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Marvin the Martian said:
Kennedy must already be happy with his progress, measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico.

Measles cases continue to rise in rural parts of West Texas, with 124 confirmed

The measles outbreak in West Texas has grown to 58 cases as of Tuesday. Eight people in neighboring eastern New Mexico also have been diagnosed with the highly contagious disease.
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Note the Texas state health department calls the Mennonite community "under-vaccinated".

And to note it, the Mennonite religion does not have a faith-based argument against vaccines:

USMB beliefs don’t support vaccine mandate exemption, leaders say | Anabaptist World

Mennonite Brethren leaders in the U.S. released a statement indicating denominational beliefs and practices do not support a religious exemption to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
anabaptistworld.org
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What does this have to do with Kennedy?

I’m having a hard time connecting the dots with this particular outbreak.
 
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DANC said:
Saved the best for last.

The caterwalling begins in earnest when he's approved.
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Kash isn’t the last. People are overlooking Lori Chavez-Deremer who is by far Trump’s worst nominee. Her hearing is today.

She will likely get through with a fair share of Democrat votes and less than 50 Republicans.
 
GooglyMooglyWooglyBoogly said:
Kash isn’t the last. People are overlooking Lori Chavez-Deremer who is by far Trump’s worst nominee. Her hearing is today.

She will likely get through with a fair share of Democrat votes and less than 50 Republicans.
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“Donald Trump and the Republicans have re-made the electorate”

Chavez is a thank you to part of that electorate
 
Spartans9312 said:
What does this have to do with Kennedy?

I’m having a hard time connecting the dots with this particular outbreak.
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Kennedy has spread all the stories about vaccines and autism.

FactCheck.org: Kennedy Cites Flawed Paper in Bid to Justify Vaccine-Autism Link | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania

We've compiled a list of essential FactCheck.org reads about Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org

The thing is, I don't think Kennedy believes the crap. I think he just found he could profit by going after vaccines. And he has profited, greatly, by his anti-vaxx stance. But it doesn't do well to admit one is willing to have a measles outbreak so they can get rich, so he pretends to believe all the antivaxx stuff.

He also claimed the pertussis/diptheria vaccine causes death. Of course when statisticians look at that, it isn't true.


That one is about 65% down the page.
 
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Marvin the Martian said:
Kennedy has spread all the stories about vaccines and autism.

FactCheck.org: Kennedy Cites Flawed Paper in Bid to Justify Vaccine-Autism Link | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania

We've compiled a list of essential FactCheck.org reads about Secretary of Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org

The thing is, I don't think Kennedy believes the crap. I think he just found he could profit by going after vaccines. And he has profited, greatly, by his anti-vaxx stance. But it doesn't do well to admit one is willing to have a measles outbreak so they can get rich, so he pretends to believe all the antivaxx stuff.

He also claimed the pertussis/diptheria vaccine causes death. Of course when statisticians look at that, it isn't true.


That one is about 65% down the page.
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I get that but don’t see the correlation with the measles outbreak in Texas/New Mexico. Did Kennedy outlaw vaccination amongst this population? Did they say they didn’t vaccinate based on recommendations from Kennedy?
 
Spartans9312 said:
I get that but don’t see the correlation with the measles outbreak in Texas/New Mexico. Did Kennedy outlaw vaccination amongst this population? Did they say they didn’t vaccinate based on recommendations from Kennedy?
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Just his comments. The more people have spread the vaccines=autism myth, the lower rates have dropped. There is no way of saying Kennedy wants these specific children unvaccinated, his words indicate he only wants MORE children unvaccinated.
 
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Marvin the Martian said:
Just his comments. The more people have spread the vaccines=autism myth, the lower rates have dropped. There is no way of saying Kennedy wants these specific children unvaccinated, his words indicate he only wants MORE children unvaccinated.
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Anyone not vaccinating their children against measles is an idiot. Anyone advocating not vaccinating children against measles is an idiot.
 
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Spartans9312 said:
I get that but don’t see the correlation with the measles outbreak in Texas/New Mexico. Did Kennedy outlaw vaccination amongst this population? Did they say they didn’t vaccinate based on recommendations from Kennedy?
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We're these outbreaks in areas with large populations of illegal aliens?
 
