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22. I don't understand why you are making up numbers.

Mon Oct 13, 2025, 09:12 AM

Oct 13

You made up a series of theoretical percentages and then jumped to assumptions see in your made-up figures.

You're also misapplying statistics here. The chances of a group of anti-vaxxers having 36 unvaccinated kids is quite high. If the community is opposed to vaccines, most or all of the children won't be vaccinated. They may be Mennonites, right-wing Christians, or woo woo lefty antivaxxers.

There's also an issue of viral load. If a community is mostly unvaccinated and a lot of individuals get sick at once, everybody is being exposed to the virus over and over. That makes it more likely that they will get sick, even if they are vaccinated. And babies too young to have been fully vaccinated are especially at risk,

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"But Muh Freedumb!!!!" hatrack Oct 13 #2

The stupid runs deep in South Carolina. llmart Oct 13 #3

Good point about third world status. Prof. Toru Tanaka Oct 13 #10

The US and other developed countries hoarded vaccine during the Covid-19 pandemic dedl67 Oct 13 #17

I think Jared had something to do with that if I remember correctly. llmart Oct 13 #23

I think we passed the continuing stage mdbl Oct 13 #12

Give them the GOP Darwin Medal bucolic_frolic Oct 13 #4

Sigh. irisblue Oct 13 #5

Hey, why bother quarantining? These nuts will now AllyCat Oct 13 #6

"Minnesota's measles case count jumps to 20, with most unvaccinated children", CBS, 10/12/25 progree Oct 13 #7

I feel that 'most' says enough. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Oct 13 #8

I'm just curious about the percentage anyway progree Oct 13 #18

That leaves out that the unvaccinated are clustered IbogaProject Oct 13 #21

I don't understand why you are making up numbers. yardwork Oct 13 #22

Wait till parents mgardener Oct 13 #9

Good. There is nothing like having a kid unexpectedly home to inconvenience parents Warpy Oct 13 #11

Only when it starts to affect ordinary, regular folks will they be upset. riversedge Oct 13 #16

RFK Jr asks "We're any of the boys with measles circumcised?" Gimpyknee Oct 13 #13

The Shame of the Kennedys... GiqueCee Oct 13 #14

Completely avoidable. Hope none of them die or have horrible lasting effects. Scrivener7 Oct 13 #15

Back when I was a child, before the vaccine... llmart Oct 13 #24

I'm so sorry. Can you imagine voluntarily bringing that on your children? Scrivener7 Oct 13 #29

No, I can't llmart Oct 13 #31

I narrowly missed all of that. My brother talks about the kids lining up at school for the Scrivener7 Oct 13 #32

You're lucky to have gotten them. llmart Oct 13 #33

Weird thing: I had a bad case of chicken pox in my twenties. I had to get my titers Scrivener7 Oct 13 #34

Remember when the right came unglued over COVID lockdowns? Where is their anger now? nt Hotler Oct 13 #19

I'm an old man, so my health isn't much of an issue, anymore. Paladin Oct 13 #20

Not good. ck4829 Oct 13 #25

Gross, stay away from filthy diseased unvaxed magats- they don't care about their own health let alone others Blues Heron Oct 13 #26

Make measles great again. LisaL Oct 13 #27

Where I grew up they called such people "'dumb asses". They were smarter than they sounded. twodogsbarking Oct 13 #28

They wouldn't let their child be the stinky kid in class but they're OK w/ their child being the disease vector kid. Solly Mack Oct 13 #30