Europe @feddit.de CAVOK @lemmy.world 6mo ago

A 30-fold rise of measles cases in 2023 in the WHO European Region warrants urgent action

www.who.int A 30-fold rise of measles cases in 2023 in the WHO European Region warrants urgent action

The WHO European Region is experiencing an alarming rise in measles cases. Over 30 000 measles cases were reported by 40 of the Region’s 53 Member States between January and October 2023. Compared to 941 cases reported in all of 2022, this represents a more than 30-fold rise. The rise in cases has a...

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So at what point is this straight up child abuse? It's at least negligence right?
The "parents know best" movement as to die parenting is hard but making kids is easy AF that why dumb people do it all the time and dumb people make dumb parents
Vaccinate your fucking kids. We are doing out part with our little one. It's not that fucking hard and he's doing just fine
My sister didn't vaccinate her daughter and the whole family is not able to convince her otherwise :(
- That's sad. What was the reason?
  
  Lack of critical thinking skills.
I've made my peace years ago with the fact that this problem is going to take care of itself.
- Except it's not the fully immunised parents that are going to die out, it's their children.
  
  Enough dead kids and the morons will learn their lesson while the most unteachable idiots will see their bloodline get thinned out. I'm old enough to remember the stories of my great-grandparents and what diphtheria has left them of their 10 children.

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