r/MurderedByWords Jan 31 '25

#1 Murder of Week Your response is concerning, Bobby!

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u/MacRoach86 Jan 31 '25

Yep and then moved to America.

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u/once-was-hill-folk Jan 31 '25

And he still does the rounds, giving talks and presentations. In a few cases, preventable infectious diseases saw localised increases after he rolled through.

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u/MacRoach86 Jan 31 '25

Yeah measles is the scary one. It’s not chicken pox folks. Kids can literally lose limbs

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u/Belshamo Jan 31 '25

Also it can reset the immune system in children so they are once again vulnerable to everything.

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u/loose_spaghetti Jan 31 '25

Yes! I only recently learned about immune system amnesia from measles. So scary. I feel like way more people need to know about this. Like, if there was some sort of PSA campaign. It wouldn’t change the minds of every vaccine hesitant parent, but wouldn’t it be worth it if it changed even some minds?

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u/Fshtwnjimjr Jan 31 '25

this video talks about measles specifically and IMHO does a good job of explaining why vaccines are so ridiculously important

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u/TechpriestNull Feb 02 '25

That is terrifying.