‘It will take off like a wildfire’: The unique dangers of the Washington state measles outbreak

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“It will take off like a wildfire”: Washington state measles outbreak has the potential to go very big, very quickly

 

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VACCINATE 👏 YOUR 👏 CHILDREN!!! They depend on you, stop falling prey to bs claims that have been refuted over and over. Also, have the decency to not subject those that can not be vaccinated to diseases that can kill them. Shame on you!!!! VaccinationsWork Vaccinateyourkids

bylenasun unvaccinated people do not spontaneously generate disease. The illegals bring in TB, and all sorts of disease.

This is ridiculous. Who is responsible for the outbreak? What is being done to stop it and what progress has been made. What country is the original point. So many questions and not any answers. It could be a lot larger than we know How Many States are affected? CDC Where are U

Thanks to all the folks who decided not to vaccinate their kids.

Well done, WaPo. This is to date the most informative article on the Washington outbreak.

Anti-Vaxxers don't know the risk they put for us. Far too few people know about Typhoid Mary, FDR's Polio or the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic which killed 50,000,000 FIFTY MILLION PEOPLE. Did you know that over 50% of the soldiers killed in the Civil War died from disease? I did.

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