US measles epidemic.

[Ziggurat]

If it weren't for the fact that one of actors was much too young to act:

But maybe MAGA can accuse the mother of deliberately having contracted measles to provoke a postpartum 'abortion'.

What age was this infant?

 

[Silly Green Monkey]

The infant was unborn, fetal, when the infection occurred. The baby's mother was infected and passed it to her child.

 

[dann]

The infant was unborn, fetal, when the infection occurred. The baby's mother was infected and passed it to her child.

The Subsequent Mrs. de Winter on bsky, Aug 29, 2026
If true that they were too young to be vaccinated then they died of measles because someone else wasn't vaccinated. Can you say, "herd immunity" Doc?

Aaron Rupar on bsky, Aug 29, 2026
NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya defends measles on Fox News and condemns Gov. Shapiro for "playing this out over the airwaves for political purposes, just like what happened during covid. And this is why there's such deep distrust in public health."

With a short clip from Fox News, 1 min.

 

[dann]

What age was this infant?

Is your point that it was pre-partum?
OK.

 

[dann]

For several reasons, the Pennsylvania measles outbreak is about to get much worse (Paul Offit on Substack, Aug 28, 2026)
Subsequently, we have learned that one of the two measles deaths was an infant who died shortly after birth due to splenic rupture. The coroner reported detecting measles virus in lung tissue. Given that congenital measles infection can cause splenic enlargement and thinning of the splenic capsule, it is likely that the child ruptured the spleen during birth.

 

[Ziggurat]

Is your point that it was pre-partum?
OK.

No. Even post partum, infants are not immunized immediately.

 

[dann]

No. Even post partum, infants are not immunized immediately.

From post 163:

The Subsequent Mrs. de Winter on bsky, Aug 29, 2026
If true that they were too young to be vaccinated then they died of measles because someone else wasn't vaccinated. Can you say, "herd immunity" Doc?

Do you understand the concept of herd immunity by vaccination?!!!

 

[dann]

Jonathan Howard on bsky, Aug 27, 2026
More here.

Dr. Jay Bhattacharya on Measles: “I Think I’ve Done My Best.”
As football coach Bill Parcells famously said, “you are what your record says you are”.

 

[Ziggurat]

From post 163:

Do you understand the concept of herd immunity by vaccination?!!!

Do you understand that if an adult has not been vaccinated for measles as a child, it's not because of RFK Jr or Trump?

 

[Silly Green Monkey]

The point of herd immunity, and why the lack of it killed this baby, is that a few years ago pregnant mothers weren't encountering the virus at all, so their babies didn't die from it. Specifically for this baby, it was infected just before birth, and the physical stresses of birth ruptured its spleen.

 

[Ziggurat]

The point of herd immunity, and why the lack of it killed this baby, is that a few years ago pregnant mothers weren't encountering the virus at all, so their babies didn't die from it. Specifically for this baby, it was infected just before birth, and the physical stresses of birth ruptured its spleen.

I get that. But RFK Jr. has little to do with that right now. Adults who didn't get vaccinated as kids didn't miss getting vaccinated because of RFK Jr. That herd immunity isn't missing because of anything that happened within the last two years.

 

[Planigale]

Quote from RFK
'We have done better at controlling measles than any country in the world.'
Just at the end of the clip.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com%2Fpost%2F3mua7ejodiu2d

Cuba and Venezuela both have better control than the US. So either ignorant or just lying.

 

[Silly Green Monkey]

I get that. But RFK Jr. has little to do with that right now. Adults who didn't get vaccinated as kids didn't miss getting vaccinated because of RFK Jr. That herd immunity isn't missing because of anything that happened within the last two years.

Sure, not him specifically (though he's been fighting for measles for decades, look at his trip to Samoa and the aftermath) but anti-vax in general has been targeting the MMR since Quackfield was paid to produce a study using twelve children to discredit the MMR in favor of his M-only vaccine in 1998. This child is what happens when humanity stops fighting its predators and lets them eat.

 

[Darat]

Quote from RFK
'We have done better at controlling measles than any country in the world.'
Just at the end of the clip.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com%2Fpost%2F3mua7ejodiu2d

Cuba and Venezuela both have better control than the US. So either ignorant or just lying.

Probably both.

 

[a_unique_person]

If only they had used Ivermectin.

 

[Chris_Halkides]

RFK Jr. comparing measles and food illnesses here.

 

[Resume]

Every time this idiot mouths his nonsense, he contributes to declining vaccination uptake. He is a clear and present danger.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Every time this idiot mouths his nonsense, he contributes to declining vaccination uptake. He is a clear and present danger.

And he is fully vaccinated himself.

 

[Resume]

And he is fully vaccinated himself.

Aha! So that's why he is so ◊◊◊◊◊◊ up.

 

[angrysoba]

I get that. But RFK Jr. has little to do with that right now. Adults who didn't get vaccinated as kids didn't miss getting vaccinated because of RFK Jr. That herd immunity isn't missing because of anything that happened within the last two years.

Because it isn’t as if he has had a career and and organization dedicated to increasing vaccine hesitancy.