Anonymous
02/09/2026 06:16
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you're vaccinated, it shouldn't matter. If you're not, well, good luck.
The people who were vaccinated and only had passing exposure will be fine. But whoever was next to them taking in that overwhelming viral assault for several hours might want to keep a lookout for symptoms.
Wrong. Vaccines work. If you are vaccinated you are completely protected. If you can’t be vaccinated for a legitimate reason, the you rely on others to do it for you and that’s where the problem is.
Why do you ignore the known (small, but very real, and very well known) failure rate?
Anonymous
02/09/2026 06:14
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My youngest is under 6 months and this terrifies me.
This is why you don’t take infants who can’t be vaccinated to crowded places.
You can't take a 6 month old to the grocery store? Even if there is nobody else in it? The measles vaccine lingers in the air and is contagious for 3-4 hours after an infected person has left the area.
Anonymous
02/09/2026 06:13
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:If you're vaccinated, it shouldn't matter. If you're not, well, good luck.
Also, there is a failure rate for all vaccines. It's low enough to not matter if there is sufficient herd immunity, but you knew that. People have been telling you that for decades, but you don't listen. Why? I don't know.
Measles Vaccine Efficacy
- Antibodies develop in approximately 95% of children vaccinated at age 12 months and over 99% of children who receive 2 doses
Immunity long-term and probably lifelong in most persons
Measles antibodies develop in approximately 95% of children vaccinated at age 12 months. Seroconversion rates are similar for single-antigen measles, MMR vaccine, and MMRV vaccine. Approximately 2% to 7% of children who receive only 1 dose of MMR vaccine fail to respond to it, i.e., they experience primary vaccine failure. MMR vaccine failure can occur because of passive antibody in the vaccine recipient, immaturity of the immune system, damaged vaccine, or other reasons. Most persons who fail to respond to the first dose will respond to a second dose. Studies indicate that more than 99% of persons who receive 2 doses of measles vaccine (with the first dose administered no earlier than the first birthday) develop serologic evidence of measles immunity.
https://www.cdc.gov/pinkbook/hcp/table-of-contents/chapter-13-measles.html
Let's say the failure rate is 0.3%. The US population is about 338 million. Out of 330 million, 0.3% is still 990,000 -- or close to a million.
It's a very good vaccine, but there is a failure rate, and there are immunocompromised people, and little babies. You know this, but for some reason, you just don't care. That's hideous.
Anonymous
02/09/2026 00:31
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:Back in 2020-22 covid days people quickly stopped worrying or even being performative about not infecting others, including the elderly or immunocompromised.
People "needed to live their lives."
I privately wondered if it would have been different if it were children, not elders, at high risk.
Well, now we have measles. Yes, kids. Yes, babies. Yes, this time actually preventable with vaccines...but my freedoms!
Eventually measles exposure won't be reported. People will "live their lives."
Welcome to the 1950s. I remember them well. Got measles. Got glasses after.
I get your point but FYI three and under are high risk for covid. And babies one years old and younger are so high risk for the covid complications that their risk level is the same as people over 65.
Anonymous
02/08/2026 23:43
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:They are at the March of Life because of course they were. Hope all of the unvaccinated MAHA forced birthers get the measles. I can’t wish ill on their kids though because it is not their fault but if one of those 18 year old boys gets it, it gonna cry.
They only care about unborn life.
Once the babies are born they don’t care but it’s a silly talking point as look how many here brag about going out sick, unmasked, etc.
Anonymous
02/08/2026 23:43
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you're vaccinated, it shouldn't matter. If you're not, well, good luck.
The people who were vaccinated and only had passing exposure will be fine. But whoever was next to them taking in that overwhelming viral assault for several hours might want to keep a lookout for symptoms.
Wrong. Vaccines work. If you are vaccinated you are completely protected. If you can’t be vaccinated for a legitimate reason, the you rely on others to do it for you and that’s where the problem is.
Actually, if you’ve had one dose, you’re about 93% protected and if you’ve had two doses, you are 97% protected. Even vaccinated individuals are not “completely protected”. And I say this as someone who was recently informed
by the state health department that since I was identified as a potential contact of someone with measles, I am considered “protected” since I’m vaccinated, but I still need to monitor for symptoms for 21 days.
