Lawmaker promoting anti-vaxx bill suggests measles can be treated with antibiotics. (It can't.)

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Lawmaker promoting anti-vaxx bill suggests measles can be treated with antibiotics. (It can’t.)

By Lindsey Bever February 27 at 2:54 PM

Amid a relentless anti-vaccine movement and measles outbreaks across the United States, a Texas lawmaker has falsely suggested that antibiotics can be used to treat the deadly childhood disease.

Texas state Rep. Bill Zedler (R), an anti-vaxxer who is promoting legislation to allow parents to more easily opt out of vaccinations for their children, said he had measles when he was a child.

"When I grew up, I had a lot of these illnesses,” Zedler recalled, according to the Texas Observer. “They wanted me to stay at home. But as far as being sick in bed, it wasn’t anything like that.”

“They want to say people are dying of measles,” he added. “Yeah, in Third World countries they’re dying of measles. Today, with antibiotics and that kind of stuff, they’re not dying in America.”

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/02/27/lawmaker-promoting-anti-vaxx-bill-suggests-measles-can-be-treated-with-antibiotics-it-cant/

[FiveGoodMen]

1. Well that ought to be simple.

He's unqualified to do his job.

"You're fired"

[procon]

2. Speaking like someone who gets all their

medical training off the internet. 100 more blog posts and he can expect to recieve his official doctor certificate, complete with seal and a fancy ribbon (suitable for framing).

[LanternWaste]

3. I've decided to rebrand Anti-Vaxxers as...

Plague Enthusiasts.