Measles in Maryland and Virginia--Buckle Up, Buttercup

[Anonymous]

Bring it. This administration is going down as the worst in history. Let the chips fall where they may.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was the law for kids to have all vaccinations prior to getting enrolled in school.

Did they do away with that local law due to the flood of illegal immigrants who have no vaccination records?

Many claim religious exceptions so it's mostly anti-science right wing nutters who are unvaxxed in my school district

[Anonymous]

Bringing up current measles cases and a potential outbreak is fine. Good, even.

Encouraging people to get vaccinated and get their children vaccinated is great.

Saying “buckle up, Buttercup” is so careless, mean and unnecessary. Why are you acting like that? Especially when this is affecting CHILDREN, who cannot get themselves vaccinated. Your superior, snarky attitude is so gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bringing up current measles cases and a potential outbreak is fine. Good, even.

Encouraging people to get vaccinated and get their children vaccinated is great.

Saying “buckle up, Buttercup” is so careless, mean and unnecessary. Why are you acting like that? Especially when this is affecting CHILDREN, who cannot get themselves vaccinated. Your superior, snarky attitude is so gross.

I am not OP however I agree Buckle up Buttercup not only are MAGA idiots going to be directly responsible for the loss of children it will hit them more in the beginning. They won’t give a shit they will say it’s Gods will.

This is where we see the Bible thumping cult of stupid will cause many many children to die. Zero empathy for one red state.

The rich like me will still have vaccines available for a time. If you maga think their won’t be fir the Don The con and musk families you really are idiots

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we haven’t heard of any more cases in the area at this point correct? I can’t find anything when I search.

259 cases, 34 hospitalizations, and 2 deaths isn't enough for you? Give it a week. The numbers will be higher.

https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/measles-outbreak-2025

“isn’t enough for me?” I clearly said in the area-meaning the Virginia, Maryland and DC area. Why are you so hostile?

My apologies. I misunderstood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bringing up current measles cases and a potential outbreak is fine. Good, even.

Encouraging people to get vaccinated and get their children vaccinated is great.

Saying “buckle up, Buttercup” is so careless, mean and unnecessary. Why are you acting like that? Especially when this is affecting CHILDREN, who cannot get themselves vaccinated. Your superior, snarky attitude is so gross.

I am not OP however I agree Buckle up Buttercup not only are MAGA idiots going to be directly responsible for the loss of children it will hit them more in the beginning. They won’t give a shit they will say it’s Gods will.

This is where we see the Bible thumping cult of stupid will cause many many children to die. Zero empathy for one red state.

The rich like me will still have vaccines available for a time. If you maga think their won’t be fir the Don The con and musk families you really are idiots

I’m not MAGA. So don’t call me “you MAGA.” What I am is a Democrat. What I am is a pro-vaccinations follower of science.

What I am not is a hypocrite like you, and like OP.

If your goal is to encourage vaccinations and convince people to get them for the sake of our country and especially its children, then “buckle up, Buttercup” is LITERALLY THE OPPOSITE of what you should be saying and typing right now. It is the opposite attitude you should have if what your want is to reach people, convince people, and encourage people to get vaccines.

But what you apparently really want is to be smug, to be right, to vent your anger, to give voice to your superiority.

*I* literally spent hours and hours of my weekends and evenings signing people up for COVID vaccines as part of the Maryland Vaccine Hunters Facebook group. I helped scores and scores of people get their appointments. Some of them are still in touch with me to this day. I went out of my way to get them appointments and advise them on logistics. I also donate consistently to global health organizations. What have you ever, actively done to promote vaccines?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bringing up current measles cases and a potential outbreak is fine. Good, even.

Encouraging people to get vaccinated and get their children vaccinated is great.

Saying “buckle up, Buttercup” is so careless, mean and unnecessary. Why are you acting like that? Especially when this is affecting CHILDREN, who cannot get themselves vaccinated. Your superior, snarky attitude is so gross.

I am not OP however I agree Buckle up Buttercup not only are MAGA idiots going to be directly responsible for the loss of children it will hit them more in the beginning. They won’t give a shit they will say it’s Gods will.

This is where we see the Bible thumping cult of stupid will cause many many children to die. Zero empathy for one red state.

The rich like me will still have vaccines available for a time. If you maga think their won’t be fir the Don The con and musk families you really are idiots

I’m not MAGA. So don’t call me “you MAGA.” What I am is a Democrat. What I am is a pro-vaccinations follower of science.

What I am not is a hypocrite like you, and like OP.

If your goal is to encourage vaccinations and convince people to get them for the sake of our country and especially its children, then “buckle up, Buttercup” is LITERALLY THE OPPOSITE of what you should be saying and typing right now. It is the opposite attitude you should have if what your want is to reach people, convince people, and encourage people to get vaccines.

But what you apparently really want is to be smug, to be right, to vent your anger, to give voice to your superiority.

*I* literally spent hours and hours of my weekends and evenings signing people up for COVID vaccines as part of the Maryland Vaccine Hunters Facebook group. I helped scores and scores of people get their appointments. Some of them are still in touch with me to this day. I went out of my way to get them appointments and advise them on logistics. I also donate consistently to global health organizations. What have you ever, actively done to promote vaccines?

I agree with you completely-And also what these people who so violently want people to die to prove their point don’t understand is that it’s children who will die. Children have absolutely no control over getting themselves vaccinated. Zero. They can’t drive themselves to a clinic and say they want a vaccine. Their parents are in complete control. And because people aren’t born to be against vaccines (statistically this is something they decide in adulthood and then of course force on their children) the parents of these unvaccinated children are typically protected (obviously this doesn’t apply to the entire communities that have been against them for generations).

