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struggle4progress

(126,227 posts) Fri Mar 20, 2026, 01:32 PM Mar 20

Measles is changing minds [View all]

The Bulwark
Mar 20, 2026

Sam Stein and Jonathan Cohn talk with Therese Vogel about the return of measles. Therese shares the story of her sister, who contracted measles as a child and suffered permanent brain damage — shaping the rest of her life — and why that led her to join Grandparents for Vaccines.

They discuss why vaccine skepticism has risen, how outbreaks are spreading again as vaccination rates fall, and why many Americans have forgotten how dangerous these diseases once were. They explore the nascent political backlash to anti-vaccine messaging — and how groups like Grandparents for Vaccines are using personal stories to reach people when facts alone aren’t enough.

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Measles is changing minds [View all] struggle4progress Mar 20 OP

1+ Norrrm Mar 20 #1

+1000 Jilly_in_VA Mar 20 #2

Killing your own children is quite a lesson. Irish_Dem Mar 20 #3

Good point....... MyOwnPeace Mar 20 #6

What I worry about The Revolution Mar 20 #19

Or infants who are too young to be vaccinated, and pregnant women. Irish_Dem Mar 20 #21

For some people, owning a lap top computer translated into their ability to do their own "research." Passages Mar 20 #4

Research pays off Norrrm Mar 20 #7

That's a great depiction of how these "researchers" are! Passages Mar 20 #8

A PHD in six years? maddiemom Mar 20 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author maddiemom Mar 20 #10

Those quote marks around "research" are doing some heavy lifting Soul_of_Wit Mar 20 #12

Yep. A mess, a huge mess. Terrible and I am not sure of all the root causes but we have a Passages Mar 20 #14

Measles and essential oils. Rec by RFK Jr. Natural ingredients. Norrrm Mar 20 #5

Vaccines have always been something have strongly advocated for gopiscrap Mar 20 #11

Don't be surprised if there are clusters of polio this summer. Back in the day summer was when polio hit. flashman13 Mar 20 #13

polio Norrrm Mar 20 #23

I am easily convinced. Science. twodogsbarking Mar 20 #15

Millions of doctors and scientists across the world studied and achieved to become medical experts and treat patients ChicagoTeamster Mar 20 #16

When I was a child, before vaccines for measles and chicken pox, wnylib Mar 20 #17

Me and my generation also. jeffreyi Mar 20 #24

Yikes! calimary Mar 20 #18

"How dangerous theses diseases once were" cate94 Mar 20 #20

MAGA - Measles Are Growing Again RussBLib Mar 20 #22