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[–] Metostopholes@midwest.social 91 points 1 day ago (9 children)

To illustrate how fucking insane this is:

Measles has a death rate of 1-2 per 1000 cases. With US population at 340,000,000, that means 340,000 - 680,000 dead. And that's out of the 85 million people hospitalized, which would be a society destroying situation.

[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Not only that but measles can cause immune amnesia! Which is when "the immune system forgets how to fight off infections it successfully dealt with before—and [research] showed that this effect lasts for years!"

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 21 hours ago

not only forgets, but the measles infects the dendritic cells which presents antigens to T-cells(i thought it was b-cells) which fights the viruses, so its actually immunosuppression.

[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I did not know that and thinking of that stuff like this is possible is fucking scary.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Measles has a death rate of 1-2 per 1000 cases

Oh, its much worse. That's the death rate for people who get treated, in a vaccinated population in a modern hospital. In low-income countries (or in, say, places with 85 million hospitalizations) over 20 out of a thousand people die. And in displaced refugee children, it can rocket up to 3 out of every 10 infected children dying.

[–] RattlerSix@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Yeah but those statistics are before we discovered horse paste

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 15 points 1 day ago

And that's just death, measles also creates life long conditions, some that appear years or decades after. For example the way he speaks, his disease is linked to childhood measles ironically.

Also another bad thing about makes is that it can reset your immune system, so now other diseases that you didn't have to be afraid before now can be deadly.

[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago

They do try to destroy the country in every possible way. At this point they just want to make sure it’s really dead.

[–] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, but how many are saved from autism and brain worms?

[–] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends. How much road kill do they eat?

[–] FreeRangeMustard@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago

lmao, imagining RFK scooping up some roadkill, preparing it and having a bbq all in pleasure at the top and causal Friday at the bottom with his cute blue jeans, is hilarious and idiotic at the same time.

[–] Zip2@feddit.uk 1 points 21 hours ago

Won’t someone think of the health insurance providers…

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

More or less than taxifs and SS on Ice?