Day: September 8, 2017

bittersnurr:

straightboyfriend:

yall: hahahah florida deserves to be hit by a hurricane bc they were a red state during elections xD

me: thinking about how all the rich whites are gonna leave & go up north for the hurricane & how the ppl that r gonna be affected are poor, latino, black, & lgbt

Also there is the whole gerrymandering thing where the gop keeps redoing voting districts to make areas high in that demographic have their votes count less.

Imagine being in a red state with known voter suppression bullshit being laughed at because of this hurricane. Like on top of being fucked over every election, people act like they are better then you for the fact your vote didn’t count.

Why are vaccination rates in England falling?

Overt resistance is much less common. There are a small number of “new age” parents, whose preferences for alternative medicine could probably be accommodated without compromising herd immunity.

Of more concern is the emerging group of affluent parents who are opting out because they believe they can micromanage all risks to their children. This group has not been studied in the UK, but recent work in California found that where there is a critical mass of parents who think this way in a school catchment, refusal rates are high because the parents believe that the minimal risks from vaccination need not be accepted. They can insulate their children from the “others” who carry infectious disease. Their children do not share school classrooms, public transport or public leisure facilities with children from poorer backgrounds. Their children’s social contacts are carefully supervised so that they only mix with other children from a similar background whose parents think in the same way. They seem to be the forerunners of the “helicopter parents” who hover over their children at university and even into first employment.

We may need to relearn the lessons that drove public health reform in 19th-century Britain: infectious diseases are a potential threat to everyone. No one can buy protection on an individual basis.

Why are vaccination rates in England falling?

autisticdixon:

random-gallifreyan:

Do you guys know why I’m so adamant about you vaccinating your kids?

I’m immunocomprimised. It means my immune system is weakened. I have very weak lungs and I rely on herd immunity to stay safe.

I’m allergic to the shot people get for whooping cough. How do I know? I had a 3 week, painful reaction. Now, this was a while ago, before shit hit the fan with the whole anti-vax movement.

But do you know what my doctor told me? It was safer for me to get the shot that I’m ALLERGIC TO than rely on herd immunity because if I get the shot, I’ll be in moderate-severe pain for about 3 weeks max. If I get the disease, I will die. My lung capacity is bad enough, but my body is too weak to fight the disease.

So not only are you putting your child’s life at risk by not vaccinating them, you’re putting mine and all the other people who cannot be vaccinated at risk because of a selfish decision that isn’t backed by science.

for those who don’t know, immunocompromised people are fucking everywhere. most commonly, they are cancer patients. all cancer patients, plus many other people with many other diseases are immunocompromised! it’s a staggering number of people. and i myself had a disease, other than cancer, that had me so compromised that even a common cold could literally kill me

so when you don’t vaccinate your kids, or even yourself for that matter, you’re putting all of us at risk!