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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA third baby dies of whooping cough in Kentucky this year because they weren't vaccinated:
Articles of impeachment have been filed against RFK Jr.!
— SaltyBitchables (@saltybitchables.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T20:46:50.816Z
The third baby died of whooping cough this year in Kentucky because it was not vaccinated.
#Pinks #ProudBlue #RFKJRImpeachment
youtu.be/3qOcDlquNKI?...
And This is a good read:
Anti-vaxxers secured another victory this week. www.huffpost.com/entry/conser...
— Nathalie Baptiste ðð¹ (@nhbaptiste.bsky.social) 2025-12-10T18:53:09.433Z
To public health experts, these types of announcements and changes at the federal level are signaling a clear message. Instead of trusting your pediatrician and the science, Theyre trying to shift the focus to your rights as parents, Wilbur Chen, an infectious disease doctor and a medical professor at University of Maryland America, told HuffPost.
This is all in an effort of trying to break down our public trust, Chen said.
Using parental rights arguments to justify an anti-vax agenda is more proof that right-wingers see this as a winning strategy. As conservative culture warriors continue to push to make public life more aligned with their world view, the versatility of parental rights may make it an appealing blueprint on which to base the next culture war fight.
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A third baby dies of whooping cough in Kentucky this year because they weren't vaccinated: (Original Post)
applegrove
Wednesday
OP
Maybe they have the Trump trait of blaming others--so they are not affected.
riversedge
Wednesday
#4
That is an agonizing way to die. If they beat the child, we'd arrest them. This is worse.
Scrivener7
Wednesday
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Skittles
(169,045 posts)1. courtesy of the "pro-life party"
lapfog_1
(31,545 posts)2. This should be a capital offense
both parents need to be removed from the gene pool
OK, maybe just catch, neuter, and release.
Johnny2X2X
(23,656 posts)3. How can these parents live with themselves?
My guess is they just continue to lie to themselves, but deep down, they know they killed their own child.
riversedge
(79,063 posts)4. Maybe they have the Trump trait of blaming others--so they are not affected.
maxrandb
(17,086 posts)7. They might get a $25 a year tax-cut, while Musk gets a $250M cut in his
They voted for, or supports this stupid shit. Enjoy your fucking tax cuts morons.
Scrivener7
(58,027 posts)5. That is an agonizing way to die. If they beat the child, we'd arrest them. This is worse.
Irish_Dem
(78,902 posts)6. How much of a bonus does RFK Jr get for each baby he kills?
maxrandb
(17,086 posts)8. He gets a cut in his taxes
For the MAGAts, it's a win-win. More tax cuts for billionaires, one less deduction for the middle class.