Measles Fun

Thanks to the anti-vax brainworm bozo, I need to go get a measles vaccine. He’s done the absolute bare minimum to address the surge in measles cases by saying the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine should be “readily accessible for all those who want them.”

In the op-ed, published on March 2, Kennedy wrote that while the “decision to vaccinate is a personal one,” vaccines “not only protect individual children from measles but also contribute to community immunity, protecting those who are unable to be vaccinated due to medical reasons.” On Monday, Kennedy issued an official statement on the outbreak. “This situation has escalated rapidly, with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) reporting 146 confirmed cases since late January 2025, primarily in the South Plains region,” Kennedy wrote. “Tragically, this outbreak has claimed the life of a school-aged child, the first measles-related fatality in the United States in over a decade.” (source)

Gee, thanks you ego-mad, disingenuous, heroin addicted, roadkill eating fuck. You’re well over 20 years late to the game and NOT pushing real, actual, thoroughly tested science enough. It’s totally unsurprising though. Don’t forget, Bobby Brainworm helped inflate the Samoan measles outbreak where 83 children died. He defensively claimed, “I had nothing to do with people not vaccinating in Samoa.”

Sure Bob.

…Kennedy repeatedly refused to acknowledge scientific consensus that childhood vaccines don’t cause autism and that COVID-19 vaccines saved millions of lives, and he falsely asserted the government has no good vaccine safety monitoring. While appearing to ignore mainstream science, he cited flawed or tangential research to make his points, such as suggesting Black people may need different vaccines than whites. (source) 

It’s been suggested that adults, like yurs truly, born after 1957 and vaccinated before 1968 get at least one shot of the, usually two dose, vaccine. Exceptions? Folks who have a weakened immune system due to disease (such as cancer or HIV/AIDS) or medical treatments (such as radiation, immunotherapy, steroids, or chemotherapy). 

Don’t ya know, I’m currently on chemo meds (to halt and, hopefully, reduce the growth of my myriad tumors). I had proton radiation a couple years ago (to limit and/or reduce the size of the monster on my thoracic spine). AND, periodically, the good docs have me on steroids.

Does this mean that I can’t get the vaccine? I’ll need to check in with my neurologist.

The first measles vaccine licensed for public use didn’t come out until 1963. I think I had the virus before then when I was a tiny tot but I forget. Both my parents are gone so I can’t ask them.

Measles spread by breathing air contaminated by an infected person or touching an infected surface. The virus can linger in the air for several hours after an infected person coughs or sneezes. (source)

Great. If I’m unable to get the vaccine due to everything else that’s wrong with me, I’m fucked. Well, not if I avoid people and wear a mask and gloves if I do risk going out. Being housebound is just SO much fun!