• restingboredface@sh.itjust.works
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    19 days ago

    FYI even if you have been vaccinated you may still need to get a booster.

    https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/are-you-protected-against-measles-do-you-need-a-booster-shot-everything-you-need-to-know-about-immunity

    TDLR: if you were vaccinated in the 1960s you may need a whole new course of boosters. Also, if you were vaccinated before 1989, you may need one additional shot, since the 2-shot model wasn’t recommended by the CDC until then.

    Stay safe out there folks.

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      19 days ago

      Yep, had my 1st measles shot in the mid-60s, a booster in '74, and now this year found (via a blood test) that my immunity had waned to a point that another shot was needed. Got it. Five stars, no pain, highly recommended.

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          17 days ago

          I had the Covid shots too. They all had powerful side-effects. My whole life, I’ve never been able to catch measles. I didn’t get sick from Covid. I probably won’t die from measles now either. That’s right, they took away muh Freedumb!

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            17 days ago

            That’s the primary effect not the side effects ;) Was just curious because covid shots are the only vaccines in my adult life that have given me side effects

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      19 days ago

      I got my booster right after RFK got sworn in. Also polio, monkeypox and COVID of course.

      Good luck everyone

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    18 days ago

    Honestly I only feel bad for the children. Every single one of those parents had a decision to do the best for their child and chose not to do this. So I feel bad for the kids, but hope (very thin sliver) that some of those parents wake up and realize that they fucked up.

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    19 days ago

    Skimmed the article and had to back glance at the Moscow School District. Had to double check I was still in Kansas. No wonder Dorothy was so damn confused

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    19 days ago

    PSA, if you are worried, have your physician order an antibody titer. It essentially measures the amount of anti-MMR antibodies in your blood to ensure you are immune.

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    18 days ago

    The saddest part about this is that the people telling others not to vaccinate aren’t going to suffer from this because they know they’re spreading bullshit and thus already vaccinated themselves.

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      18 days ago

      I see a lot of folks on the left making fun of maga supporters for being against vaccines etc, but I’ve only ever met anti vax leftists…. I’m not against vaccines I believe the science but it’s less of a left right issue than we believe it to be….

      I can, however, say that I understand any concern or trepidation folks in the US have because of our fucked up healthcare system, the astronomical cost of healthcare even many can not afford preventative care, would lean folks to believe less scientifically proven methods and non traditional health care.

      In the United States if you get sick, you lose everything.

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        17 days ago

        I never saw this as a right vs left thing, just a stupid vs smart thing. But I can see why people would assume anti-vaxxers are right wing.

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          17 days ago

          Because anyone left of center is a socialist or communist according to the academics

          Which is odd because every other democratic nation in the free world has a form of HEALTHCARE FOR ALL that far exceeds ours , find one and that is worse? Cuba probably has top secret doctors helping us who knows

          Movie plot: submit to ai for scenes and dialogue: a young phd who almost failed his exam is in love with the idea of meeting aliens, but his wild ideas and drunken equations prove correct as we meet the protagonist

          Edit: caps text

          Edit I have seen and interacted with a little bit of ai

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    17 days ago

    I bet they’re having measles parties so it does actually spread thinking it’ll just go away like a cold

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    18 days ago

    I didn’t know arstechnica wrote articles outside of tech stuffs. Apparently the measles case was on their front page as their most viewed article.

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      18 days ago

      Vaccines, as we know thanks to the government, are mostly about nutrition, elimination of fluoride in the water and UV light from the sun.