To emphasize how unfortunate it is, the first dose of the measles vaccine isn't given until age 12 to 15 months. That means that even if parents fully intend to vaccinate their kid, they're still vulnerable to measles for at least that first year.

While I wouldn't normally sympathize with "MAGAts" I would say especially in this case the people that are being hurt the most our the people I would consider victims of a system of anti-science and anti-education.

We can point the finger at the individuals that choose this (excluding their poor children obviously) but I think it's unfair to point that finger when the vast majority of them are essentially "children" in terms of their education.

I would sooner judge individual well educated liberals that fall victim to "new age heal yourself remedies" than I would the the highschool dropout in the southern state that "doesn't trust the government."

They are both victims to misinformation but one is given significantly less information (and more propaganda) to come to the wrong conclusions.

Idk. I just pitty them more I guess. I just see them as victims to a larger narrative that only benefits the ruling class. I can't really bring myself to place blame on them. Only pitty.

If the blame for measles resurgence can be put on a few idiots. Then, well, society has failed. There is no scenario in which a handful of people can cause that. It is a systemic problem that needs to be reflected on.

While I wouldn't normally sympathize with "MAGAts" I would say especially in this case the people that are being hurt the most our the people I would consider victims of a system of anti-science and anti-education.

We can point the finger at the individuals that choose this (excluding their poor children obviously) but I think it's unfair to point that finger when the vast majority of them are essentially "children" in terms of their education.

I would sooner judge individual well educated liberals that fall victim to "new age heal yourself remedies" than I would the the highschool dropout in the southern state that "doesn't trust the government."

They are both victims to misinformation but one is given significantly less information (and more propaganda) to come to the wrong conclusions.