The Guardian sent detailed questions to the US health department, Bigtree and Siri. Among the questions the Guardian asked was a request for each to comment on criticism that the Mississippi court case led to a surge in whooping cough cases, and ultimately the death of a baby. None responded directly to that claim.

“They see this as a victory. But I think pediatricians see it as an assault on our patients, and an assault on families,” said Dr Anita Henderson, a Hattiesburg pediatrician. Bigtree is “taking this situation to raise funds to do this in other states”.

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[–] 58 points 7 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    At least the children will go to heaven, right? ...right?!

    /s juuuuust in case

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    You joke, but in the strictest traditions of Christian faith, that’s exactly what they think. The specified reason for a bar mitzvah and similar coming of age traditions in other faiths is that’s when your sins become your responsibility in the eyes of God. Before that your sins fall on your parents.

    My grandpa, who was a truck driver in the Rush Limbaugh days, said something to that effect after the Sandy Hook massacre. That dead kids going straight to heaven was just the cost of freedom.

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  • [–] 35 points 7 months ago

    Fucking idiots. I’d laugh and say “have the day you voted for!”…but I cannot. Children, who have no say in any of this insanity, will be directly affected by these moronic policies.

    None of this should be able to be torn down by anyone except for the scientists and medical professionals that do the fucking research, and have the fucking data.

    How many kids will suffer because of this?

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  • [–] 31 points 7 months ago

    It really does break my heart, these children didn't ask for this and we didn't need more data points to know this would be the case.

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  • [–] 19 points 7 months ago

    Pro life, amirite?

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago

    I love that propaganda has made our fellow citizens into the dumbest bunch of humans. /s

    We live in the stupidest timeline.

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  • [–] 17 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    A price they are willing to pay.

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  • [–] 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    What will it take for the US to start doing something about avoidable children, deaths and massacres? I've previously worked as a volunteer in Nairobi, Kenya. Even back then, everyone knew that the deaths we saw were completely avoidable. Families were desperate to obtain vaccination to protect their children.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Maybe this is what we need to do. One argument is that we’ve done so well at preventing these preventable diseases that we’re insulated from the consequences, “surely it can’t be that bad”. Maybe people need to see the suffering and death for themselves, to come to their senses

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago

    This is exactly what he did in Somoa. Why is anyone surprised?

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago

    "God works in mysterious ways."

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    The leaders of the anti-vaccine movement must be put on a trial for crimes against humanity.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    All part of the Republican eugenics program.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Is this the state that ranked 49 out of 50 in education? Surely no one is surprised

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Just like his bullshit he pulled in Samoa killing people with the Measles.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Guess which country they are actually dragging back to the stone age.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Baby not drinking enough raw milk obviously.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    Having read Naomi Klein's Doppelganger, I think for the proto/pre-fascist antivax crowd that's... acceptable, even desirable, because it means cleaning up the race from weak immune systems.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    It's what he does

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    [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    It's almost as if these people shouldn't be allowed to make decisions about what type of jam is on their toast, they are too stupid for even that.

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