I was in SW WA and NW OR this weekend

[gopiscrap]

there is a big measles epidemic going on...it drives me nuts hearing from these folks there, how many anti-vaxers are among them

[saveferris]

1. Bog Measles is awful

It especially leaves you feeling swampy.

[gopiscrap]

5. oops thank you

spell check failed me it didn't spot my typo

[apcalc]

2. Given that herd protection works, and the autism connection is bogus...

Why be a dumbass and not get your child vaccinated? DUH

[grantcart]

7. +1

[MissB]

3. Yep. I think it's up to 41 so far.

The news occasionally mentions a church- not sure if that means that it’s members make up most of the original outbreak or not.

Regardless, any anti-vaxxer drives me nuts.

[gopiscrap]

6. from what I heard, it is a fundamentalist church school that was the original source

[mrs_p]

4. They are everywhere!

We just moved from PDX where my kiddo was in public school. So many kids had vaccine waivers. Ridiculous. Even some of my daughters friends.

[marlakay]

8. I almost died as a kid from them

That was before vaccination temp 104 and sick for weeks could barely move, doctor came to house they did that back in early 60’s.

[2naSalit]

10. I got everything twice...

both measles, chicken pox, mumps. We had a big batch of kids, seven of nine in the house at one time, and by the time I got through the illness, I would get it again from a sibling who caught it later. That was back in the 50s and 60s.

[saveferris]

9. Im in PDX

My kids are vaccinated; so are their friends. Let's just say the gullible buy this bullshit anti-vax argument and run with it all the way until they get sick or their kids do.

Tragic stupidity.

[MontanaMama]

11. In the city where I live

your kid cannot come to school without up to date vax records. If you don’t have them, your kid gets sent home. I don’t have a problem with that. I know parents who were late getting their kids vaccinated and they were politely asked to take their kids and go down to the health department for shots before coming back. We couldn’t even register kiddos for middle school without vax records.

[gopiscrap]

12. yeah but a bunch of these conservative school districts give

exemptions for religious objectitions

[MontanaMama]

13. That's true and I'm grateful not to live in one.

I did ask the secretary at my son’s middle school how many kids had waivers and she said maybe a handful, like 10 or less in a school of 800 kids. That’s not bad. I’m not saying it isn’t a problem nationally. It is, and it puts us all at risk.

[gopiscrap]

14. I am grateful also...I had the measles as a child and it turned into

encephalitis, did life long damage. I have eye problems, some equilibrium hand/ eye coordination issues and adhd which until lately was a liability...now I am old enough it is an asset. BTW I really like Western Montana

[EveHammond13]

15. also some doctors are advertising that they will sign a medical exemption

there are doctors running ads touting their willingness to give a medical (not religious) exemption.

based on un-related reasons like food allergies or emotional distress.

I can't remember where I saw the report on this a few days ago. Must have been MSNBC.

when confronted, instead of being shamed, the doctors were smug and boastful saying that all the law requires is for them to see the patient and read her medical records. there is nothing stopping them from giving the exemptions in this manner. apparently their ethics (concern for infecting other kids) don't come into play here. it's a nice boost to their practices $$$$.

[brooklynite]

16. Just some place some crystals around your car...