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I am 80 years old. I find the hysteria over measles and chicken pox puzzling. I had both. Actually, there were two or three things that were called "measles". I had them all. I remember all of them being a good excuse not to go to school a few days. No recollection of being seriously ill, everyone I knew had the measles/mumps/chickenpox and none of them had any difficulties, as far as I know.

I DO remember the chicken pox. I was the oldest of five; the first to get it. Almost instantly, the other four got it from me (presumably). One sister had a smallish scar on her face from the chicken pox. My mother was very upset; of course it was my fault. Today, she is in her 70's. That scar has long been unnoticeable.

It was considered important that males got the mumps prior to puberty--it was supposed to be a risk for sterility after puberty. My Dad actually got mumps from us--apparently he hadn't got it as a child. There are some pictures of him unhappily looking like a chipmunk. His family was complete at that point, don't know about the sterility part.

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Welcome to Florida! Where we recognize bad ideas and stop them from spreading: https://unorthodoxy.substack.com/p/how-to-spot-bad-ideas-and-why-we

Shoutout to Ladapo for not bending to the foolishness

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The idiocy going on in our country is astounding. Illegals pouring over the border then bused/flown all over the country defies rational explanation. Anyone who believes the open border policy is a good idea has a severe mental illness.

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Thank you for shining a light on the green card mandate! The government doesn't just require the COVID vax to apply for a green card, they require a recent booster as well, anyone with an original series from years ago will have to get one!

Also, the mandate extends to babies 6 months old, which also has to be mRNA because Novavax is not available for under-12s.

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I just read about the increase in TB in California ... and TB is far more serious and deadly than the measles. But sure, keep the border wide open.

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Thank you Alex for shedding light on a story that I hadn't heard anything about. Dr. Joseph Ladopo is such an impressive person - I hope that he can get a promotion in January to the Federal level.

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dr leanna wen pouring her heart out for the childrens is laughable.

she's the former president of planned parenthood, an organization that's literally dedicated to killing children. has to be said, though, that she was terrible at that job for whatever reason and somewhat ironically didn't make it to 9 months.

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The CDC is also starting to do nasal swab testing for covid and other respiratory infections in some airports, where international travelers will be asked to participate. Oddly, there's no mention of this nasal intrusion being inflicted on illegals who are being waved in over the border and flown by the Biden government and deposited around the US.

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Try to come here legally? Hell it took my nephew over 4 years and he finally gave up! Seems we only welcome illegals!

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Legal immigrant families must give COVID shots to their infants 6 months old. The U.S. is the only country in the world where 6 month old infants are required to get COVID shots.

For a while foreigners who want to enter the U.S. had to get COVID shots to get their VISA approved. While illegal immigrants never had to get COVID shots to enter the U.S. in the same time period. This was never explained or justified.

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It is my understanding those alive who had experienced mumps, measles, chicken pox, etc as a child ended up with very healthy and strong immune systems. Believe too experiencing these childhood diseases made it less likely to get cancer as a child. Wouldn’t a child experiencing chicken pox be far less devastating than getting cancer?

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Stop the measles fear porn. You're now just as guilty as the pro-Covid vaccine journalists. I had it as a kid...no big deal. As did all my siblings. While I do get and appreciate your point about the hypocrisy of it all, you really need to do some research on these childhood sicknesses. And do your research with someone who really knows the data and reality, not with the fear mongering physicians or big pharma. Please. You seem stubbornly opposed to learning more about the sham of childhood vaccines for these formerly common sicknesses. Oh, and in Minnesota where I'm from, they've made a huge deal every time it happens about the unvaccinated Somali immigrant population getting and spreading measles. Except that it happened, the kids got sick, the kids got better, and everything was FINE. But we never hear that part of the story. I appreciate your reporting, but I wish you would wake up to the childhood vaccination scam. Read ONE book by the other side, ok? I recommend "Turtles All The Way Down: vaccine science and myth" to start your primary education.

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This outbreak does not surprise me, in fact, I’m more surprised we’re not seeing MORE disease outbreaks - of all sorts.

Remember when the first πŸ’© πŸ’© head, the current πŸ’© πŸ’© imbecile’s mentor, opened up the border and "children" flooded in and then we had new outbreaks of "mysterious" illness(es) afflicting children around the country - mostly in large urban environs? Then, it faded away, became treatable, stopped being reported…

We use to have health screenings for immigrants, back before we had invaders. Now our health is at risk, our finances are at risk, our jobs are at risk, our economy is at risk, our livelihoods are at risk, our families are at risk, our liberties are at risk, our…

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The MMR vaccine does not provide lasting immunity against the wild strain of measles.

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People don't like freedom they are used to government leaders telling people how to live their lives. Allowing illegal alien criminals to invade America. You are bringing in all kinds of diseases and problems like crime and drug addiction. I just don't understand why human trafficking is OK and Uncle Joe Robinhood Biden is being allowed to do so.

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Mar 13Β·edited Mar 13

This federal government has not only failed to protect its citizens, but has, remarkably, increased the peril. And one day -- maybe-- the citizens will start scratching their heads.

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