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Yes the fuck it is, measles was a thing of the fucken past. The reality these fools construct is frustrating.
You're wrong, but will your pride get in the way of admitting it?
https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html
Literally from the article you just posted.
The person I responded literally said it was a thing of the past. They are wrong. You are in denial. If actually clicked on what eliminated means, it clearly states that it means it does not continue to spread for more than 12 months. That means, as long as an outbreak stops spreading within a 12 month period then it is still considered eliminated.
What's your point? A couple hundred cases a year is a data point and according to the CDC (but what do they know?) makes it effectively eliminated in the US. The only way to get it was leaving the country and coming back with it. That is for all intents and purposes a thing of the past. It's cute how badly you want to be right about this but you just aren't.
According to their other comment, that makes them a democrat
They know a lot more than you, that is for damn sure.
The most common way to get it is is leaving the country & contracting it.
It doesn't mean that people still can't get it other ways since it is a viral infection and still can spread.
Did you know that if all 350 million Americans are vaccinated against measles that 10.5 million of them are still able to catch it?
Are you fucking brain damaged?
Obviously the CDC knows more than I do about communicable diseases, that's why I made that sarcastic reply while agreeing with their findings. You were the one that was questioning their language.
It flat out says in that quote the only new cases were from individuals that had traveled outside the country and contracted the disease there. That doesn't mean that it's impossible to spread otherwise, it means that it did not happen. That was up until a bunch of dipshits started deciding that they their kids didn't need the measles vaccine.
The whole point of herd immunity is vaccinating everyone so that the probability of anyone catching it is so low that it is eradicated from the populace. If no one has it, there is nothing available to catch. If only a few people have it then the vast majority of vaccinated individuals either will not catch it or will have drastically diminished symptoms. This is not that difficult.
Measles encephalitis can do that to you, so if he's not vaccinated there is a possibility.
Oddly salty about semantics. Measles is just some bullshit we could avoid.
Semantics? More like facts. Apparently they aren't important to salty Democrats anymore.
Nope
Why don't you go click on the link that explains what elimination is when it comes to measles. It doesn't mean there has been no new cases as you're trying to claim.
Your statement is wrong. You are wrong. If you can't admit reality, then stay in denial as long as you need to.
You egg
Eggactly the same thing I described.
And when I said "a thing of the past" you assumed I meant it exists in no capacity. When what that means is its not a problem anymore.
Prob because that is exactly what "a thing of the past" means by definition.
You're wrong, but will your pride get in the way of admitting it?
Lol you gonna tell the CDC they are wrong?
Thats in their linked article. So, the CDC is telling them they are wrong.
Gotcha, I was confused about what you were noping.