Except if the virus mutates. Whooping cough was going around a year ago. My kids got it despite being vaccinated and gave it to me. I was newly vaccinated from a few months before with an updated dose and still got it.
Anonymous
02/08/2026 23:38
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:They are at the March of Life because of course they were. Hope all of the unvaccinated MAHA forced birthers get the measles. I can’t wish ill on their kids though because it is not their fault but if one of those 18 year old boys gets it, it gonna cry.
They only care about unborn life.
Anonymous
02/08/2026 22:01
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:My youngest is under 6 months and this terrifies me.
I’m really sorry. I sincerely feel so sad for people with young kids who now have to worry about this type of thing. Just incredibly sad for us all.
Anonymous
02/08/2026 19:28
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you're vaccinated, it shouldn't matter. If you're not, well, good luck.
The people who were vaccinated and only had passing exposure will be fine. But whoever was next to them taking in that overwhelming viral assault for several hours might want to keep a lookout for symptoms.
Wrong. Vaccines work. If you are vaccinated you are completely protected. If you can’t be vaccinated for a legitimate reason, the you rely on others to do it for you and that’s where the problem is.
Actually, if you’ve had one dose, you’re about 93% protected and if you’ve had two doses, you are 97% protected. Even vaccinated individuals are not “completely protected”. And I say this as someone who was recently informed
by the state health department that since I was identified as a potential contact of someone with measles, I am considered “protected” since I’m vaccinated, but I still need to monitor for symptoms for 21 days.
Anonymous
02/08/2026 19:28
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you're vaccinated, it shouldn't matter. If you're not, well, good luck.
The people who were vaccinated and only had passing exposure will be fine. But whoever was next to them taking in that overwhelming viral assault for several hours might want to keep a lookout for symptoms.
Wrong. Vaccines work. If you are vaccinated you are completely protected. If you can’t be vaccinated for a legitimate reason, the you rely on others to do it for you and that’s where the problem is.
No one hates maha more than me (or is more pro-vax) but the whole point is that it doesn’t work completely…that’s why we need herd immunity!
Anonymous
02/08/2026 19:25
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Darwinism at it's finest - if you didn't vax your kids, they are vulnerable
So if they are too little to be vaccinated they should die? Pretty rich for the life begins at conception folks who were at the march for life.
Let me guess, you want to comment but when you are sick you go out, don't regularly mask, etc. If you take your kids out or you go out, you put your kids or yourself at risk.
Vaccines work 1000000%% better than masks. measles is so contagious I doubt masks work at all.
Anonymous
02/08/2026 19:13
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If you're vaccinated, it shouldn't matter. If you're not, well, good luck.
The people who were vaccinated and only had passing exposure will be fine. But whoever was next to them taking in that overwhelming viral assault for several hours might want to keep a lookout for symptoms.
Wrong. Vaccines work. If you are vaccinated you are completely protected. If you can’t be vaccinated for a legitimate reason, the you rely on others to do it for you and that’s where the problem is.
Anonymous
02/08/2026 19:11
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Darwinism at it's finest - if you didn't vax your kids, they are vulnerable
So if they are too little to be vaccinated they should die? Pretty rich for the life begins at conception folks who were at the march for life.
Let me guess, you want to comment but when you are sick you go out, don't regularly mask, etc. If you take your kids out or you go out, you put your kids or yourself at risk.
Anonymous
02/08/2026 19:10
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:My daughter has lupus and is immuno-depressed. My best friend's spouse had a bone marrow transplant and until he could get all his childhood vaccines, was entirely vulnerable. There are people like this all over the world.
Our duty is to be careful how we approach families with vulnerable people in them. If you see someone wearing a mask, don't laugh and point. They have good reason to.
Most people don't care until it impacts them or their family. I don't care if someone laughs and points, just stay away from me.
Anonymous
02/08/2026 18:59
Subject: Measles confirmed - exposure to thousands in NoVA and DC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My youngest is under 6 months and this terrifies me.
This is why you don’t take infants who can’t be vaccinated to crowded places.
Unfortunately some people have to take their infants to the children's hospital ER. They really need to figure out some way to triage kids who might be contagious.