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Just rub some of this vaporub on your wounds! That will heal them up real gud!
Just to be very VERY clear about this:
This happened, as expected, in a community where kids weren't vaccinated. All this could have been prevented if those kids had been vaccinated and all the suffering is all on their parents.
Fuck them, I've stopped caring
Texas has been extremely proud of their rugged individualism and independence. They actively work at handicapping their government at all levels: they hate the feds; their state legislature meets for 140 days every two years; and they actively restrict the ability of more-local governments to respond to health crises.
On the public health front, they underfund public health and health infrastructure; they've actively refused Medicaid expansion; they banned mask and vaccine mandates during covid; and they have extremely easy childhood vaccine exemptions. On the provider front, they have an almost complete abortion ban with vague laws on 'allowable' abortions that they mostly refuse to clarify, that allows them to charge people with murder, and offers a bounty for turning in anyone who's helped with an abortion, all of which has driven away providers who care about women and children's health.
For me, it's like the Texas ice storms: despite repeated warnings, they've been extremely proud of all the conditions that lead to this situation, and they're going to actively avoid changing anything once the situation passes. You can't fix stupid, and I'm tired of trying.
Thoughts and prayers to the victims, and what are you planning for dinner?
Plus they somehow don't believe in climate change, but ride on the line of needing controlled brown outs basically every summer amidst ever heavier power usage and climbing bills. THEN they think they want to be the crypto capitol of the world on top of that.
They're the governmental equivalent of driving your car as the temp gauge rises and touches the red but that's okay we're only sputtering a little bit!
The increases in insurance and energy breaks even with states that take income tax at this point for us. So we're packing up. If I'm going to live pay check to pay check might as well do it somewhere that isn't run by corpo religious fascists...
4140 days every two years is a lot. I'm going to assume you meant 40?
Ugh, fixed. It was supposed to be 140 - thanks!
By the time the population at highest risk is able to vote, Trump and RFK Jr will be too old to be alive. Unless the voting-eligible parents make the obvious connection between MAGA policy and the well-being of their kids, there won't be any repercussions to the ruling elite for sick and dead children in rural Texas. Based on shit I saw along rural roads and on FB before I completely abandoned that platform, "Jesus has this," so no need to worry, I guess.
I assure you at least half will continue to support anti-vaccination nonsense at adults based on survivorship bias alone.
I believe it's something like 75% of children that grow up to be just as ignorant as their parents.
Make America Great Again!
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It's great (for breeding measles).
Well you wanted fucking private health infrastructure, so dont fucking spam my feed with people dying from your incompetence. Go and shove those Corpses up their ass until they notice
Go and fucking cry about it .world trash
This is why they need more babies to make up for all the ones that will die because of their ignorance and incompetence.
"Stop complaining about children dying"