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Jesus Malverde

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93. In my experience those who are skeptical about vaccines

Tue Feb 3, 2015, 09:57 PM

Feb 2015

Are well to do, new agey/hippy/holistic, liberals. Marin California is a very white, liberal county. This isn't really a left right issue.

This year, 6.45 percent of Marin's kindergartners are not fully vaccinated against communicable diseases — with some schools showing rates of 50 percent or more, according to the state Department of Public Health. The county has long had the Bay Area's highest rate of "personal belief exemptions," allowing parents to lawfully send kids to school without all required vaccinations against diseases like measles, polio or whooping cough.

http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_27433455/california-measles-outbreak-highlights-marin-vaccination-dilemma

Marin is the furthest you can get from rightwing in California. The opposite of orange county.

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Congratulations anti vac-ers! Well done! [View all] Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 OP

To be fair, 600 of them were in the NHL. Renew Deal Feb 2015 #1

That was edhopper Feb 2015 #11

Sometimes I feel like we're slowly slipping back into the early Middle Ages CanonRay Feb 2015 #2

Life imitates art. Refer to the movie Idiocracy. nt. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #3

Soon that movie will be a documentary. MynameisBlarney Feb 2015 #4

What you mean, soon? hobbit709 Feb 2015 #5

It is by design. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #14

The next thing you know, we will... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #36

644 cases in a country of 300 million.. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #6

I think you're confusing "dramatic increase" with "epidemic." LanternWaste Feb 2015 #7

Can one K&R a reply! BlueMTexpat Feb 2015 #8

uh huh Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #9

Good answer. Nowhere does the OP use the word "epidemic" mountain grammy Feb 2015 #25

You do understand that measles was at or near zero incidents per year for several decades, right? Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #10

OMG your right. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #13

Got it. You think it is a fucking joke. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #16

Maybe more to your liking... Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #17

Besides the deaths, you must think the associated damage such as Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #40

That means more trolls. Spitfire of ATJ Feb 2015 #89

do you have kids? snooper2 Feb 2015 #12

Holy fuck... SidDithers Feb 2015 #21

Be afraid of some statistically insignificant numbers. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #22

Ignorance is a terrible thing... SidDithers Feb 2015 #23

Inevitable Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #24

Hey, measles only killed 145,000 people last year... SidDithers Feb 2015 #26

If all of marin were vaccinated we wouldn't have a problem in the third world. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #32

And since the introduction of the measles vaccine NuclearDem Feb 2015 #46

Hilarious bordering on hair-pulling frustration. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #45

Statistics is hard. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #29

Somehow you left 300 million out of your equation Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #37

Because the 300 million isn't part of the question. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #42

"We're not talking about how measles is affecting the overall population" Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #44

Math is hard. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #48

This might help you Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #52

This is science, not Scrabble. Act_of_Reparation Feb 2015 #71

Zero to X>0 is Treant Feb 2015 #56

If you are one of the parents whose... 3catwoman3 Feb 2015 #43

Unless it's your child who dies because of dumbass hysterical ignorance... Augiedog Feb 2015 #49

Maybe you'll be 645. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2015 #30

644 cases in a country that 15 years ago had zero cases. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #31

You might be confusing "voter fraud" and Republicans. KansDem Feb 2015 #57

I like you! Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #60

How many people in the US had AIDS in 1980? LadyHawkAZ Feb 2015 #80

This has suddenly become the big thing on DU LittleBlue Feb 2015 #90

not sure you're getting what is happening Skittles Feb 2015 #91

In my experience those who are skeptical about vaccines Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #93

OK then it's a fucking idiocy issue Skittles Feb 2015 #96

I think the fad is in the over promotion of vaccines. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #97

Nailed it. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #92

I think Christie and Rand Paul said LittleBlue Feb 2015 #94

Kick & recommended. William769 Feb 2015 #15

Getting children Duval Feb 2015 #18

I must be really dim .. littlewolf Feb 2015 #19

People who did not live through those times are now helicopter parents. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #27

35 years of Bad Deal right wing ideology has convinced people that selfish stupidity is a virtue. nt Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #76

Just waiting on the return safeinOhio Feb 2015 #20

The area with the biggest outbreak in 2014 is controlled by the Taliban in Pakistan. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #28

Hmmm...sounds like a national security issue to me. haikugal Feb 2015 #33

Vaccinate the kids. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #34

Amazing isn't it? haikugal Feb 2015 #38

You forgot the sarcasm emoticon. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #50

There was no sarcasm in my post whatsoever. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #54

Wow, that would be historic. So close... haikugal Feb 2015 #59

You forgot it again. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #77

. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #79

Oops! Thanks for the reminder :0) haikugal Feb 2015 #58

More troublesome, a DUer named "Jeff47" informed me last night that, because polio had KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #51

The oral vaccine is no longer given in the US. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #65

I told Jeff47 I had rushed in where angels fear to tread and your post merely KingCharlemagne Feb 2015 #67

Whew! Your reply assured me that the multiple dose vax the kids got had polio. freshwest Feb 2015 #69

It may be completely cut out of the regimen by the early 2020s MohRokTah Feb 2015 #70

Considering the outbreak in the Taliban areas, it's not going away, IMO. That's a new generation. freshwest Feb 2015 #72

It's confined enough that it can be controlled and eradicated in the region. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #73

Hope the Taliban do not send an infected kid to Disneyland. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #78

Al-Queda was able to get 20 guys into the country who took pilot lessons here. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #81

You forgot the sarcasm emoticon again. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #84

You forgot the googly eyes again. eom MohRokTah Feb 2015 #85

All because antivaxers are morons. Iggo Feb 2015 #62

Not the caveman debate again. They don't know what the year is. lonestarnot Feb 2015 #35

Let us say if you had 644 cases of Small Pox. gordianot Feb 2015 #39

There are kids who can't get vaccinated, which is why ALL the ones who can need to be. nt. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #41

Yes and those who cannot be vaccinated should be accommodated whenever possible. gordianot Feb 2015 #47

There IS an epidemic of stupidity albino65 Feb 2015 #53

this is where heaven05 Feb 2015 #55

America. A Natin of morons n/t broadcaster75201 Feb 2015 #61

A few people being opposed to vaccine does not create an epidemic. Most are vaccinated these days, DesertDiamond Feb 2015 #63

Yes, they do. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #66

What does that really mean "Educate yourself" nolabels Feb 2015 #74

Nice anecdote. MohRokTah Feb 2015 #75

I know the flu shot didn't give me the flu nolabels Feb 2015 #82

Now there's a completely bullshit anti-vaxxer argument. eom MohRokTah Feb 2015 #83

What are trying to say to me exactly? nolabels Feb 2015 #86

you probably were already exposed... handmade34 Feb 2015 #87

Actually I pretty much know who i got it from. nolabels Feb 2015 #88

Do you not understand that, for example, babies can't be vaccinated until they hit certain ages? Arugula Latte Feb 2015 #68

This is sad news Gothmog Feb 2015 #64

A question on the details of those infected: freshwest Feb 2015 #95