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re: Child in west Texas dies of Measles was part of Mennonite community

Posted on 2/26/25 at 5:51 pm to
Posted by RIPMachoMan
Member since Jun 2011
7189 posts
Posted on 2/26/25 at 5:51 pm to
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The missteps with Covid ( most of which aren't true and unfounded) have given idiot ant-vaxxers "legitimacy ".


This.
Posted by N2cars
Member since Feb 2008
34066 posts
Posted on 2/26/25 at 6:00 pm to
Nah, to me, anti-vaxxers are against virtually all vaccinations.

Not getting the Covid vax, I can undestand.
I took them, and you likely know why.




Posted by Frank Belavis
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2020
238 posts
Posted on 2/26/25 at 6:02 pm to
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Child in west Texas dies of Measles was part of Mennonite community

TIL there's Mennonites in Texas
Posted by Camijoe
Member since May 2024
344 posts
Posted on 2/26/25 at 7:17 pm to
These damn Amish with their raw milk and spread of measles are trying to kill us all.
Posted by DeltaTigerDelta
Member since Jan 2017
12728 posts
Posted on 2/26/25 at 7:28 pm to
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Not to sidetrack the thread but I’m having a new born and see the CDC recommends a full 3 dose Covid vaccine between 6months to a year. Please upvote or downvote this if I should trust them or not

Research the hepatitis vax. It’s giving kids autism.
Posted by Thedillyplate
Galion by the St. John
Member since Dec 2016
180 posts
Posted on 2/26/25 at 7:33 pm to
Makes you wonder how it was introduced into this close knit community
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
117267 posts
Posted on 2/26/25 at 7:44 pm to
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until the Europeans arrived with their gift blankets.



I am glad this happened because otherwise non of us would be here.
Posted by dallastigers
Member since Dec 2003
7930 posts
Posted on 2/26/25 at 8:40 pm to
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Good lord just get your kids vaccinated. This isn't a rushed covid vaccine.
That is what is happening. According to Texas department of health there have been 39 cases of measles among children younger than 5. There has been one death. That is a childhood fatality percentage of 2.5%. Awfully damn high for a preventable disease.


There also has been 80 cases at age range of 5 and above including at least 18 cases in the 18 and above age range (plus another 5 whose ages are unknown as of now). It also has moved out of Gaines with cases in 8 nearby counties (Gaines still has the far majority of cases).

When cases were just in Gaines the majority of cases were also in the 5 and up age range including a similar % of cases in 18 and up range.

This anti-vax existed in this community before covid vaccine ever existed. If it started more recently with covid vaccine negativity you would not be seeing higher numbers with ages 5 and above. Something or someone got introduced to community that passed it to a child, a teenager, an adult, or all of the above and then started spreading it.

Also, 5 cases were vaccinated.

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At this time, 124 cases have been identified since late January. Eighteen of the patients have been hospitalized. Five of the cases are vaccinated. The rest are unvaccinated, or their vaccination status is unknown.

This post was edited on 2/26/25 at 8:55 pm
Posted by liz18lsu
Naples, FL
Member since Feb 2009
17674 posts
Posted on 2/26/25 at 8:53 pm to
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i'm seeing many of the dumbest people i know homeschooling their kids and bragging about not getting them their *real* vaccines on facebook.


I was properly vaccinated, as a child. I was homeschooled from the 5th grade & up. I went to college and managed to be a "normal" person, with a career. I refused the COVID-19 vaccine. I am alive to talk about it. Not all homeschooled kids are as weird and/or dumb as you plainly state. People really do misunderstand parents who homeschool. Most of your Olympic gymnasts were homeschooled. These aren't dumb athletes.
Posted by VOLhalla
Knoxville
Member since Feb 2011
4762 posts
Posted on 2/26/25 at 8:59 pm to
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Not to sidetrack the thread but I’m having a new born and see the CDC recommends a full 3 dose Covid vaccine between 6months to a year. Please upvote or downvote this if I should trust them or not


As a father of two healthy children I’d recommend finding and listening to a pediatrician you trust instead of idiots on an anonymous football board.

Just my opinion though.
Posted by LSUAngelHere1
Watson
Member since Jan 2018
9469 posts
Posted on 2/27/25 at 12:46 am to
More kids die from the shots than the disease.
Posted by LSUAngelHere1
Watson
Member since Jan 2018
9469 posts
Posted on 2/27/25 at 12:47 am to
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I'm afraid this is going to become more common as low iq, homeschooling, anti-establishment retards grow in numbers

Vaccinated kids aren’t as healthy as the unvaccinated.
Posted by Stinger_1066
On a golf course
Member since Jul 2021
2899 posts
Posted on 2/27/25 at 3:53 am to
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Makes you wonder how it was introduced into this close knit community


Mennonites interact daily with non-Mennonites. It could have come from contact with anyone who was contagious.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
39109 posts
Posted on 2/27/25 at 6:42 am to
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Or dont and population will handle itself organically. I honestly dont care what people decide to do, just dont bitch and complain later on when youve been warned. I hate people who complain after making bad decisions youve been prewarned about. Its very cucky.


The dead kid didn’t make a bad decision… his parents did
Posted by eatpie
Kentucky
Member since Aug 2018
1435 posts
Posted on 2/27/25 at 8:09 am to
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The illegals may have been the vectors?


The kid was not a Mennonite and there is zero mention the kid had ever even interacted with Mennonites. The article discusses Mennonite communities, but never even suggests the kid had ever been associated with them.
Posted by Dragula
Laguna Seca
Member since Jun 2020
5962 posts
Posted on 2/27/25 at 8:20 am to
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Cannot wait to see all the posts people add to TD.


Stranix might have an aneurysm
Posted by Camijoe
Member since May 2024
344 posts
Posted on 2/27/25 at 2:29 pm to
Never the less, Mennonites are dangerous and should be avoided
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
24780 posts
Posted on 2/27/25 at 3:21 pm to
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i'm seeing many of the dumbest people i know homeschooling their kids


That part is the problem.

I know quite a few folks who homeschool their children the correct way. They themselves are successful, and even pretty well educated. Even a couple of the wives are certified secondary education teachers and know where to seek out resources for proper homeschooling of their children.

And then I know…others. God help those kids being homeschooled and “educated” by those others.
Posted by moneyg
Member since Jun 2006
59289 posts
Posted on 2/27/25 at 9:25 pm to
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We have to trust the scientific consensus


Yeah, frick that.

The "scientific consensus" is very often filtered and skewed.
Posted by NyCaLa
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2014
1090 posts
Posted on 2/28/25 at 3:27 am to
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And then I know…others. God help those kids being homeschooled and “educated” by those others.


I was one of "those others". We were busy homeschool parents, might have put 2 hours a day into it. Despite skipping science throughout, my daughter got a 30 ACT and son a 28.

Daughter got 2 undergrad degrees at LSU and is now a PhD, published, keynote speaker, etc.

Those more educated types have done no better, no worse in general.

Maybe my point is

1. You don't need qualifications to homeschool well.

2. It doesn't take much at all to outpace kids wasting their childhood in the classroom.
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