So when you go on about how you don’t feel bad and people will get what they voted for and deserve etc…you are actually wishing death upon innocent children-not their parents. A child really has no say in their own medical care until they turn 18. And by these types of comments you are hoping they never see that age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to scare y'all, but I'm an 80s baby and I don't have measles immunity. I've been vaxxed, and boosted, and boosted again... i had another booster with my flu shot last fall (hoping the multi-shot approach, which gave me a gnarly fever and flu-like symptoms for about 3 days, would help power my immune response to the measles jab). Got my titers checked again last week: still no measles immunity. Fine against mumps and rubella, but...

So my suggestion would be to get your titers checked, get a booster if they don't come back showing full immunity, and then get your titers checked again. Apparently, some of us don't respond to the vaccine

Same thing happened to me but i finally responded after the third shot. This outbreak has the potential to be really bad.

Don't worry. RFK Jr. is telling everyone to drink cod liver oil rather than to get vaccinated so we should all be fine. Elections have consequences.

What a relief! I'll be sure to take 100,000 grams of vitamin A as well. (sarcasm)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bringing up current measles cases and a potential outbreak is fine. Good, even.

Encouraging people to get vaccinated and get their children vaccinated is great.

Saying “buckle up, Buttercup” is so careless, mean and unnecessary. Why are you acting like that? Especially when this is affecting CHILDREN, who cannot get themselves vaccinated. Your superior, snarky attitude is so gross.

I am not OP however I agree Buckle up Buttercup not only are MAGA idiots going to be directly responsible for the loss of children it will hit them more in the beginning. They won’t give a shit they will say it’s Gods will.

This is where we see the Bible thumping cult of stupid will cause many many children to die. Zero empathy for one red state.

The rich like me will still have vaccines available for a time. If you maga think their won’t be fir the Don The con and musk families you really are idiots

I’m not MAGA. So don’t call me “you MAGA.” What I am is a Democrat. What I am is a pro-vaccinations follower of science.

What I am not is a hypocrite like you, and like OP.

If your goal is to encourage vaccinations and convince people to get them for the sake of our country and especially its children, then “buckle up, Buttercup” is LITERALLY THE OPPOSITE of what you should be saying and typing right now. It is the opposite attitude you should have if what your want is to reach people, convince people, and encourage people to get vaccines.

But what you apparently really want is to be smug, to be right, to vent your anger, to give voice to your superiority.

Not understanding how you concluded "you are a hypocrite" from my original post about the measles outbreak. You seem to be spraying your angry and frustration around for some reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was the law for kids to have all vaccinations prior to getting enrolled in school.

Did they do away with that local law due to the flood of illegal immigrants who have no vaccination records?

Yes.

Up until 2020, VA requirements were not aligned with the CDC vaccine schedule. They had a shorter list and an older age ranges in some cases.

VA has long published the vax stats from schools who are required to report them to the state. The rates in our area are very high. https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/immunization/sis-reports-2021-present/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was the law for kids to have all vaccinations prior to getting enrolled in school.

Did they do away with that local law due to the flood of illegal immigrants who have no vaccination records?

What a joke. Illegal immigrants actually vaccinate their children before they send them to school - there are free vaccination clinics that they can attend. It's typically white Americans that are anti-vaxxers and claim to require religious exemptions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was the law for kids to have all vaccinations prior to getting enrolled in school.

Did they do away with that local law due to the flood of illegal immigrants who have no vaccination records?

Yes.

Up until 2020, VA requirements were not aligned with the CDC vaccine schedule. They had a shorter list and an older age ranges in some cases.

VA has long published the vax stats from schools who are required to report them to the state. The rates in our area are very high. https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/immunization/sis-reports-2021-present/

According to your data, only 79% of 12th graders in FCPS are fully vaccinated. I wouldn't call that very high.

[Anonymous]

My best friend growing up had to delay getting fully vaccinated because she was diagnosed with Leukemia very young. She had to wait until the treatment was totally done to get caught up. Kids like her depend on herd immunity.

I also don't think kids deserve to suffer for the mistakes of their parents. The schools and pediatricians really need to get strict about exemptions. Studies have generally shown parents will choose to vaccinate if the consequences are getting dismissed from school or medical practices. Yes the more hardcore will homeschool but they're very hard to reach under any circumstances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was the law for kids to have all vaccinations prior to getting enrolled in school.

Did they do away with that local law due to the flood of illegal immigrants who have no vaccination records?

This is not because of immigrants. It's the anti-vaxxers who are white and middle or upper class or people like Mennonites. They are usually religiously conservative or crunchy new age types into alternate medicine (which works as long as you don't get really sick).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was the law for kids to have all vaccinations prior to getting enrolled in school.

Did they do away with that local law due to the flood of illegal immigrants who have no vaccination records?

Yes.

Up until 2020, VA requirements were not aligned with the CDC vaccine schedule. They had a shorter list and an older age ranges in some cases.

VA has long published the vax stats from schools who are required to report them to the state. The rates in our area are very high. https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/immunization/sis-reports-2021-present/

According to your data, only 79% of 12th graders in FCPS are fully vaccinated. I wouldn't call that very high.

Herd immunity is going away..
I was born in 1961 (I fall into that period with the possibly ineffective shot) and went and got the shot again last week. I don't want to get sick.