Measles Outbreak In NYC

sandbagger writes "New York City may have to deal with a measles problem. New Yorkers are being urged to make sure all household members, including young children, are vaccinated. To date, there have been 16 confirmed cases and four hospitalizations. This follows news from the CDC in December that 2013 saw triple the average number of yearly measles cases. 2014 is off to an even worse start; there have been cases recently in the Boston metropolitan area and more than a dozen in the Bay Area as well. Vaccinations seem to be a victim of their own success — people look around and see no polio or measles and wonder why they should bother. Others repeat bogus claim about vaccines causing autism. How do you think we can get through to the anti-vaxxers?"

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Dumb logic

[Vermonter]

"Well my kid died of measles, but at least he didn't get Autism"

Re:Dumb logic

[slashmydots]

OMG measles is like a 1700's pirate disease. Nobody catches it anymore. That's ridiculous. The government is just injecting nano-bots into your bloodstream to spy on you and make you eat fatty foods so you die before they can pay you social security and...*cough*...*dies from measles*

Re:Dumb logic

[medv4380]

That's scurvy not measles. Measles is a German disease. American's are Immune.

Marketing is everything.

[TomRC]

Just tell them that the vaccine is fully organic, low sodium, fat free and gluten free.

Also, it's got Electrolytes.

Re:Thanks Jenny

[operagost]

In other news, scientists have found that everyone you disagree with is, in fact, just as bad as Hitler.