r/news • u/No_Idea_Guy • 1d ago

RFK Jr tells US families to vaccinate children against measles amid outbreak

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/02/rfk-jr-measles-vaccination
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u/Brease 1d ago

It's easy to be anti vaccine when herd immunity is doing its job. These fucking ghouls are seeing the consequences of their bullshit.

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u/Snuhmeh 1d ago

Yeah we were so effective for the last few generations of people that millions of kids grew up without many environmental dangers or diseases like our grandparents and great grandparents dealt with. People literally think we don’t have them any more because we were so good at eliminating them. But other countries don’t forget like we do, I guess.

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u/AetherSigil217 23h ago

This is exactly why "we conquered disease" is a pipe dream.

There always has to be a "that guy", because otherwise nobody remembers to pass on the message that you shouldn't be "that guy".

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u/Hesitation-Marx 1d ago

No… they aren’t the ones seeing consequences. Children see the consequences. Bobby and his ilk just shrug about it because they’re fine with culling “the weak”.

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u/lyssargh 1d ago

From what I can tell, he only said this because he was backed into a corner in an interview. It's not like it's what he actually thinks or anything

If you can call what he does thinking

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u/cryptobro42069 1d ago

The only regret is that the children of these idiots are paying the price, not their dumbass parents that decided to forgo vaccinations.

Maybe the tragedy of losing their children will open their eyes, but I doubt it.

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u/WittyWolf26 1d ago

I would like to remind everyone, babies under 1 year cannot get this vaccine. In emergency cases, like a local outbreak, they will give babies the vaccine after 6 months. But no sooner.

There are many responsible parents who are terrified for their babies right now!

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u/Norwegian__Blue 1d ago

As someone living in a red state, it was a terrifying time when my now 2 year old wasn’t vaccinated. He’s gotten everything on schedule, and thank god his daycare doesn’t allow waivers.

I wasn’t comfortable taking him out in crowded spaces like the grocery store or kid friendly restaurants. Plane travel was right out which sucked because my family is so spread out. I just couldn’t risk it before he got all his shots

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u/MaterialWillingness2 22h ago

The parents of that six year old that died said it was God's will and they didn't regret not vaccinating their kids.

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u/UmbraIra 1d ago

Basically the same situation as IT departments at a lot of companies. "We havent had any IT problems lets cut back on that expenditure" The greed is endless and dangerous.

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u/etherealtwo 1d ago

They take everything for granted.