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A5D5E5 wrote:

Lord Denning wrote:That t-shirt slogan is so stupid it’s terrifying.

Why would the Son of God need immunising? He could cure the halt, the lame and the blind, and even raise the dead.

As far as I’m aware Jesus didn’t have a dental plan either, or air conditioning. But that girl and her parents no doubt regard both of those as human rights.

He had a pretty bad reaction to iron.

A5D5E5 wrote:

Lord Denning wrote:That t-shirt slogan is so stupid it’s terrifying.

Why would the Son of God need immunising? He could cure the halt, the lame and the blind, and even raise the dead.

As far as I’m aware Jesus didn’t have a dental plan either, or air conditioning. But that girl and her parents no doubt regard both of those as human rights.

He had a pretty bad reaction to iron.

CM11 wrote:I'm going to make a possibly incorrect assumption and say she was brought up in a deeply religious family/community and didn't have a chance to formulate her own views. Poor girl.

msp. wrote:

CM11 wrote:I'm going to make a possibly incorrect assumption and say she was brought up in a deeply religious family/community and didn't have a chance to formulate her own views. Poor girl.

Although we could be totally misjudging her, and she may be wearing it in an ironic way…

msp. wrote:

CM11 wrote:I'm going to make a possibly incorrect assumption and say she was brought up in a deeply religious family/community and didn't have a chance to formulate her own views. Poor girl.

Although we could be totally misjudging her, and she may be wearing it in an ironic way…

CM11 wrote:

msp. wrote:

CM11 wrote:I'm going to make a possibly incorrect assumption and say she was brought up in a deeply religious family/community and didn't have a chance to formulate her own views. Poor girl.

Although we could be totally misjudging her, and she may be wearing it in an ironic way…

That did cross my mind too. What does the small writing say?

There is religious stuff in the background too though.

4071 wrote:

CM11 wrote:

msp. wrote:

CM11 wrote:I'm going to make a possibly incorrect assumption and say she was brought up in a deeply religious family/community and didn't have a chance to formulate her own views. Poor girl.

Although we could be totally misjudging her, and she may be wearing it in an ironic way…

That did cross my mind too. What does the small writing say?

There is religious stuff in the background too though.

These ones seem terrifyingly unironic

These shirts start conversations and improve lives.

Enzedder wrote:Life before vaccines (real gravestone)

Death toll in Samoa measles crisis rises to 22
Harrison Christian
19:17, Nov 23 2019

The Minister for Pacific Peoples has been fielding a flood of questions from the Samoan community in New Zealand about whether it's safe to go back home for Christmas during a measles outbreak.
Samoa remains in the grip of a measles crisis, with 22 deaths now confirmed, according to local reports.

The death toll could rise further, with 11 children reported critically ill from the disease in the Pacific island nation.

The Samoa Observer said on Friday two people had died from measles in the past 24 hours.

The deaths are from 1797 measles cases that have been recorded since the outbreak started.

All schools in Samoa have closed and children were banned from public gatherings after the Government declared a state of emergency.

Last week, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters announced the Government was sending measles vaccines and nurses to Samoa to aid in the outbreak.

New Zealand had already responded to earlier requests from Samoa for medical supplies, including face masks, gowns, hand sanitiser and stretcher-beds.

Stuff

RichieRich89 wrote:Death rate seems abnormally high. You'd wonder is there some other factor at play here.

At any rate if mothers never had the disease themselves they're probably not passing immunity on to their infants for the first nine months or whatever it is.

RichieRich89 wrote:Death rate seems abnormally high. You'd wonder is there some other factor at play here.

At any rate if mothers never had the disease themselves they're probably not passing immunity on to their infants for the first nine months or whatever it is.

A5D5E5 wrote:

RichieRich89 wrote:Death rate seems abnormally high. You'd wonder is there some other factor at play here.

At any rate if mothers never had the disease themselves they're probably not passing immunity on to their infants for the first nine months or whatever it is.

The success of measles vaccination has made people forget why it needed a vaccine in the first place.

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A5D5E5 wrote:

Nolanator wrote:

Hong Kong wrote:a positive news story for once

Unfortunate there's a sizeable group in Ireland pushing that the HPV vaccine is bad for girls. A few years ago one of the TV stations aired a "documentary" which was very one-sided and caused rates to drop significantly. Pricks.

