At least 270 unvaccinated kids are staying home from school as measles continues to spread nationwide. "Expect more," one expert said.

A bubbling measles outbreak in the upstate of South Carolina has forced 153 unvaccinated children out of the classroom and into quarantine for a minimum of 21 days.

In Minnesota, where a small outbreak has been growing for the last month, 118 students are also under quarantine in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area after being exposed to the highly contagious virus, health officials said Friday.

The restrictions mean three weeks of remote learning as parents monitor for fever, rash and other symptoms.

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[–] 74 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Now that it's acetaminophen and circumcisions that cause autism, can we please go back to vaccinating people?

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  • [–] 59 points 1 year ago

    Wow, what convenient timing for the CDC to be abolished! 🫠

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Thoughts and prayers 🙏✝️

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    Well one positive, the parents are getting punished with their kids at home for almost a month.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well at least they're not autistic! Can we get some polio up in here? /s

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Why are they quarantining? I thought the CDCs stance was that getting Measles now built character and was better than not getting it?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago

    but muh herd immunity 🥺

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    But if it's god's will for them to die of measles, surely they should be respecting that? /s

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    They are not allowed to attend school because they are not vaccinated? Wonderful! More than enough time to gain natural immunity by attending measle parties! /s

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    But can they still pay taxes?

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    [–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I was once at a wedding on an island so pretty much all guests traveled there and stayed in the same few buildings. A teenager ended up having chickenpox and it caused a shitload of problems. Yes, the kid weathered it fine but it's a lot more dangerous for adults and that meant quarantining anyone who showed any symptoms. Great fun.

    I asked the mom why they didn't vaccinate and she said "Oh you always hear all them bad things about those vaccines, you know."

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago*

    i had covid last month and that was terrible, people are so still ignorant of covid. the razor blade sore throat is not a joke. and the previous vaccine barely touches the new variant. luckily i had the tdap recently too, but not the flu.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Thank goodness for the CDC... oh wait. Worms ate it.

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