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piddyprints

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5. If their kids ONLY get sick, they're lucky.

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 10, 2025, 08:06 PM

Dec 10

My cousin was left with brain damage after she had the measles as a baby, before vaccines. She was lucky to be alive.

Yeah, we all had the measles in our family and got well. But it’s no guarantee. It’s quite a risk these dumbass parents are taking.

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South Carolina measles outbreak is 'accelerating,' driving hundreds into quarantine [View all] nitpicked Dec 10 OP

Enjoy the sweet flavor of Freedumb, you ignorant assholes . . . . hatrack Dec 10 #1

Hey antivaxxers, fuck you for endangering, maiming, and killing these kids! RockRaven Dec 10 #2

Have to wonder if grandparents or others with standing could not sue the parents for neglect/ willful endangerment? dutch777 Dec 10 #4

This is what happens when they listen to quackery and not science. Too woke to get the kids vaccinated Deuxcents Dec 10 #3

If their kids ONLY get sick, they're lucky. piddyprints Dec 10 #5

This nonsense will not end until a sufficient number of lives have been lost or ruined due to these anti-vax cretins. LonePirate Dec 10 #6

It's beginning to look a lot like measles....everywhere you go. tanyev Dec 10 #7

"Most of the state's new cases stemmed from exposures at Way of Truth Church in Inman." erronis Thursday #8