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The campaign to change the rules was years in the making, orchestrated in part by two men with close ties to US health secretary RFK Jr

When a federal judge in Mississippi ordered a sweeping rollback of the state’s strict school vaccine rules in 2023, the ruling hit some doctors like “a gut punch”.

Mississippi had for years achieved some of the highest vaccination rates in the US for children – a point of pride in a place that consistently ranks at the bottom of other health measures.

The state health director warned of the dire possible consequences, including a comeback of preventable illnesses like measles, diphtheria and pertussis – known as whooping cough.

“None of these diseases are gone,” Dr Daniel Edney told a talk radio host as the state implemented the newly ordered rules. “They’ve not been eradicated. They’re just waiting. They’re lurking.”

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Just like his bullshit he pulled in Samoa killing people with the Measles.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago

Having read Naomi Klein's Doppelganger, I think for the proto/pre-fascist antivax crowd that's... acceptable, even desirable, because it means cleaning up the race from weak immune systems.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

The leaders of the anti-vaccine movement must be put on a trial for crimes against humanity.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

So uhh they took our advice and took the warning labels off everything and it’s currently solving the problem? Sucks for the kids that didn’t ask for this :(

[–] Shamber@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Is this the state that ranked 49 out of 50 in education? Surely no one is surprised

[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

Baby not drinking enough raw milk obviously.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 11 points 15 hours ago

This is exactly what he did in Somoa. Why is anyone surprised?

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago

All part of the Republican eugenics program.

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

Guess which country they are actually dragging back to the stone age.

[–] Naich@piefed.world 59 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At least the children will go to heaven, right? ...right?!

/s juuuuust in case

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You joke, but in the strictest traditions of Christian faith, that’s exactly what they think. The specified reason for a bar mitzvah and similar coming of age traditions in other faiths is that’s when your sins become your responsibility in the eyes of God. Before that your sins fall on your parents.

My grandpa, who was a truck driver in the Rush Limbaugh days, said something to that effect after the Sandy Hook massacre. That dead kids going straight to heaven was just the cost of freedom.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago

It's so nice for them that they have that delusion of Heaven to rationalize their atrocities - "It's not really a tragedy, they're in Heaven with Jesus."

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

"That's the joke" -McBane

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago

Specially Nurgle.

[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 1 day ago

Fucking idiots. I’d laugh and say “have the day you voted for!”…but I cannot. Children, who have no say in any of this insanity, will be directly affected by these moronic policies.

None of this should be able to be torn down by anyone except for the scientists and medical professionals that do the fucking research, and have the fucking data.

How many kids will suffer because of this?

[–] jackal 17 points 1 day ago

I love that propaganda has made our fellow citizens into the dumbest bunch of humans. /s

We live in the stupidest timeline.

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 29 points 1 day ago

It really does break my heart, these children didn't ask for this and we didn't need more data points to know this would be the case.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Pro life, amirite?

[–] Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

"God works in mysterious ways."

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A price they are willing to pay.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It's what he does