According to the Cancer Research UK, 99.8% of cervical cancer is preventable due to the HPV vaccine. What sort of argument do they put forward to suggest that is bad?

After 10 years of the girls programme in the uk, public health England says diagnoses of genital warts have declined by 90% in 15-17 year old girls and 70% in 15-17 year old boys. Programme is being expanded to include all boys too this year.

Raggs wrote:They aren't anti vaxxrrs remember. They're just asking questions.... Then ignoring the answers.

The worldwide surge in deadly measles outbreaks is showing no sign of abating, with nearly 10 million cases and 142,000 deaths last year, according to new estimates, and three times more cases reported so far this year than at the same stage in 2018.

Enzedder wrote:Where's Couch and Silver

Couch wrote:

Enzedder wrote:Where's Couch and Silver

I'm here

1 death out of 4 million is right on track with most common illnesses. (Even though said case seemed mysteriously to have no correlation to anybody with covid or overseas links.)

Try harder next time though

Enzedder wrote:Where's Couch and Silver

Couch wrote:

Enzedder wrote:Where's Couch and Silver

I'm here

1 death out of 4 million is right on track with most common illnesses. (Even though said case seemed mysteriously to have no correlation to anybody with covid or overseas links.)

Try harder next time though

Couch wrote:

Enzedder wrote:Where's Couch and Silver

I'm here

1 death out of 4 million is right on track with most common illnesses. (Even though said case seemed mysteriously to have no correlation to anybody with covid or overseas links.)

Try harder next time though

4071 wrote:

Couch wrote:

Enzedder wrote:Where's Couch and Silver

I'm here

1 death out of 4 million is right on track with most common illnesses. (Even though said case seemed mysteriously to have no correlation to anybody with covid or overseas links.)

Try harder next time though

One out of four million?

With around 53,000 deaths so far, that would suggest that you believe at least 212 billion people have contracted the virus.

I suspect your numbers may be slightly out.

Biffer29 wrote:

Enzedder wrote:Where's Couch and Silver

Where’s the one in four million from?

Lobby wrote:Don't worry, the anti-vaxxer loons have got their answer for Covid19 aleady

backrow wrote:just on the anti vax stuff, (I don't know the details as my wife deals wit this) but there is one vaccine that my kids have been medically exempt from due to egg allergy, as its made from eggs. We let them have other vacines, but there is one they just shouldn't have, and the school always chases us about it each year as a certain box isn't ticked.

does that put me in the anti vax brigade then or not ?

backrow wrote:just on the anti vax stuff, (I don't know the details as my wife deals wit this) but there is one vaccine that my kids have been medically exempt from due to egg allergy, as its made from eggs. We let them have other vacines, but there is one they just shouldn't have, and the school always chases us about it each year as a certain box isn't ticked.

does that put me in the anti vax brigade then or not ?

Raggs wrote:

backrow wrote:just on the anti vax stuff, (I don't know the details as my wife deals wit this) but there is one vaccine that my kids have been medically exempt from due to egg allergy, as its made from eggs. We let them have other vacines, but there is one they just shouldn't have, and the school always chases us about it each year as a certain box isn't ticked.

does that put me in the anti vax brigade then or not ?

I'm afraid not, as that's just following medical advice.

backrow wrote:just on the anti vax stuff, (I don't know the details as my wife deals wit this) but there is one vaccine that my kids have been medically exempt from due to egg allergy, as its made from eggs. We let them have other vacines, but there is one they just shouldn't have, and the school always chases us about it each year as a certain box isn't ticked.

does that put me in the anti vax brigade then or not ?

Nolanator wrote:

backrow wrote:just on the anti vax stuff, (I don't know the details as my wife deals wit this) but there is one vaccine that my kids have been medically exempt from due to egg allergy, as its made from eggs. We let them have other vacines, but there is one they just shouldn't have, and the school always chases us about it each year as a certain box isn't ticked.

does that put me in the anti vax brigade then or not ?

No, the antivaxers put your kids at greater risk by potentially allowing a greater spread of the illness, meaning your vulnerable kids aren't sheltered by the herd.

CM11 wrote:

Lobby wrote:Don't worry, the anti-vaxxer loons have got their answer for Covid19 aleady

That's beautiful.