Measles hits DC

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agaberto
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6:56a, 3/26/25
The person who was diagnosed traveled through several places in D.C. while contagious, including an Amtrak train, officials said.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/measles-case-confirmed-in-dc-with-exposures-at-amtrak-urgent-care/3875765/?amp=1

I feel so much schadenfreude by this story.


ETA, but I pray no one dies.
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combat wombat™
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7:00a, 3/26/25
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Yikes. The train could be a huge spreader event.
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Rocky Rider
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7:13a, 3/26/25
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Lockdown. Mask up. WFH. Physically separate. Wipe down your groceries. Shut down churches. Return to distant learning (all teachers report to a pool or beach near you). Hand out stimulus checks. …..
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In reply to combat wombat™ • 7:14a, 3/26/25
combat wombat said:
Yikes. The train could be a huge spreader event.


Jeez. Never thought I would hear that phase again in my life.
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7:16a, 3/26/25
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My favorite part is how the measles vaccine isn't a left or right issue.
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Aggie1944s Kid
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In reply to fightingfarmer09 • 7:18a, 3/26/25
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fightingfarmer09 said:
combat wombat said:
Yikes. The train could be a huge spreader event.


Jeez. Never thought I would hear that phase again in my life.


SUPER SPREADER!
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IndividualFreedom
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7:21a, 3/26/25
We really need 15 days.
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In reply to IndividualFreedom • 7:26a, 3/26/25
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IndividualFreedom said:
We really need 15 days.


Two weeks, man. Science people know stuff.
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7:29a, 3/26/25
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NIH says the herd immunity level for measles is 95%, and current vaccination rates nationwide for measles are around 92%. But I suspect it's higher in urban areas and lower in rural areas. So the local vaccination rate may very well be high enough to avoid an outbreak.
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7:38a, 3/26/25
We have measles outbreaks all the time. They just don't gain ground because most are vaxxed.
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Tramp96
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7:41a, 3/26/25
Two weeks to flatten the curve.
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Jeeper79
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7:45a, 3/26/25
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I just read a statistic that 89% of the relatively few people in the US that got measles last year weren't vaccinated.

I've never had it so I don't know what it's like, but I'm confident that I'd rather just have a quick jab to give me 25+ years of protection.
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AgBQ-00
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7:45a, 3/26/25
AG
So I guess measles are the new ebolacoronamonkeyaids?
God loves you so much He'll meet you where you are. He also loves you too much to allow to stay where you are.

We sing Hallelujah! The Lamb has overcome!
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In reply to Rocky Rider • 7:55a, 3/26/25
Rocky Rider said:
Lockdown. Mask up. WFH. Physically separate. Wipe down your groceries. Shut down churches. Return to distant learning (all teachers report to a pool or beach near you). Hand out stimulus checks. …..
... but be sure to keep the liquor stores and massage parlors open. You know ... the essential services.
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7:57a, 3/26/25
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Oh no, it's the measles, everybody run.
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In reply to Jeeper79 • 8:05a, 3/26/25
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Jeeper79 said:
NIH says the herd immunity level for measles is 95%, and current vaccination rates nationwide for measles are around 92%. But I suspect it's higher in urban areas and lower in rural areas. So the local vaccination rate may very well be high enough to avoid an outbreak.
I would argue that it's lower in urban areas. Especially poor urban areas. Look at how many poor urban parents care so little about their kids. They refuse to work to feed them, they don't care to educate them, why do you think they care about getting simple vaccines?
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NTAS
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8:13a, 3/26/25
Do i need to run out and buy a truckload of toilet paper and a 55 gallon drum of hand sanitizer?

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itsyourboypookie
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8:14a, 3/26/25
Perfect place for it.
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8:19a, 3/26/25
…..mostly a peaceful spread
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10:11a, 3/26/25
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Is then when Fauci sees another opportunity and crawls out from under the rock in which he's been hiding for the past year?
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In reply to NTAS • 10:16a, 3/26/25
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NTAS said:
Do i need to run out and buy a truckload of toilet paper and a 55 gallon drum of hand sanitizer?

Well we still have hand sanitizer from COVID
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10:22a, 3/26/25
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I just bought out the toilet paper at my local Costco
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In reply to Rocky Rider • 10:24a, 3/26/25
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Rocky Rider said:
Lockdown. Mask up. WFH. Physically separate. Wipe down your groceries. Shut down churches. Return to distant learning (all teachers report to a pool or beach near you). Hand out stimulus checks. …..
CDC, NIH and internet censors prolly won't even give me a break for having natural immunity.
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10:24a, 3/26/25
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Measles has been medically recorded for over 1000 years. Most people in America are immune. I had German AND Red Measles (and chicken pox and mumps) as a kid (AND LIVED!). There are literally hundreds of people who have had measles in this outbreak.

