Jr.

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Doctors I trust more than JFK Jr., Doctor Oz, or Doctor Phil.

Doc Brown

Doc Hollywood

Doctor Demento

Doctor Detroit

Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Doom

Doctor Evil

Doctor Feelgood

Doctor Frankenstein

Doctor Hannibal Lecter

Doctor Jekyll

Doctor Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy

Doctor Martens

Doctor Otto Octavius

Doctor Pepper

Doctor Scholl's

Doctor Seuss

Doctor Spaceman

Doctor Spock

Doctor Strange

Doctor Who

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zoidberg

[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Don't forget

Doctor Moreau

Doctor Nick

Doctor Horrible

And Doctor Orin Scrivello

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

I can't believe I forgot Dr. Moreau. I'm adding all these to my list. THANKS!

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

And Dr Enuf here in East TN

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago

Don't forget Taco himself, since that piece of shit has already killed quite a few during his first failed term.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago

Let's fucking hope so

[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 5 points 5 hours ago

The USA, technically, eliminated measles about 20 years ago. They will likely lose the elimination status next year thanks to anti-vac stupidity.

They’re not the only ones. Canada has already lost elimination status this year.

Elimination status ends when an outbreak lasts 12 months or longer.

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

But we're FREE.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Cool let's bring back the plague next.