Spartans9312 said:
I would have guessed a number close to zero
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By the early 2000s Texas had some fifty or more Mennonite congregations across the state, with the largest populations located in the Panhandle and High Plains and along the Gulf Coast. Texas Mennonites consisted of more than 4,000 baptized members and many more non-baptized children and youth.​

Mennonites

The Handbook of Texas is your number one authoritative source for Texas history. Read this entry and thousands more like it on our site.
www.tshaonline.org

How many would it take to have most of 43 cases be Mennonite?

The article said most were Mennonite.
 
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Marvin the Martian said:
By the early 2000s Texas had some fifty or more Mennonite congregations across the state, with the largest populations located in the Panhandle and High Plains and along the Gulf Coast. Texas Mennonites consisted of more than 4,000 baptized members and many more non-baptized children and youth.​

Mennonites

The Handbook of Texas is your number one authoritative source for Texas history. Read this entry and thousands more like it on our site.
www.tshaonline.org

How many would it take to have most of 43 cases be Mennonite?

The article said most were Mennonite.
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Dude…I said I didn’t think there were many Mennonites in Texas. I never said you were wrong. Obviously, I am not up to speed on location of Mennonites
 
Aloha Hoosier said:
If any Secretary resigns due to a scandal, my bets are that it will be RFK Jr. or Hegseth:

Cheryl Hines issues shocking ultimatum to husband RFK Jr.

New health boss Robert F. Kennedy Jr has received a shocking ultimatum from his wife Cheryl Hines as he accepts his cabinet position as an attempt to thwart his womanizing ways.
www.dailymail.co.uk
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lmao He's a Kennedy. What did she expect?

The next time the media reports on his indescretions will be the first time they report a Kennedy.
 
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Steak n Shake has decided to switch from seed oils for frying to beef tallow. They cited RFK pushing for more tallow and fewer seed oils. Tallow is adored by the social media influencer set. But traditional medicine still accepts polyunsaturated fats to be superior.

Beef Tallow: Doctors Group Shares Consumer Health Alert Warning

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Doctors and dietitians with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine are sharing their concerns about the health risks associated with beef tallow, which is high in saturated fat that raises cholesterol levels, increasing the risk of heart disease.
www.pcrm.org
 
Marvin the Martian said:
Steak n Shake has decided to switch from seed oils for frying to beef tallow. They cited RFK pushing for more tallow and fewer seed oils. Tallow is adored by the social media influencer set. But traditional medicine still accepts polyunsaturated fats to be superior.

Beef Tallow: Doctors Group Shares Consumer Health Alert Warning

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Doctors and dietitians with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine are sharing their concerns about the health risks associated with beef tallow, which is high in saturated fat that raises cholesterol levels, increasing the risk of heart disease.
www.pcrm.org
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If someone makes the commitment to avoid seed oils and truly follows through and reads labels, they'll end up cutting out all the garbage processed foods as a result.

If they're going to eat steak n Shake 5 days a week because they think the beef tallow somehow make it healthy, that's an entirely different issue.
 
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Speaking of autism... what's up with Barron? I mean seriously, there's something very wrong...

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There's an autistic 'spectrum' for a reason - it covers a shit-load of conditions.

The reason it was so low before is that it's only been recognized fairly recently. I'd never heard of autism until I was well into adulthood. People who would have qualified as autistic when I was a kid, we just called weird or different.

I just don't think there is anything causing it that hasn't always been there. But I can be convinced if some cause is found. I just don't think it will be.
 
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Only the best and the brightest in this Administration. Where’s Betsy DeVos when you need her?

 
Baller23Boogie said:
If that's your thinking, then you're an idiot on the matter.
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Lighten up, Francis. Of course my second sentence is a joke.

But you leftists lose your shit over something like measles like it's always fatal. It's not. I'm all for vaccinating against it - just saying it's not running rampant across the country, killing children.
 
DANC said:
Lighten up, Francis. Of course my second sentence is a joke.

But you leftists lose your shit over something like measles like it's always fatal. It's not. I'm all for vaccinating against it - just saying it's not running rampant across the country, killing children.
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My original post was sorta in jest.

We've got a shit ton of Amish around here, so I expect outbreaks like this to happen.

You know which houses anAmish around here by who has an outhouse and who doesn't.
 
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Baller23Boogie said:
My original post was sorta in jest.

We've got a shit ton of Amish around here, so I expect outbreaks like this to happen.

You know which houses anAmish around here by who has an outhouse and who doesn't.
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In our part of the country, you knew who was wealthy by how many seats their outhouses had.
 
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