Suddenly it's an elective procedure and no longer covered by insurance.
Though I guess it may get more expensive for insurers to cover the unvaccinated so the market might actually win out with that one...
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So they just want a mass die-off right?
Compulsory quarantine for people coming from the US into EU is gonna happen very fast
Many nearly extinct diseases are already planning their great comeback tour in the US.
Wonder what will happen when the rest of the world denies entry to Americans for health reasons.
The fool gets more ignorant by the day sheesh
So RFKs gonna say “vaccinations bad”, and Trumps gonna be like “thanks for letting me know mate”, then cancel vaccinations…. And then the shit really will hit the fan.
So, what do we DO? Quick vacations abroad to get vaccines and prevent our kids from dying? Or just accept life as long as possible before the 2027 polio outbreak causes a lovely descent into chaos?
Much like women seeking health care across state lines, it may be required to travel to another state for vaccinations, and depending on supply and cost, perhaps traveling to another country would be practical.
As for outbreaks, either wear a mask and avoid crowds, or have a passport and find a country not embracing insanity.
… have a passport and find a country not embracing insanity.
I can’t imagine any country is super excited for American refugees
Yeah, most of the world has decided they don't like refugees. Best bet is probably to pretend to be a tourist.
I guess Trump wants to eradicate the American population? How does this make them money?
A new period of prohibition begins. How do I buy vaccines illegally?
Likely Elon Musk and some other people are covert eugenicists. A lot of eugenicists work with Lysenko-style "genetics", and think generations surviving deadly diseases will bring forward a smarter and stronger humanity,
That makes sense. Musk is the poster child of pusedo-science.
Well, if America is no longer a superpower, then Putin and all his oligarchs buddies are planning on sweeping up the spoils of its ruin for themselves.
Wouldn't the diseases travel back to Europe of the US weakens at all? People immigrate to where the money is.
Enjoy your wiggly kids Republicans
From what I learn from being alive, if people are required or forced to do something, they probably aren't. Much like volunteering, most people don't volunteer, heck, jury duty is required yet people don't want to do it. Imagine if voting was required by law, how this would change things.
I'm not sure i understand what you're getting at. By that logic, if voting was required, wouldn't people vote even less?
It's interesting to see how much he will fuck up the country. I mean, terrifying, of course, but interesting too.
Wow, the measles are going to absolutely ruin America, and then spread to the world. One of my family members was 'immune' to the vaccine for it, and a doctor took my aunt aside and told her that basically any large crowd was a danger to my cousin. IE. "Go to the fair and there's a chance he catches it." Luckily he was able to finally reach the % required that from the vaccine but I think he was 16 before that happened.
So many children are going to die. I wonder if people who didn't vote in the US are starting to realise what they've done.
and then spread to the world
But the rest of the world still has the vaccine programs. Very quickly Americans will require proof of vaccination before visiting other countries. While there might be an uptick in cases outside of the US, it will be nothing compared to within.
We're already having a problem with it in Canada, so I'm pretty damn nervous. I have family members who really rely on herd immunity.
Ya, I'm in Canada also. And unfortunately I know more than a couple of people who legit believe vaccines are a scam. But you can find idiots everywhere. I'm honestly not too worried about it here.
The issue is, especially for measles, herd immunity. There are some major problems with measles in particular, such as:
Measles is so contagious that one infected person can spread the respiratory virus to 90% of people in the same room—and it can live in the air for two hours. Often, an infected person doesn’t even know they have measles for several weeks.
and
Early symptoms include a fever, cough, runny nose, and red eyes, all of which could be overlooked as part of a common cold. A skin rash doesn’t typically appear until three to five days after the first symptoms appear. Someone with measles is contagious four days before the rash begins and four days after. There is no cure for measles, but if you’ve received the measles vaccine or are immune from a previous infection, consider yourself protected.
Another major problem is...:
Depending on the disease, herd immunity may begin to show beneficial effects when just 40% of the population is vaccinated. But for particularly contagious diseases, that threshold is far higher, exceeding 80%. The vaccination rate should be about 96% to achieve herd immunity for measles.
So we're going to have immune compromised people getting and then spreading measels. It hits children the hardest, and we're going to start seeing absolutely heart-breaking headlines about children dying to a completely preventable illness.
Oh, I don't disagree. Measles is horrible. It's even been found to reset a person's immune system. Like erased to newborn status.
But what I mean about not being too worried, is that I have a modicum amount of faith in fellow Canadians. And once those insane policies start happening in the US, the entire rest of the world is going to place travel restrictions to/from the US.
But what I mean about not being too worried, is that I have a modicum amount of faith in fellow Canadians.
I'm glad you do, and I don't. If, as polls show he should rather easily, Poilievre wins the next election we'll have a Prime Minister who marched with the Convoy. In addition, the Federal Conservative party voted in 2022 to not recognize climate change. The idea he'll place restrictions down is, to my mind, flat out wrong. I think he'll bow and kowtow to whatever Trump says, and from the amount of 'Make Canada Great Again' hats (And the full on MAGA ones as well, which is.. bizarre) I see throughout the interior of BC/Alberta, I think there's some serious indicators the voters will, too. John Rustad almost beat the BC NDP. Polls show 43% of voters in Ontario plan to vote for Doug Ford again.
I am glad you have faith in Canadians, I just don't understand where that faith comes from.
I am glad you have faith in Canadians, I just don't understand where that faith comes from.
Mostly from interacting quite a bit with Americans and seeing how much better Canada is by comparison. Don't get me wrong, things are tending down, but we've got quite a ways to go before we get that bad.
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