some unintended consequences of trumpism
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I dunno, when your side has just decided things like “the Avian flu is a hoax” and “Measles are popping up because of immigrants rather than reduced vaccination rates” because you didn’t like COVID policies, I’d take a backseat on what someone might have the nerve to say about infectious diseases.
Don’t bother because you won’t like the answer.
Also, wonder what the vaccination rates are on illegals? Hmm…..
Tapate50
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I thought this was obvious, but nah here we are
If you already know the numbers, feel free to move on. But there also hasn’t been a dramatic demographic shift in that county.
Probably difficult to track with any reliability. Though I’d imagine stopping a bunch of programs that provide vaccines to underdeveloped countries isn’t likely to improve that number.
Numbers are numbers. This county has a lower vaccination rate, which tends to correlate with higher rates of these infections.
Right, like the trend that shows a lower vaccination rate in this country than others, which makes it more susceptible to outbreaks.
That isn't a trend - Thats a comparative.
Trends are changes over time to understand if there is anything about the current level that is different than historical levels that coudl indicate downstream impacts otherwise.
You know, like the trend of illegal population spiking and having no way of tracking what illnesses/vaccinations they have...
Vaccination rates don’t have to fall to some specific level for an outbreak to occur. The Measles virus isn’t an auditor giving the county a score. The lower vaccination rate just decreases the likelihood that the virus won’t spread, which is what has happened here. Do you think this one rural county in Texas is just where all the unvaccinated and undocumented immigrants are?
…The Measles showed up and spread amongst the wrong people. Herd immunity isn’t a switch that magically turns on and off based on small changes in figures. Sometimes you just get unlucky. You could even be right that an increase in undocumented immigrants caused this outbreak, but it would have been less likely to happen in a location with a higher vaccination rate.
sturg33
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I warned in real time that the amount of damage "health experts" did to their credibility during covid would be difficult to undo, and will lead to people never trusting them again
Any dems concerned with vaccination rates should look in the mirror. Its their fault.
We have a acadmic on this board who wore multiple masks, laughed at the ideanof herd immunity, rejected obesity as a comorbidity, required his young healthy students to wear masks and take a shot they didn't need, believes the virus came from a bad, and believed taking multiple boosters would stop the spread
As an uncurious academic, he got these beliefs bc public health told him
Non academic or liberal sheep simply don't trust them anymore. That's gonna lead to bad outcomes.
It's democrats and health experts fault
Any dems concerned with vaccination rates should look in the mirror. Its their fault.
We have a acadmic on this board who wore multiple masks, laughed at the ideanof herd immunity, rejected obesity as a comorbidity, required his young healthy students to wear masks and take a shot they didn't need, believes the virus came from a bad, and believed taking multiple boosters would stop the spread
As an uncurious academic, he got these beliefs bc public health told him
Non academic or liberal sheep simply don't trust them anymore. That's gonna lead to bad outcomes.
It's democrats and health experts fault