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[–] [email protected] 184 points 1 day ago (5 children)

We've had one global pandemic yes, but what about second global pandemic?

[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: no super-measles until you've finished your avian flu!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago

¿Por qué no los dos

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Avian pollio-vid measle-flu 25

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

COVID was easy mode and we (Americans at the very least) failed. If we can't handle something that's highly infectious with a pretty low death rate we're definitely not going to handle highly infectious + high mortality rate without a lot of people dying first and even then, it'll still be "left wing propaganda", I'm sure

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I see a silver lining if the right people start dying.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

They get the immuno compromised sick and help the virus mutate

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Hence the phrase silver lining.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think they know about second global pandemic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

apple shaped pathogen hits us on the head

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Got a feeling most of the developed world is gonna miss this one.

I don't know why.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not when our super measels gets ya

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Went through Thanos anus

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Given that measles can cause fucking immunity amnesia you should be terrified .

[–] [email protected] 18 points 17 hours ago

That's a good point. We should also keep in mind that measles can cause immunity amnesia. That's terrifying.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 day ago

No that's not ok

That's really not ok

Goddamnit

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Vaccination when? My immunity was gone when I got tested at 35 so I had to re-take the shots. I was telling everyone I knew to get titers done for themselves.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Usually, you don't need a booster once you got fully vaccinated (2 shots, usually combined with mumps and rubella vaccines). However, the second shot was not the recommended practice until around the 90s, so you might have received only one and then it's a good idea to get it checked.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

We don’t actually know that. We don’t have studies of lifelong effectiveness of the extra shot. Does it extend protection? Yes. By how much? We’ve been doing it for 30+ years, so we don’t know

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If everyone, or at least most (Over 90%.) had had the first shot, how necessary would the second shot have been?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

Still necessary; they started doing the second shot because they found that immunity was dropping off fairly quickly with only one dose

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder how long until other countries place travel restrictions on Americans. It's really probably best not to let plague rats roam, right?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Some countries did during Covid.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Another example of how the US is slowly and incrementally regressing

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago

Excellent bit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Three people said exactly the same thing “slowly”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

So long ~~dental plan~~ Lisa!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Are you in a Star Trek or Dr Who episode where time travels 100 times slower?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Like molasses?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Measles are an air born virus, a good mask will protect you

[–] [email protected] 9 points 16 hours ago

Masks were really well received the last time and no one was a crybaby about it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago

Oh okay good thing we don't have a bunch of cultists who refuse to believe in science, and refusing to wear a mask

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

Get your tdap and mmr boosters 💉

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago

Oh. Good. Yeah. This is great.