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pat_k

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25. Heartbreaking.

Reply to RockRaven (Reply #23)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 02:12 PM

8 hrs ago

If they believe the lie that the measles vaccine puts their child at risk of autism, and also accept the fact that failure to vaccinate puts their child at risk of death from measles, the most generous view is that what they are saying is that they'd rather have a dead child than an autistic child.

Added on edit: I can't even begin to wrap my head around that

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Anguished parents. Doctors in tears. Utah's long measles outbreak takes a toll. [View all] milestogo 11 hrs ago OP

These parents need to be charged with abuse JBTaurus83 11 hrs ago #1

Well, its not going to happen in Utah. milestogo 11 hrs ago #3

Or Idaho. 2naSalit 9 hrs ago #12

And the kooks, too. 😉❤️ littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #14

He! 2naSalit 9 hrs ago #16

Love you, 2na. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #17

Fuck you, antivaxxers. Fuck each and every one of you. RockRaven 11 hrs ago #2

"...sign here and here and here, releasing... ret5hd 11 hrs ago #4

Anti-vax parents will probably never face reality. pat_k 11 hrs ago #5

The parents of one kid who died recently (I think it was the TX outbreak, but RockRaven 9 hrs ago #23

Heartbreaking. pat_k 8 hrs ago #25

I don't understand these parents MustLoveBeagles 10 hrs ago #6

Sadly, there ain't no cure for Disaffected 10 hrs ago #7

Re: Sadly, there ain't no cure for stupid alimbalt 9 hrs ago #8

"Evolution in progress..." n/t the nelm 9 hrs ago #13

It is but also sadly, Disaffected 9 hrs ago #21

There is for psychosis, but the sufferers are not prone to seek it voluntarily. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #15

There was a measels epidemic in the very late 50s& early 60s in Michigan irisblue 9 hrs ago #9

Depraved indifference! BidenRocks 9 hrs ago #10

If only there was something LisaL 9 hrs ago #11

Are we witnessing the beginnings of the downfall of a once-great nation? 70sEraVet 9 hrs ago #18

That began in 1980 SamuelTheThird 8 hrs ago #24

vaccines maliaSmith 9 hrs ago #19

I suspect we will be seeing more of this in prodimantely (R) areas of the country. Because ... aggiesal 9 hrs ago #20

Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children with time-tested vaccines against . . . cer7711 9 hrs ago #22

They should be described as they are - selfish. cab67 8 hrs ago #27

In part, we can thank the Nixon Administration. cab67 8 hrs ago #26

Different approach but punitive to anti-vaxxers JT45242 8 hrs ago #28

Thank you RFK Jr, you fucking bastard. marble falls 8 hrs ago #29