(Well,
to be honest, this is technically day two, but who's counting?)
So
yesterday, I did a little rant about how Anti-Vaccination Groups are
blaming other parties for the recent outbreaks of Measles and
Whooping Cough. I kind of not so gently implied that these people
were a tad mentally challenged for not getting their kids vaccinated
if they truly believed that Illegal Aliens were being brought across
our borders to wage germ warfare on the US. I may have also possibly
questioned their reasoning abilities and maybe even their parentage.
I don't really remember. I tend to have memory lapses and am too
lazy to go back and read my own stories.
So
as my long term readers (All three of you Hey Sam!) know, I
occassionally do a series of blogs on subjects that catch my
attention. So after reading the above article earlier, I decided to
do a few blogs on the subject of Vaccinations and the Anti-Vaxx
nutjobs who seemed determined to bring back the Black Death. So go
ahead and read the linked article. I'll wait till you get back.
Back?
Okay good, moving on. Now as anyone who hasn't been living under a
rock for the past few weeks knows there has been a major outbreak of
Measles in California due to a group of unvaccinated people visiting
Disney Land and then carrying their diseased selves back home again
to larger groups of unvaccinated people. Last time I checked the
current total was about 120 with possibly hundreds if not thousands
more that have been exposed to the virus, but have not yet manifested
symptoms.
Well,
now 5 new cases have been confirmed Not in California, but Chicago.
That's right, Chi-Town! And of course, besides the 5 kids actually
sick there are even more who have been exposed and may become ill.
Worse yet, these kids were all very young and contracted the illness
in a place where they should have been safe, a Daycare Center.
The
ever expanding Epidemic (And don't pretend it is anything but one)
has lawmakers in many states considering reducing or even eliminating
waivers for vaccines. Currently most states offer some exceptions to
getting your children vaccinated, mostly due to religious reasons.
Most states demand that any child entering public school be
vaccinated and many have the same demands for private schools.
Lawmakers are trying to shrink the number of exceptionss in order to
try and prevent even more outbreaks of easily controlled diseases.
Given
the strength of the growing Anti-Vaxx movement, I think this takes a
lot of courage on the part of people who depend on being popular to
keep their jobs. Already the talk of “Personal Liberties” (More
on that one tomorrow) and “Government overreach” are sounding
out. Gotta give folks props when their actions may lose them their
next election.
However,
I think it is far past time something was done about this child
endangering movement. Not just children, but also older people and
people who have compromised immune systems. (I happen to fit both
categories being 52 years old and a Diabetic, so yeah I take this
sort of thing very personally.) Someone needs to step up and stop
these people from bringing back diseases that we successfully stopped
decades ago. How many people have to get sick and possibly die
before we stop letting people who think debunked doctors and famous
people are the people we should listen to?
Anti-Vaxxers
are a clear and present danger to the safety and health of the entire
nation. They will not stop themselves so it is high time that other
people stepped in and stopped them before things go completely to
hades. Hopefully more and more lawmakers will realize this and step
up before things get truly bad.
End of Rant
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