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Measles is surging in the US. These graphics show how bad it has gotten (apnews.com)
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[–] 21 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Fucking anti vax idiots.

I went and got a measles booster earlier this year.

if you were vaccinated before 1976 you need to go get one to. Your immunity has probably lapsed.

https://mcpress.mayoclinic.org/living-well/do-you-need-a-measles-booster/

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  • [–] 7 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

    I had a bone marrow transplant in July. I'll need all of my childhood vaccines. We don't start that process until I'm a year out. These scummy lil' rash rats better not fuck things up around here.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    I feel for you man. I may be facing the same thing.

    Big piece of advice, stay away from grocery stores and shopping in general. I know it's mentally hard to be locked in the house, but death by pneumonia is really unpleasant.

    I had a friend who was doing chemo. He went late one night to get some groceries without a N95 mask on. He got covid, the flu and a third virus I don't remember. Dead within a week. Nothing they could do.

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