After 26 years, the US has lost its measles elimination status

861 points by wds1 10 hours ago on reddit | 45 comments

[OP] wds1 | 10 hours ago

Welcome to the golden age of 🇺🇸

Are you tired of winning yet?

Just-Sea3037 | 9 hours ago

So tired of winning

cool_side_of_pillow | 8 hours ago

America being great …. /s

morganational | 5 hours ago

Never!

Fiercehero | 4 hours ago

Have you considered that bringing 20 million people over from the third world may have something to do with this?

alternatingflan | 9 hours ago

Well done assholes.

SimplyAmazedPanda | 10 hours ago

Thanks a lot, Trump.

Benegger85 | 9 hours ago

And all the idiots who voted for this

DeniseReades | 8 hours ago

I love blaming things on him but this actually began in the late 90s when the anti-vaxxer movement started to take off. The MMR vaccine has well over 90% lifetime efficacy after you complete the childhood series but now we have an entire generation with lowered vaccine rates because of the anti-vaxxer movement.

He, and RFK, are definitely making it worse but this is one shitstorm he did not technically start.

RoxyLA95 | 8 hours ago

Trump legitimized this.

bryanBFLYin | 6 hours ago

Exactly. He helped bring it from the fringes to mainstream.

MixuAnasazi | 3 hours ago

77 million people voted for this to happen, trump had a lot of help

onlycodeposts | 4 hours ago

I'm sure he wasn't to blame for Canada losing theirs last year.

alternatingflan | an hour ago

One of Canada’s provinces wanted to secede and join the maga US.

onlycodeposts | an hour ago

Is it the one with all the measles?

Ok-Association-355 | 9 hours ago

Magats

SignificantArtHeist | 8 hours ago

RFK Jr.'s father would be ashamed

Just-Sea3037 | 9 hours ago

RFK Jr should be....well, you can finish this yourselves. We have an old demented president who put a nut job with brain damage in charge of HHS. Who could have seen this coming? But hey, at least all of this collateral damage has detracted from the ability to investigate the Epstein files.

RoxyLA95 | 8 hours ago

No, I blame this all on leadership. Trump is responsible for this.

NoGoat3930 | 8 hours ago

Nothing left to do but sit back and watch the idiots cry when they ruin many of their children's futures. They'll find someone else to blame it on though -theyve already demonstrated themselves incapable of interpreting information.

Alternative_Shirt690 | 8 hours ago

Thanks Trump another big win

[OP] wds1 | 8 hours ago

Yuge

One-Environment-1444 | 8 hours ago

Fucking maga.

RoxyLA95 | 8 hours ago

Trump did that!

OffSidesByALot | 7 hours ago

Hang on tight polio, and smallpox! RFK’s got your back! You will be resurrected soon enough

TGAILA | 9 hours ago

Vaccines are scientifically proven to save lives and are one of humanity’s greatest inventions. I think over the decades we have seen growing public distrust in government and healthcare. Science and education in general take a backseat. Throw in capitalism because everything is all about profits. This is where we are now. With all the negative publicity, people are increasingly turning to AI for medical advice. When AI is trained on scientifically validated medical literatures, you will see less pseudoscience. Hopefully, we get more educated population.

xanadumuse | 9 hours ago

Except the more people use AI the less critical thinking is used. People will begin using phrases like “it’s important to note” “ here’s a breakdown” in their everyday language.

kelcamer | 6 hours ago

Let's not punish language that ultimately should be neutral. Let's also not assume every time the word breakdown is used, that it means AI.

Example sentence:
Here's a breakdown of why when people target and demonize specific language, it makes me feel like having a breakdown.

See, you can observe in this sentence I'm not an AI.

Redsoxmac | 9 hours ago

Yeah, but how would I get my coffee enemas via the Gerson theory without pseudoscience? /s

sharkbomb | 7 hours ago

so, the self avowed roadkill eater is less than competent in his role? weird.

Motorcyclegrrl | 8 hours ago

Dengue fever is making a comeback as well. Also maleria. Don't forget the new would screw worm. Nature is coming for us.

AlarmingStop | 6 hours ago

We're killing ~~it~~ kids

Nunyafookenbizness | 3 hours ago

“After 26 years, MAGA continues to kill more people with archaic policies, allowing measles to return.”

FFS, state it correctly!

SurinamPam | 8 hours ago

Republican governance.

Estcher | 8 hours ago

Cool. When do they lose their status as a functioning democracy?

onlycodeposts | 4 hours ago

Some time after Canada, UK, and Spain if losing your measles elimination status is the criteria.

They all lost theirs prior to the US.

Fiercehero | 4 hours ago

I wonder what they have in common... Who knows!

onlycodeposts | 4 hours ago

Poor leadership, I guess.

Mexico is on track to lose theirs shortly as well.

Fiercehero | 3 hours ago

Its far more likely that its migrants from countries that dont vax or have inadequate infrastructure to do so that have been imported into those countries. Mexico makes sense because they all pass through it to come to the U.S.

Goober1025 | 8 hours ago

This is COVID backlash

GiveItBackCrook | 7 hours ago

So much winning!

morganational | 5 hours ago

America! America! 🇺🇸

Hour_Maximum9873 | 37 minutes ago

Does that have anything to do with the 10 million people that came over to border that weren’t vaccinated?