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Florida refuses to bar unvaccinated students from school suffering a measles outbreak
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:25 am
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:25 am
quote:MMR vax's were required before my kids could go to school. What am I missing?
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FILE - Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo gestures as speaks to supporters and members of the media before a bill signing by Gov. Ron DeSantis Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Brandon, Fla. Florida's controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an elementary school's measles outbreak, telling parents of unvaccinated children it is their choice whether their student attends class — a direct contravention of federal guidelines. (AP Photo/Chris
O'Meara,)
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida's controversial surgeon general is drawing criticism for his handling of an elementary school's measles outbreak, telling parents of unvaccinated children it is their choice whether their students attend class — a contravention of federal guidelines calling for their mandatory exclusion.
Dr. Joseph Ladapo, nationally known for his outspoken skepticism toward the COVID-19 vaccine, sent a letter this week to parents at Manatee Bay Elementary School near Fort Lauderdale after six students contracted the highly contagious and potentially deadly virus. Such outbreaks are rare in the United States, though reported cases have spiked from 58 for all of 2023 to 35 already this year.
The letter notes that when a school has a measles outbreak, it is “normally recommended” that unvaccinated students who haven't previously had the disease be kept home for three weeks “because of the high likelihood” they will be infected.
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Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:27 am to cajunangelle
Not every state requires every student to get vaccinated.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:28 am to cajunangelle
If your kids are vaxxed against measles, then why would you care if someone else has it?
Remember, comrade. Vaccines prevent infection!
Remember, comrade. Vaccines prevent infection!
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:29 am to the808bass
Since when?
With a wide open border no one talks about the spreading of communicable diseases much, why?
With a wide open border no one talks about the spreading of communicable diseases much, why?
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:29 am to cajunangelle
Monkeypox bad
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:29 am to HubbaBubba
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If your kids are vaxxed against measles, then why would you care if someone else has it?
Authoritarians lack common sense.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:32 am to the808bass
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Not every state requires every student to get vaccinated.
That’s not the issue. It’s the fact that to reduce the spread, those without vaccination should avoid contact in the short term for their own safety and to help reduce the spread.
Unlike with COVID, these vaccines actually work and an outbreak could be quickly controlled if the unvaccinated members stay out of exposure.
Instead, idiots like this guy are trying to play politics and putting everyone at risk. There are kids that could not get the vaccine for legitimate health reasons, unlike the parents using religious exemptions for their kids (which is their right).
Sometimes it is okay to sit home to help protect others and I am not talking about the extreme covid shutdowns.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:33 am to cajunangelle
The media is desperate that people not know that this is being driven by mass third world migration.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:36 am to HubbaBubba
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If your kids are vaxxed against measles, then why would you care if someone else has it?
Remember, comrade. Vaccines prevent infection!
Some of you are just ridiculous. First off, vaccines don’t prevent infection. They never have. They help prevent the target antigen from incubating and growing to a point of either harming the host or making the host infectious to others.
They are effective when low exposure levels exist. Once exposure levels are high, you can still get sick even if vaccinated because the immune system can only work so fast.
This is why people saying vaccines are either perfect or not is ridiculous.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:37 am to Geauxgurt
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Sometimes it is okay to sit home to help protect others
Why don't the "others" stay home?
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:37 am to cajunangelle
Measles vaccine has a long record of being safe and effective,?regardless of the nut cases and fruitcakes who believe the nonsense to the contrary.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:38 am to Geauxgurt
Hard no. I’m not sitting home, nor will my kids.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:41 am to 2 Jugs
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Why don't the "others" stay home?
The ones with health risks are. That doesn’t mean the outbreak will be controlled, but suit yourself. It’s not about our society anymore but in most of yalls cases, everything is about you. Most of you sound like Millennials and the new generations, which is hilarious given how much you bitch about them.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:43 am to HubbaBubba
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If your kids are vaxxed against measles, then why would you care if someone else has it?
Because not everyone is immunized or can be immunized. There are lots of people (kids and adults with immune conditions) whose bodies don't respond normally to develop adaptive immunity to vaccination or for whom vaccination risks outweigh their potential benefits. They rely on herd immunity to limit their exposure to avoid potentially very harmful, even lethal diseases.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:43 am to cajunangelle
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With a wide open border no one talks about the spreading of communicable diseases much, why?
Because talking about illegals bringing in illnesses because their healthcare system is shite while ours has largely defeated those illnesses was considered racist. It's only now that this issue is starting to impact the coastal elites in the Northeast that it's no longer considered "racist" to acknowledge this fact.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:43 am to cajunangelle
quote:
MMR vax's were required before my kids could go to school. What am I missing?
Not required for my 3 in elementary school in Florida. They all have MMR fwiw.
This post was edited on 2/24/24 at 10:44 am
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:48 am to cajunangelle
Some vaccinations have been around long enough to be considered safe and a greater good to society. Hope no pregnant school staff or parents wind up coming down with measles.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:49 am to cajunangelle
Given the high prevalence of that vaccine uptake, where are the measles coming from?
Posted on 2/24/24 at 10:57 am to Geauxgurt
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It’s not about our society anymore but in most of yalls cases, everything is about you.
That's because society = socialism, and community = communism.
frick everybody else, I'll take care of my own.
Posted on 2/24/24 at 11:06 am to cajunangelle
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With a wide open border no one talks about the spreading of communicable diseases much, why?
They're completely ignoring Third World diseases that are running rampant in places like LA.
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