All this means we should give billions more to the CDC, shut down businesses and especially churches, enable government to grow exponentially and especially allow voting by mail without limitation.
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El Gallo Blanco
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10:25a, 3/26/25
Check out this clip from The Brady Bunch for a glimpse of how people used to view the measles...back before we turned into giant sissies afraid of our own shadows...

Greg: "Boy this is the life isn't it?"

Marsha: "Yep, if you have to get sick, you can't beat the measles!"

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGw2jwOAjUu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Edit: Dammit, it's still borderline impossible to post an instagram link on here
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No Spin Ag
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In reply to Dill-Ag13 • 10:28a, 3/26/25
Dill-Ag13 said:
IndividualFreedom said:
We really need 15 days.


Two weeks, man. Science people know stuff.


Don't forget the bleach.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Hippocrates
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agaberto
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In reply to Bulldog73 • 10:37a, 3/26/25
Bulldog73 said:
Measles has been medically recorded for over 1000 years. Most people in America are immune. I had German AND Red Measles (and chicken pox and mumps) as a kid (AND LIVED!). There are literally hundreds of people who have had measles in this outbreak.

All this means we should give billions more to the CDC, shut down businesses and especially churches, enable government to grow exponentially and especially allow voting by mail without limitation.

Something mildly interesting -- Europeans, during the Columbian Exchange, introduced smallpox, measles and flu to the Americas. It is estimated that 80-95% of the Native American population died from diseases introduced by Europeans within the first 100-150 years following 1492.
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In reply to agaberto • 11:53a, 3/26/25
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But best evidence suggest the Indians gave Europeans syphilis.

OUCH!

Seriously - IMO, not a generally question of guilt, just "stuff" happens. Until you get to the idea that Brits may have intentionally infected Indians at Ft. Pitt, but this is still in doubt and appears to be isoated, if it did indeed happen.
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In reply to agaberto • 1:16p, 3/26/25
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Let's hope it only affects the Democrats.

I mean, they're the ones that wanted open borders. Now look what they've got.
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In reply to annie88 • 1:47p, 3/26/25
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Quote:
Let's hope it only affects the Democrats.

I mean, they're the ones that wanted open borders. Now look what they've got.
I hope I don't get in trouble for posting this meme, but do you remember Monty Python's "Spot the Looney" episode?



Well, I have this version for the democrats in D.C....

Elections are when people find out what politicians stand for, and politicians find out what people will fall for.
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In reply to agaberto • 1:49p, 3/26/25
agaberto said:
The person who was diagnosed traveled through several places in D.C. while contagious, including an Amtrak train, officials said.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/measles-case-confirmed-in-dc-with-exposures-at-amtrak-urgent-care/3875765/?amp=1

I feel so much schadenfreude by this story.


ETA, but I pray no one dies.


They will have real immunity unlike the vaccinated
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In reply to samurai_science • 2:20p, 3/26/25
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samurai_science said:
agaberto said:
The person who was diagnosed traveled through several places in D.C. while contagious, including an Amtrak train, officials said.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/measles-case-confirmed-in-dc-with-exposures-at-amtrak-urgent-care/3875765/?amp=1

I feel so much schadenfreude by this story.


ETA, but I pray no one dies.


They will have real immunity unlike the vaccinated
Probably. But which is better? Two or shots over a lifetime and never get measles? Or get measles once and then never get it again? It's mostly been a non-issue since I was born so I had to look it up. Sounds like typical flu symptoms (and of course the dots) and lasts 7-10 days. Even if my life is never threatened, I'd rather have the shot.
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In reply to No Spin Ag • 2:24p, 3/26/25
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No Spin Ag said:
Dill-Ag13 said:
IndividualFreedom said:
We really need 15 days.


Two weeks, man. Science people know stuff.


Don't forget the bleach.


"Just hook it to my veins!"

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In reply to samurai_science • 4:12p, 3/26/25
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samurai_science said:
agaberto said:
The person who was diagnosed traveled through several places in D.C. while contagious, including an Amtrak train, officials said.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/measles-case-confirmed-in-dc-with-exposures-at-amtrak-urgent-care/3875765/?amp=1

I feel so much schadenfreude by this story.


ETA, but I pray no one dies.


They will have real immunity unlike the vaccinated


This isn't the Covid "therapeutic". The vaccine for polio wiped out polio. REAL immunity.

The measles vaccine prevents measles in most people who get it.

Don't be a dummy.
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4:39p, 3/26/25
smart people get the measles vaccine, so this isn't a big deal.
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